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RADIATIONHOUSE (2022)
- Director
- SUZUKI Masayuki
- Cast
- KUBOTA Masataka, HONDA Tsubasa, HIROSE Alice
Theatrical version of the TV drama series that aired for two seasons, which was adapted from the manga of the same title, focusing on a radiology technician. The radiology department of Amakasu General Hospital, known as "Radiation House," receives ...
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BREAK OF DAWN (2022)
- Director
- KUROKAWA Tomoyuki
- Cast
- SUGISAKI Hana, YUKI Aoi
An animated feature film adaptation of Imai Tetsuya's sci-fi young adult manga of the same name. In the summer of 2049, fourth-grader Sawatari Yuma (Sugisaki Hana), who lives in the Asagaya housing complex, is obsessed with Comet SH3-Arville, which ...
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JAKUCHO: An Extraordinary Life of a Japanese Nun (2022)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Yu
- Cast
- SETOUCHI Jakucho
Documentary about the Buddhist nun Setouchi Jakucho, who continued writing until her death in November 2021 at the age of 99. Features words of wisdom and personal revelations in never-seen-before footage captured by Nakamura Yu over a 17-year period...
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As Long As We Both Shall Live (2022)
- Director
- TSUKAHARA Ayuko
- Cast
- MEGURO Ren, IMADA Mio
TV drama hitmaker Tsukahara Ayuko adapts Agitogi Akumi's debut novel that sold more than 8 million copies for the series. Miyo (Imada Mio) is the eldest daughter in the Saimori family, known for their supernatural powers, and grows up under the abus...
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Thanc You (2020)
- Director
- KURAMOTO Mitsuru
- Cast
- GOTO Junpei, FUKUTOKU Shusuke
One day, Yasuda, a freshman in high school, was summoned by the advisor of the mountaineering club. It was an asking to submit a withdrawal form to abolish the club, which is now down to just one member after the third-year seniors retire. Yasuda, wh...
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Leave in Summer (2022)
- Director
- IGASHI Aya
- Cast
- FUKUCHI Momoko, OKAYAMA Amane
A story of loss and rebirth from an original screenplay by the talented Igashi Aya, who garnered attention both in Japan and abroad with her film Melt. This film centers on Nakajima Nana(Fukuchi Momoko), and presents a fresh portrayal of the emotions...
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Yes, I Can't Swim (2022)
- Director
- WATANABE Kensaku
- Cast
- HASEGAWA Hiroki, AYASE Haruka
Watanabe Kensaku, who won the 37th Japan Academy Film Prize for The Best Screenplay with The Great Passage, serves as screenwriter and director for this bold remake of Takahashi Hidemine's same-named essay. Delivers a message of hope and renewal thro...
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The World For The Two of Us (2021)
- Director
- IIZUKA Kasho
- Cast
- KATAYAMA Yuki, BANDO Ryota
One day, Yui Konno, who works at a nursery school, and Shinya Kobori, who runs a lunch box shop, fell in love. They started dating and promised to get married in the future. However, Shinya had a secret he couldn't tell her. He was a transgender (use...
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Let Me Hear it Barefoot (2021)
- Director
- KUDO Riho
- Cast
- SASAKI Shion, SUWA Shuri, ITO Kaho
Commercial feature debut from Kudo Riho, who won the Pia Film Festival Award's Grand Prize in 2018 with Orphans Blues. Fresh depiction of what happens to the desires of two taciturn young men. Naoki (Sasaki Shion) works for his father's waste collec...
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Soul At Twenty (2022)
- Director
- AKIYAMA Jun
- Cast
- KAMIO Fuju, ONO Machiko, SATO Koichi
Coming-of-age drama based on a real story involving the cheer song handed down in Funabashi Municipal High School, Chiba Prefecture. Screenplay author Nakai Yuriko adapts her own novel, which she based on years of interviews. Asano Taigi (Kamio Fuju...
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One day, You will Reach the Sea (2022)
- Director
- NAKAGAWA Ryutaro
- Cast
- KISHII Yukino, HAMABE Minami, SUGINO Yosuke
A film adaptation of Ayase Maru's novel of the same title, which spins a tale of loss and rebirth. Directed by Nakagawa Ryutaro of Summer Blooms, which won a double award at the 39th Moscow International Film Festival. Mana (Kishii Yukino), a shy gi...
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To Be Killed by a High School Girl (2022)
- Director
- JOJO Hideo
- Cast
- TANAKA Kei, MINAMI Sara, OSHIMA Yuko
Depraved thriller based on the same-named comic with material that raised eyebrows. Produced to celebrate the 20th anniversary of manga artist Furuya Usamaru's career and helmed by Jojo Hideo of Around the Edge of the Stand. Higashiyama Haruto (Tana...
