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May I quit being a mom!? (2020)
- Director
- GODA Tomo
- Cast
A child is a blessing. You love the child. And it's sometimes therefore that you feel suffocated. The film is a collection of real-life moments of moms and their partners struggling, stumbling, and fighting to make it work. Featuring: --A mom who...
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UNDERDOG (2020)
- Director
- TAKE Masaharu
- Cast
- MORIYAMA Mirai, KITAMURA Takumi, KATSUJI Ryo
100 Yen Love director Take Masaharu and screenplay writer Adachi Shin reunite for another original story about boxing. Tells the story of three bottom-dog boxers who get used as punching bags. Pro boxer Suenaga Akira (Moriyama Mirai) fell off the pa...
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My TYRANO: Together Forever (2020)
- Director
- SHIZUNO Kobun
- Cast
- MIKI Shin-ichiro, ISHIHARA Kaori, YUKI Aoi
Tezuka Productions animates this Korea-Japan-China co-production based on Miyanishi Tatsuya's popular picture book. Directed by Shizuno Kobun, who helmed the animated Godzilla trilogy. It's the era of the dinosaurs and the ice age approaches. Punon ...
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Omoideshashin (2020)
- Director
- KUMAZAWA Naoto
- Cast
- FUKAGAWA Mai, KORA Kengo, Karina
This drama, directed by Kumazawa Naoto of Yurigokoro, deals with taking "remembrance portraits" which are not mere funeral portraits, but are portraits photographed at a place holding fond memories for elderly subjects who share the recollections of ...
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Just the two of us (2020)
- Director
- FUJIMOTO Keita
- Cast
- NAGASE Masatoshi, DOI Shiori
Set in Kyoto's Nishijin district, this drama depicts the day-to-day nursing care between a man who has lost everything, and a blind woman. The film was produced by an energetic young staff from Kyoto University of the Arts. Shunsaku (Nagase Masatosh...
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Mentai-piriri (2019)
- Director
- EGUCHI Kan
- Cast
- HAKATA Hanamaru, TOMITA Yasuko
The life of a businessman who broadened the popularity of mentaiko (spicy cod roe) in Japan serves is the basis for this biographical drama directed by Eguchi Kan who won the Best Action Film award at the 23rd Fantasia International Film Festival for...
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Dancing Mary (2019)
- Director
- SABU
- Cast
- EXILE NAOTO, YAMADA Aina, ISHIBASHI Ryo
The efforts of a man and woman struggling to fulfill the wish of a ghost unfold in this fantasy drama directed by SABU whose Mr. Long was screened in the competition section of the 76th Berlin International Film Festival. This film was awarded the Ju...
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Kiss Cam! (2020)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Hana
- Cast
- HAYAMA Shono, HOTTA Akane, YAGI Alissa
The inspiration for this romantic film is the "Kiss Cam" carried out at sporting events in which a couple selected from the crowd by a TV camera must kiss for all to see. At the helm is Matsumoto Hana whose A Midsummer Dream was screened at the Yubar...
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Daughters (2020)
- Director
- TSUDA Hajime
- Cast
- MIYOSHI Ayaka, ABE Junko
Fashion event director and video creator Tsuda Hajime makes his feature film debut as both director and screenplay writer. Follows ten months in the lives of two women facing the crossroads of pregnancy. Koharu (Miyoshi Ayaka) and Ayano (Abe Junko) ...
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#HandballStrive (2020)
- Director
- MATSUI Daigo
- Cast
- KATO Seishiro, DAIGO Kotaro, MAKITA Aju
Coming-of-age film helmed by Matsui Daigo, who has brought teen stories to the big screen since his feature film debut with Afro Tanaka. Original screenplay co-authored with Sato Dai. High schoolers use social media to galvanize recovery efforts in K...
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My Name is Yours (2020)
- Director
- FUKUDA Momoko
- Cast
- MATSUMOTO Honoka
Coming-of-age film helmed by cutting-edge Fukuda Momoko, who is also a novelist and directs plays and TV dramas. Mukai Kosuke of Gukoroku: Traces of Sin transforms two stories by the director into a single storyline. En (Matsumoto Honoka) is a high ...
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Soirée (2020)
- Director
- SOTOYAMA Bunji
- Cast
- MURAKAMI Nijiro, IMOU Haruka
Cutting-edge director Sonoyama Bunji's talent intrigued actors Toyohara Kosuke and Koizumi Kyoko, who took on this unusual love story for their first project as producers. A young man and woman commit an unforgivable crime and run until they find a r...
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ZOKKI (2021)
- Director
- TAKENAKA Naoto, YAMADA Takayuki, SAITOH Takumi
- Cast
Directors Takenaka Naoto, Yamada Takayuki and Saitoh Takumi bring comic artist Ohashi Hiroyuki's early work to the big screen. A girl is horrified by the sheer number of secrets revealed by her grandfather. A man journeys somewhere south aiming for ...
