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SUMODO ~The Successors of Samurai~ (2020)
- Director
- SAKATA Eiji
- Cast
- SAKAIGAWA Hideaki, TAKADAGAWA Katsumi, GOEIDO Gotaro
This documentary puts on display the allure of Japan's national sport of sumo wrestling. Closely shadowing for nearly half a year the training halls of the Sakaigawa and Takadagawa dojos, the film describes the unknown world of sumo wrestling which h...
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Around the Table (2021)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Soushi
- Cast
- NISHIDA Naomi, ICHIKAWA Miwako, OSHINARI Shugo
Feature-length drama based on the short online drama that reached 6 million views, produced by the e-commerce store Hokuou Kurashi no Douguten. Selected for the Hawaii International Film Festival. The Aoba household consists of single mother Haruko ...
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A DownTown Doctor (2020)
- Director
- MORI Yasunori
- Cast
- NAGAO Kazuhiro
Documentary about the everyday experiences of town physician Nagao Kazuhiro, who provided the inspiration for Peaceful Death (dir. Takahashi Banmei). In 1995 Dr. Nagao Kazuhiro opened his clinic in Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture, and he sees patie...
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Osaka Loan Shark (2021)
- Director
- ISHIHARA Takahiro
- Cast
- MASAKI Reiya, SAKAKIBARA Tetsuji, ASAI Daichi
"Osaka Violence" series director Ishihara Takahiro depicts the humorously sad, and wild human relationships of people converging on black market loans in this coming-of-age story of young people. After serving a two-year sentence for assault, Sugimu...
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A Janitor (2020)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Yugo
- Cast
- FUKUSHI Seiji, IMOU Haruka, MAENO Tomoya
Suspense gangster film about the dramatic rescue that happens at a school ripped apart by gang warfare. Helmed by Sakamoto Yugo, who excels at action, suspense and violence. Fukumi (Fukushi Seiji) is a high school janitor whose father was a gangster...
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Riverside Mukolitta (2021)
- Director
- OGIGAMI Naoko
- Cast
- MATSUYAMA Kenichi, MURO Tsuyoshi, MITSUSHIMA Hikari
An original screenplay by Ogigami Naoko, director of Close-Knit, tells a story of human connections. This ensemble drama questions the meaning of happiness through the warmth of conversation around a dinner table shared with other people. Yamada (Ma...
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Tomorrow's Dinner Table (2021)
- Director
- ZEZE Takahisa
- Cast
- KANNO Miho, TAKAHATA Mitsuki, ONO Machiko
Drama maestro Zeze Takehisa helms this adaptation of the same-named novel by Yazuki Michiko, winner of prestigious literary awards in Japan. Depicts the epic tale of three mothers whose children share the name "You." Rumiko (Kanno Miho), Kana (Takah...
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A Family (2021)
- Director
- FUJII Michihito
- Cast
- AYANO Go, TACHI Hiroshi, ONO Machiko
Drama from the production team behind The Journalist, winner of six Japan Academy Prizes. Shows three periods in the life of a guy who decides to be yakuza amidst changing times. Yamamoto (Ayano Go) enters into a filial relationship with the local y...
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INTOLERANCE (2021)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Keisuke
- Cast
- FURUTA Arata, MATSUZAKA Tori
Suspense film with an original script that teams up HIME-ANOLE director Yoshida Keisuke with Star Sands, creators of The Journalist and other films that offer an incisive view of contemporary society. A junior high school girl suddenly dies. She got...
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CUBE (2021)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Yasuhiko
- Cast
- SUDA Masaki, Anne WATANABE, OKADA Masaki
Vicenzo Natali's 1997 locked-room thriller Cube is remade in Japan. Six people with no connection to one another, including engineer Goto Yuichi (Suda Masaki), organization staffer Kai Asako (Anne), and freelancer Ochi Shinji (Okada Masaki), find th...
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IN THE WAKE (2021)
- Director
- ZEZE Takahisa
- Cast
- SATOH Takeru, ABE Hiroshi
Mystery set in Sendai ten years after the Great East Japan Earthquake. Known for his hard-hitting and meticulous character portrayals in Six Four Part 1 and Part 2, Zeze Takahisa reunites with lead actor Satoh Takeru for the first time since The 8-ye...
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HONEY LEMONSODA (2021)
- Director
- SHINTOKU Koji
- Cast
- Raul, YOSHIKAWA Ai
Raul from the idol group Snow Man stars in the coming-of-age film adapting the girls' manga 'Honey Lemon Soda'. In the director's chair is Shintoku Koji who made his feature debut with Peach Girl. Bullied in middle school, Uka (Yoshikawa Ai) enters ...
