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Songs of Triumph (2020)
- Director
- SAKAGUCHI Katsumi
- Cast
- YAMAUCHI Kimie, YAMAUCHI Sadamu, NAKAMURA Kenichi
Documentary capturing nine years in the lives of ex-Hansen's disease patients. Sakaguchi Katsumi has helmed seven feature films to date including Walking with My Mother, which won the 2015 Agency for Cultural Affairs Film Award. Yamauchi Kimie was p...
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The Murders of Oiso (2019)
- Director
- MISAWA Takuya
- Cast
- MORIYA Koji, NAKAZAKI Haya, MORI Yusaku
Drama about uncertainty and loneliness as experienced by young people in Oiso, Kanagawa Prefecture. Director Misawa Takuya's debut feature film Chigasaki Story was a Japan-Thailand co-production screened at the 44th International Film Festival Rotter...
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Flying Rabbit in the Night Sky (2019)
- Director
- Andrew SHIN
- Cast
- KIKUCHI Atsuko, SUZUKI Mutsumi, ISHIYAMA Yuta
Fantasy best understood as a contemporary fairytale about the struggles of the pregnant heroine whose fetus is a rabbit. Feature directorial debut for Korean-American Andrew Shin, who has composed soundtracks for Manda Kunitoshi's films and also hand...
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epok's Atelier (2020)
- Director
- NAMBU Michitoshi
- Cast
- SUGAYA Shinichi, THE CRO-MAGNONS, OKAMOTO'S
Documentary delving into the production process of designer Sugaya Shinichi, who creates record jackets for famous Japanese musicians. Sugaya's quirky resume includes studying architecture in college and working at a family-run factory after graduat...
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BOLT (2019)
- Director
- HAYASHI Kaizo
- Cast
- NAGASE Masatoshi, SANO Shiro, KANAYAMA Kazuhiko
Hayashi Kaizo of the "Private Detective Mike Hama" series writes and directs this short film omnibus which took three years to complete. It consists of three episodes titled "Bolt", "Life", and "Goodyear" each starring Hayashi's close friend Nagase M...
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MO-RUERANI (2020)
- Director
- TSUBOKAWA Takushi
- Cast
- OSUGI Ren, OHTSUKA Nene, KAGAWA Kyoko
Filmmaker Tsubokawa Takushi moved from Tokyo to Muroran City in Hokkaido. He has written a series of scripts for seven stories based on anecdotes he heard from Muroran residents and turned them into this film of somewhat connected episodes. (Osugi ...
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LOVE STAGE!! (2020)
- Director
- INOUE Hiroki
- Cast
- SGUYAMA Mahiro, NAKADA Hiroki, WAGO Shinichi
With foreign language versions of the manga as well as anime winning popularity abroad, the "boys love" manga of the same name is adapted to film by original author Eiki Eiki and illustrator Zao Taishi. The protagonists are a star-studded assembly of...
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Engawa lovers 2 (2020)
- Director
- KONNO Yasumasa
- Cast
This follow-up to the warm-hearted comedy set on the porch of an old-fashioned Japanese home, Engawa Lovers 2 is also helmed by the first film's director, Konno Yasumasa. Hagiwara Daisuke (Higano Sho), a novice film director pressed to write a scrip...
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Engawa lovers (2020)
- Director
- KONNO Yasumasa
- Cast
- MATSUDA Gaku, MIYAMA Ryoki, SASA Tsubasa
Set on the porch of an old-fashioned Japanese home, this warm-hearted comedy depicts a group of men's joys and sorrows. In the director's chair is Konno Yasumasa whose Shinmashi was the first film produced through the Japan-China Young Filmmakers Joi...
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Care Nin 2 The Flower in Your Heart (2020)
- Director
- SUZUKI Kosuke
- Cast
- TOZUKA Junki, SHIMA Kaori, WATABIKI Katsuhiko
This is the sequel to the film dealing with nursing care, Care Nin: Thank God You're Here. Director Suzuki Kosuke and lead actor Tozuka Junki who plays the care worker both continue on from the first film. Omori Kei (Tozuka) has come to work for a l...
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Character (2021)
- Director
- NAGAI Akira
- Cast
- SUDA Masaki, Fukase, TAKAHATA Mitsuki
Nagai Akira of TEIICHI -Battle of Supreme High- directs this live-action adaptation of an original script by Nagasaki Takashi, story co-creator of many works by popular manga artist Urasawa Naoki, which took ten years to develop. Yamashiro Keigo (S...
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The Crocodile that Lived for 100 Days (2021)
- Director
- UEDA Shinichiro, FUKUDA Miyuki
- Cast
- KAMIKI Ryunosuke, NAKAMURA Tomoya, KIMURA Subaru
Feature-length animation inspired by "Wani Dies in 100 Days," the 4-frame manga posted daily for 100 days on Twitter. Direction and screenplay by One Cut of the Dead director Ueda Shinichiro and his wife Fukuda Miyuki. The crocodile Wani (Kamiki Ryu...
