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Wiseguy (2020)
- Director
- IZUTSU Kazuyuki
- Cast
- MATSUMOTO Toshio, YANAGI Yurina
This ensemble drama depicting yakuza who exist in the Showa Era underworld as it undergoes changes, from the upheavals immediately after the war to the rise and crash of the bubble economy, is directed by Izutsu Kazuyuki, who has worked on numerous f...
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HARIBOTE (2020)
- Director
- IOKIBE Yukio, SUNAZAWA Satoshi
- Cast
- SAKUTA Osamu
Documentary about a small local TV station uncovering improprieties at a city council in Toyama Prefecture, a conservative area known for having the highest percentage of LDP voters in Japan for ten years running. Exposes human cunning and absurdity....
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Dancing in her Dreams (2019)
- Director
- TOKIGAWA Hideyuki
- Cast
- KATO Masaya, INUKAI Atsuhiro, OKAMURA Izumi
Drama about a real-life strip club in Hiroshima that has survived numerous threatened closures. Direction, script and editing by Tokigawa Hideyuki of Cinema Angel. Won the Jury Award at the 2020 Madrid International Film Festival. Hiroshima Theater ...
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KAIJI: FINAL GAME (2020)
- Director
- SATO Toya
- Cast
- FUJIWARA Tatsuya, FUKUSHI Sota, SEKIMIZU Nagisa
Finale for the film series based on Fukumoto Nobuyuki's mega-hit comic with total sales topping 21 million copies. Original story created with the involvement of Fukumoto. The protagonist puts his life on the line for gambling. The year is 2020 and ...
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From Today, It's My Turn!!: The Movie (2020)
- Director
- FUKUDA Yuichi
- Cast
- KAKU Kento, ITO Kentaro, SEINO Nana
The manga "From Today, It's My Turn!!" was serialized in the 80s and turned into a TV drama in 2018. Yuichi Fukuda who has directed many manga based movies such as GINTAMA continues from TV series as a director and screenwriter. Mitsuhashi (Kaku Ken...
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AWAKE (2019)
- Director
- YAMADA Atsuhiro
- Cast
- YOSHIZAWA Ryo, WAKABA Ryuya, OCHIAI Motoki
Yamada Atsuhiro directs his own screenplay, Inspired by the 2015 Shogi (Japanese-style chess) Denou-sen competition, which won the first Kinoshita Group New Director Award Grand Prix with Kawase Naomi heading up the jury. Inspired by the 2015 Shogi D...
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Midnight Swan (2020)
- Director
- UCHIDA Eiji
- Cast
- KUSANAGI Tsuyoshi, HATTORI Misaki, MIZUKAWA Asami
Love story about the encounter and relationship between a transgender woman and solitary girl. Director Uchida Eiji's Lowlife Love was selected for the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival Japanese Cinema Splash program. Nagisa (Kusanagi Tsuyoshi)...
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The Town of Headcounts (2020)
- Director
- ARAKI Shinji
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Tomoya, ISHIBASHI Shizuka, TACHIBANA Eri
Feature film debut for prolific CM and music videos director Araki Shinji, adapting the original story that was runner-up for the 1st Kinoshita Group New Director Award Grand Prix in 2017. Aoyama (Nakamura Tomoya) is being beaten up by a debt collec...
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I Never Shot Anyone (2019)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Junji
- Cast
- ISHIBASHI Renji, OKUSU Michiyo, KISHIBE Ittoku
Quirky comedy helmed by Another World director Sakamoto Junji, with original script by Maruyama Shoichi of "Detective Story" fame. Rumor has it that Ichikawa Susumu (Ishibashi Renji) is a legendary hitman. However, in truth he's a struggling writer ...
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Theatre: A Love Story (2020)
- Director
- YUKISADA Isao
- Cast
- YAMAZAKI Kento, MATSUOKA Mayu
Helmed by romance maestro Yukisada Isao, whose films include Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World. Depicts a guy struggling to make it as a stage director and the love of the woman who supports him. Based on the same-named novel by Akutagawa P...
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CENOTE (2019)
- Director
- ODA Kaori
- Cast
Documentary about "cenotes", cave water pits that are found throughout the northern part of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Cenotes were the sole water source during the Maya civilization period, and they were also sites of sacrificial ceremonies prayin...
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Town without Sea (2020)
- Director
- IKEDA Elaiza
- Cast
- KURA Yuki, ISHIUCHI Roi, SAITO Nari
Coming-of-age drama that marks the directorial debut for actress Ikeda Elaiza. Depicts the preciousness of everyday life and the importance of relationships through the lives of young people in Tagawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Selected for the 21st J...
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Listening to the air (2018)
- Director
- KOMORI Haruka
- Cast
- ABE Hiromi
Radio personality Abe Hiromi, who worked at Rikuzentakata Saigai FM for three-and-a-half years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, is the focus of this documentary. Director Komori Haruka, who moved to the Tohoku region when she was a volunteer af...