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Lost Baby Lost (2020)
- Director
- TSUGE Yuto
- Cast
- MATSUO Shohei, MURAKAMI Yukino
This feature-length film was directed by Tsuge Yuto, a graduate of the film department at the Kyoto University of the Arts (formerly known as Kyoto University of Art and Design) who passed away after filming was completed. Cinematographer Yonekura Sh...
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The quiet and hot riot wearing a tie - Story of Shinkansen Shin-Hanamaki station - (2017)
- Director
- KONO Zibeta
- Cast
- KONNO Yoshihiro, CHIDA Hideyuki, KIDO Naoyuki
Local volunteers shot this powerful ensemble film about the 14-year story behind the construction of Shin-Hanamaki Station for the Tohoku Shinkansen. Japan National Railways announced the master plan for the Tohoku Shinkansen in 1971, when the natio...
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F is for Future (2019)
- Director
- ISOBE Teppei
- Cast
- SAKURAI Yasuyuki, SANO Hiroki, Karen
Coming-of-age film that uses humor and heart to portray a high school guy implementing a plan to protect his buddy's honor. Director Isobe Teppei won Best Picture in the Short Film category at the SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL 2018 for Wh...
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Indelible (2019)
- Director
- TSUNODA Ryuichi
- Cast
Documentary woven together as the universal story of father and son, focusing on the ethnic Chinese Koreans who live outside the Korean Peninsula. A boy who was born in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in China moves to Japan at age 10. Now ...
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Suitable for You (2018)
- Director
- TAKARA Shunya
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Mayumi, HASHIMOTO Ichiro, SHIMA Yuko
The relationships between two married couples staying at a summer villa is the focus of this grown-up romantic film. At the helm is Takara Shunya who makes his feature film debut with this film. Miki (Yamamoto Mayumi), a housewife, is discontent wit...
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Fake Plastic Planet (2018)
- Director
- SONO Kenichi
- Cast
- YAMAYA Kasumi
Winner of the Best Lead Actress of a Foreign Language Film Award at the Madrid International Film Festival 2019, this survival story was independently funded by director Sono Kenichi who has worked in television and commercials. Shiho (Yamaya Kasumi...
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The Investigator's Love Letter (2019)
- Director
- IMAI Iori
- Cast
- SATO Mao, SATO Nuiko
Sato Mao, known as "Investigator Mao", and his wife who is showing signs of dementia, are the subjects of this documentary which chronicles their daily life. In the director's chair is Imai Iori, an Osaka-based filmmaker who works both in television ...
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Silence on that Day (2021)
- Director
- IMAMURA Ayako
- Cast
- KATO Enao, KOIZUMI Shoju, KIKUCHI Tokichi
The Connecting Bridge director Imamura Ayako spent ten years covering people who cannot hear and disasters for this documentary film. When Imamura visited the Great East Japan Earthquake disaster area immediately after the catastrophe, she was seize...
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Mottainai Kitchen - Don’t waste it, cook it! (2020)
- Director
- David GROSS
- Cast
- David GROSS, TSUKAMOTO Nikki, IDE Rumi
Australia-born David Gross who produced Wastecooking among others, travels the world as a film director and food activist. In this documentary, he searches for hints to solve "food waste" as he travels through various areas in Japan, one the countrie...
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YOKOSUKA STRANGE INCIDENT (2020)
- Director
- OTSUKA Shinichi
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Ryuju, Shijimi, KAWASE Yohta
This road movie closely delves into the emotions of a man who travels to Yokosuka in an attempt to confirm the whereabouts of his former lover who was thought to have been a victim of the Great East Japan Earthquake. It is written and directed by Ots...
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Tagore Songs (2019)
- Director
- SASAKI Mika
- Cast
Documentary exploring the appeal of "Tagore songs" about nature and devotion in Bengal from poet Rabindranath Tagore, who was the first non-Western Nobel laureate in literature. Debut film from 26-year-old Sasaki Mika, who learned about Bengali cultu...
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Woman of the Photographs (2020)
- Director
- KUSHIDA Takeshi
- Cast
- NAGAI Hideki, OTAKI Itsuki
Kushida Takeshi's feature film debut premiered at the 15th Osaka Asian Film Festival and has since been selected by over 70 international film festivals. Kai (Nagai Hideki) runs a photo studio that he inherited from his father and meets Kyoko (Otaki...
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NO CALL NO LIFE (2021)
- Director
- IGASHI Aya
- Cast
- YUKI Mio, INOUE Yuki
Kabei Yukako's same-named novel arrives on the silver screen to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the talent agency Horipro. Igashi Aya grabbed the spotlight with her feature film debut A Crimson Star, and she scripted and helmed this story about t...