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Between Us (2021)
- Director
- OKUAKI Yasuo
- Cast
- KONNO Ayaka, KUBOTA Sayu, FUKIKOSHI Mitsuru
The moment young girls harboring many anxieties connect with others through taiko drumming is depicted with a fresh spin in this coming-of-age film. At the helm is Okuaki Yasuo, whose feature debut was Kagurame. Tamaki (Konno Ayaka), who attends a ...
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In Those Days (2020)
- Director
- IMAIZUMI Rikiya
- Cast
- MATSUZAKA Tori, NAKANO Taiga, YAMANAKA Takashi
The everyday highs and lows of friends enamored with the idol group Hello! Project is entertainingly told in this revival-of-youth film. Imaizumi Rikiya of Just Only Love directs from a script by Tominaga Masanori of Pumpkin and Mayonnaise. Tsurugi ...
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Tidying Up With Love and Thanks (2020)
- Director
- ONUMA Yuichi
- Cast
- BITO Isao, NAKAO Mie
A husband termed the liquidation of his wife's estate "kanshari" (throwing away with thanks). This film adapts the identically titled essay in which are written his feelings for his wife. Kenzo's (Bito Isao) wife Kazuko (Nakao Mie) had lived with hi...
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The Samejima Incident (2020)
- Director
- NAGAE Jiro
- Cast
- TAKEDA Rena, SHUHAMA Harumi, SANO Gaku
Nagae Jiro, who's known for the "Tomodachi Game" series, undertakes this horror film based on his own, original script. It depicts the dread surrounding an incident which people say, "if you know the truth, you'll disappear," or "if you hear about it...
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First Gentleman (2021)
- Director
- KAWAI Hayato
- Cast
- TANAKA Kei, NAKATANI Miki
Best-selling author Harada Maha's about a married couple is adapted to film by director Kawai Hayato, who has worked as an assistant director on films by Somai Shinji, and Kuroki Kazuo, in addition to producing a numerous hit titles. Rinko (Nakatani...
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JUNK HEAD (2021)
- Director
- HORI Takahide
- Cast
This stop-motion animated science fiction film took lone creator Hori Takahide seven years to complete. He was solely responsible for editing, filming, lighting, and the music in addition to creating the figures and directing the film. The human rac...
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EVERY TRICK IN THE BOOK (2021)
- Director
- TAKAHATA Hideta
- Cast
- FUJIWARA Tatsuya, KAZAMA Shunsuke, TSUCHIYA Tao
Sato Shogo's 2014 similarly titled novel is adapted into this live-action film. At the helm is Takahata Shuta who has worked on a variety of film genres. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Fujii Kiyomi of Rurouni Kenshin. Tsuda Shinichi (Fujiwara ...
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Signal: Long-Term Unsolved Case Investigation The Movie (2021)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Hajime
- Cast
- SAKAGUCHI Kentaro, KITAMURA Kazuki, KICHISE Michiko
Feature film spin-off from the TV remake of the Korean drama "Signal." Set in Tokyo in 2021. When a high-ranking government official dies in a traffic accident, the investigative team for long-term unresolved cases suspects that the incident was st...
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Horimiya (2021)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Hana
- Cast
- SUZUKA Oji, KUBOTA Sayu
Film adaptation of the same-named manga with total sales exceeding 6 million copies and a TV anime series adaptation. Dadadada Seventeen director Matsumoto Hana depicts the lives of high school students bonded by certain secrets. Miyamura (Suzuka Oj...
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Fictitious girl's diary The Movie (2020)
- Director
- SUMIDA Takashi
- Cast
- Bakarhythm, Kaho, USUDA Asami
Multitalented TV personality Bakarhythm blogged about his pretend life as an "office lady", which became the basis for a TV drama and now comes to the silver screen. Bakarhythm stars in the film and penned the script to deliver a keenly observed and ...
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The Craft of Memories (2020)
- Director
- IKEDA Chihiro
- Cast
- ISHII Anna, KURIHARA Goro, EMOTO Tokio
Suspense film that brings a title from manga artist Yoshino Sakumi, who died suddenly in 2016, to the big screen for the first time. Tells the story of a high school girl who confronts shocking facts and goes on a journey to find herself. Karen (Ish...
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PRETENDERS (2021)
- Director
- KUMASAKA Izuru
- Cast
- ONO Karin, MIKAMI Ai, FURUTACHI Kanji
A rebellious and a bit of a social misfit 17-year-old, Karin is idling around and often absent from school. One day she experiences an indescribable feeling when she gives up her seat on the train to a sick person, and it gives her inspiration. Karin...
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The Women (2021)
- Director
- UCHIDA Nobuteru
- Cast
- SHINOHARA Yukiko, KURASHINA Kana, TAKAHATA Atsuko
Okuyama Kazuyoshi, a prominent producer in the Japanese film industry, executive produces this drama helmed by Uchida Nobuteru who directed Love Addiction and Odayaka. Misaki (Shinohara Yukiko) cares for her mother while working at a local daycare c...