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Dangerous Drugs of Sex (2019)
- Director
- JOJO Hideo
- Cast
- KITADAI Takashi, WATANABE Sho
The live-action adaptation of Mizuta Yuki's boy's love comic of the same name incorporates extreme sexual portrayals as it renders a story of rebirth though finding the meaning of "sex" and "life". In the director's chair is Jojo Hideo, who is known ...
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Reiko and the Dolphin (2019)
- Director
- IMAOKA Shinji
- Cast
- TAKEDA Aki, KAWAYA Hidetoshi
This drama portrays twenty-three years in the life of a husband and wife who lost their only daughter in the Great Hanshin Earthquake. Director Imaoka Shinji depicts, among the streets of Kobe, the restoration of the couple's relationship after the d...
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PARADISE LOST (2019)
- Director
- FUKUMA Kenji
- Cast
- WADA Misa, AZUMA Tengo, ETO Shuhei
Drama marking the sixth feature film from poet-cum-director Fukuma Kenji. The film uses both fantasy and realism in exploring how to live after your dreams have been lost, through the life of a woman who has been widowed. In a lonely spot in the Tok...
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Love, Life and Goldfish (2021)
- Director
- MAKABE Yukinori
- Cast
- ONOE Matsuya, MOMOTA Kanako, KAKIZAWA Hayato
Acclaimed for his feature film debut I AM A MONK, Makabe Yukinori helms this live-action adaptation of Otani Noriko's same-named manga about "kingyo sukui," the goldfish catching game at summer festivals. The protagonist is a formerly high-flying ban...
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JUMP!! : The Heroes Behind the GOLD (2021)
- Director
- IIZUKA Ken
- Cast
- TANAKA Kei, TSUCHIYA Tao
Drama based on the true story of test jumpers at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, where Japan's ski jump team won its first-ever Gold Medal. Directed by Iizuka Ken of Step and Rainbow Days. Nishikata Jinya (Tanaka Kei) was on the national team for the prev...
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The Voice of Sin (2020)
- Director
- DOI Nobuhiro
- Cast
- OGURI Shun, HOSHINO Gen
Doi Nobuhiro, director of hit films such as The Wings of the Kirin, helms this thriller inspired by an actual unsolved case that rocked Japan. Akutsu (Oguri Shun), a newspaper reporter, is chasing down the story of an unsolved case from thirty-five ...
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Threads - Our Tapestry of Love (2020)
- Director
- ZEZE Takahisa
- Cast
- SUDA Masaki, KOMATSU Nana
Inspired by Nakajima Miyuki's famous song "Ito", this film portrays eighteen years in the lives of a couple alongside the changes of the Heisei Era. At the helm is Zeze Takahisa of Heaven's Story. Ren (Suda Masaki) and Aoi (Komatsu Nana) first met a...
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ALL ABOUT "CHIAKI MAYUMURA" (PROVISIONAL) (2019)
- Director
- MATSUURA Hajime
- Cast
- MAYUMURA Chiaki, TOKUNAGA Eri, SHINADA Makoto
Documentary that uses a plethora of fictional elements to disentangle the life of "self-produced idol" Mayamura Chiaki, who plunges ahead on her unique path in life as head of the company Janaimon. Helmed by Matsuuura Hajime, who directs her music vi...
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The Modern Lovers (2019)
- Director
- SHIMOYASHIRO Atsuro
- Cast
- MORIOKA Ryu, KAWAKAMI Nanami
Romance that uses bold eroticism to portray a guy who meets his ex-girlfriend and makes a clean break with his youth. Won multiple awards at MOOSIC LAB 2019. Feature film directorial debut for Shimoyashiro Atsuro, who did the soundtrack for Imaoka Sh...
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Wonderwall : the Movie (2020)
- Director
- MAEDA Yuki
- Cast
- SUDO Ren, OKAYAMA Amane, NARUMI Rico
Feature film that adds previously unreleased scenes to the much-discussed TV drama about students and university administration fighting over a dormitory's reconstruction. Script by Watanabe Aya of Josee, the Tiger and the Fish. Directed by Maeda Yuk...
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Okaeri Tadaima (2020)
- Director
- SAITO Junichi
- Cast
- SAITO Yuki, SATSUKAWA Aimi
Produced by Tokai Television Broadcasting, this true-to-life drama probes into the heart of a crime using actual footage of news coverage at the time the crime occurred. It is written and directed by Saito Junichi who has continued to sharply questio...
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TOBISHIMA (2019)
- Director
- OMIYA Koichi, TANAKA Kei
- Cast
Out in the Sea of Japan rises the populated island of Tobishima. This documentary chronicles the day-to-day life of the people living there. It is co-directed by Omiya Koichi of TAIDAMA–I'm home, a place for everyone and Tanaka Kei of Under the Cher...