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Lesson in Murder (2022)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Kazuya
- Cast
- ABE Sadawo, OKADA Kenshi
A film adaptation of mystery writer Kushiki Riu's masterpiece novel of the same title, directed by Shiraishi Kazuya of Last of the Wolves and The Devil's Path fame. This psycho-suspense drama depicts the shocking truth surrounding a false accusation....
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The Fish Tale (2022)
- Director
- OKITA Shuichi
- Cast
- Non, YAGIRA Yuya, Kaho
A human drama based on the autobiographical essay of "Sakana-kun", a well-known ocean researcher and an honorary doctor of the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, directed by Okita Shuichi, known for the films The Chef of South Polar a...
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Nagi's Island (2022)
- Director
- NAGASAWA Masahiko
- Cast
- NIITSU Chise
Director Masahiko Nagasawa, known for Night Time Picnic, takes on a human drama from an original screenplay. The film depicts the rich nature of the Seto Inland Sea and the nature of family through the perspective of one girl, Nagi. Fourth grader N...
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ruined (2021)
- Director
- MIYAOKA Taro
- Cast
- HAGIWARA Minori, HIIRAGI Rumi, KIGUCHI Kenta
Director Miyaoka Taro was blown away when he saw the stage production of the same-named play presented by Theater Group elePHANTMoon in 2009 and adapted the drama as an indie film. Sayo (Hagiwara Minori), an aspiring fashion designer in Tokyo, gets...
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GON-MAMA (2022)
- Director
- YOKOO Hatsuki
- Cast
- GOTO Takenori, FUKAMI Motoki, ENDO Kumiko
A human drama based on the novel "Ryoichi Shikai's Dragonfly" from author Morisawa Akio's novel of the same name. Many of his novels have been made into movies. Gonda Tetsuo (Goto Takenori) is a gay man who works out at a gym by day and runs the sna...
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1446: An Eternal Minute (2022)
- Director
- SONE Takeshi
- Cast
- Michael KEIDA, Awich, MAIGUMA Katsuya
A humanistic drama directed by Sone Takeshi, who was in charge of cinematography on One Cut of the Dead and written by that film's director Ueda Shinichiro. Steve (Michael Keida), an American film director, is inspired to make a comedy film after se...
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Bldg. N (2022)
- Director
- GOTO Yosuke
- Cast
- HAGIWARA Minori, KURA Yuki, YAMAYA Kasumi
This horror film is based on a real-life ghost incident that occurred in 2000 at an apartment complex in Gifu Prefecture, and was directed and written by Goto Yosuke, who has worked on numerous "Tales of the Unusual" TV episodes, which have aired sin...
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You've Got A Friend (2021)
- Director
- HIROKI Ryuichi
- Cast
- MURAKAMI Jun, Nahana, YOSHII Masao
Romance film maestro Hiroki Ryuichi adapts Yamamoto Naoki's same-named comic for the big screen. Portrays the contradictory relationship of a man and woman who inflict and endure physical injury while championing emotional freedom. Yoshida Yoshio (M...
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RAGEAHOLIC (2022)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Yoshiki
- Cast
- KAWASE Yohta, KOBAYASHI Ryuju, SAIKI Aya
This violent film was planned and written by Takahashi Yoshiki, a longtime film critic and art director, and marks his feature film directorial debut. Fukama (Kawase Yota), a middle-aged detective who has a bad habit of indiscriminately committing v...
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Even if This Love Disappears from the World Tonight (2022)
- Director
- MIKI Takahiro
- Cast
- MICHIEDA Shunsuke, FUKUMOTO Riko, FURUKAWA Kotone
A live-action adaptation of the novel of the same title by Ichijo Misaki, directed by Miki Takahiro, who has produced many coming-of-age films. The screenplay was co-written by Tsukikawa Sho, director of Let Me Eat Your Pancreas and Matsumoto Hana, d...
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GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD (2022)
- Director
- OMORI Tatsushi
- Cast
- NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, SAITOH Takumi, MIYAZAWA Hio
An ensemble drama depicting a fight among "scum" who flock together for large sums of money. Director Omori Tatsushi adapted the original screenplay by Takada Ryo (The Light Shines Only There). A group of five men, including a former gangster (Nish...
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Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These - Collision (2022)
- Director
- TADA Shunsuke
- Cast
- MIYANO Mamoru, SUZUMURA Kenichi
Production I.G produced the third season for the "Die Neue These" animation based on the mammoth SF novel "Legend of the Galactic Heroes" by popular author Tanaka Yoshiki. The 12 episodes (25 to 36) in the Collision arc were released in theaters in ...
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The Pledge to Megumi (2020)
- Director
- NOBUSHI Show
- Cast
- Natsuki, HARADA Daijiro, ISHIMURA Tomoko
One winter night of 1972, a group of men invaded Japan at some beach in the Sea of Japan. There already were a large number of North Korean agents operating in Japan including the ones on the agent ship off the coast and at a secret hideout in Tokyo....