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The Master Plan (2021)
- Director
- SATOH Yuichi
- Cast
- IWATA Takanori, ARATA Mackenyu, YAMADA Anna
Suspense featuring Iwata Takanori and Arata Mackenyu as buddies who are two sides of the same coin. The final twenty minutes feature a shocking finale. Kida (Iwata) and Makoto (Arata) share a powerful bond. The former outcasts spend a decade fightin...
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Hold Me Back (2020)
- Director
- OHKU Akiko
- Cast
- Non, HAYASHI Kento
Romance about the clumsy love life of a thirty-something woman who thoroughly enjoys being single. Director Ohku Akiko won the Audience Award at the 30th Tokyo International Film Festival for Tremble All You Want. Thirty-one year old Mitsuko (Non) l...
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Super Mikincorinista (2019)
- Director
- KUSABA Naoya
- Cast
- TAKAYAMA Ruriko
Winner of two awards at the 41st Pia Film Festival, this drama is the feature-length directorial debut of Kusaba Naoya who completed this film on the side while working for a production company on the sets of commercial film productions. Miki (Takay...
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The Hardness of Avocado (2019)
- Director
- JO Masaya
- Cast
- MAEHARA Mizuki, TAGA Asami
Jo Masaya's feature-length directorial debut has picked up awards at PFF Award 2019 and other local independent film competitions. The film stars Maehara Mizuki, a member of theatre troupe Seinendan, in the lead role of Maehara and unspools a realist...
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OBAKE (2019)
- Director
- NAKAO Hiromichi
- Cast
- NAKAO Hiromichi, NAKAO Sakutaro, NAKAO Misora
A semi-autobiographical film by director Nakao Hiromichi, who has so far made films by himself, if at all possible, with the conviction to "keep doing the things he wants to his complete satisfaction". The film earned the Grand Prize at the PFF Award...
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Denen Boys (2020)
- Director
- NISHIUMI Kenichiro
- Cast
- ARISAWA Shotaro, IMARI Yu, TANAKA Naoki
The TV series depicting the struggles of four self-proclaimed hunks as they try to open a host club in the countryside moves to the big screen. The TV series drew attention for its original story developed by the energetic writers. Ikeura Sadayume, w...
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Werewolf Game - Master of Death Game (2020)
- Director
- KAWAKAMI Ryo
- Cast
- OGOE Yuki, NAKAJIMA Ken, Uchikuri UCHIKURA
The eighth film in the series is the first to set a male figure in the lead role, and also depict the game from the game master's point of view. Series creator Kawakami Ryo, writes and directs this outing while Kodama Takeshi, a central figure in the...
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Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Crash! Rakuga-Kingdom and Almost Four Heroes (2020)
- Director
- KYOGOKU Takahiko
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Yumiko, NARAHASHI Miki, MORIKAWA Toshiyuki
Twenty-eighth feature film for the popular TV anime series. "Love Live!" anime series director Kyogoku Takahiko helms this adventure featuring doodles. The floating "Doodle Kingdom" is powered by doodles, and it attacks Kasukabe to secure an energy ...
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Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! The Movie (2020)
- Director
- HANABUSA Tsutomu
- Cast
- SAITO Asuka, YAMASHITA Mizuki, UMEZAWA Minami
Live-action feature film adaptation of Owara Sumito's same-named comic about three high school girls, which has also been turned into a TV anime series helmed by Yuasa Masaaki. Directed by Hanabusa Tsutomu, whose skillful manga adaptations include Ka...
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Brave: Gunjyou senki (2021)
- Director
- MOTOHIRO Katsuyuki
- Cast
- ARATA Mackenyu, MIURA Haruma, YAMAZAKI Hirona
Live-action feature film adaptation of Kasahara Maki's popular comic about high school teens who time travel to the Sengoku Period with their school building in tow. Helmed by Motohiro Katsuyuki of the "Bayside Shakedown" series, which hit a box offi...
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Secret × Heroine Phantomirage The Movie ～Getting the forbitten heart on the movie～ (2020)
- Director
- MIIKE Takashi
- Cast
- HISHIDA Minami, YAMAGUCHI Kira, HARADA Toa
The SFX television series receives a theatrical release with series director/supervisor Miike Takashi at the helm. One day, the phantom thieves of justice, the Phantomirage (Hishida Minai, Yamaguchi Kira, Harada Toa, Ishii Ran) are offered roles in ...
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Under the Open Sky (2021)
- Director
- NISHIKAWA Miwa
- Cast
- YAKUSHO Koji, NAKANO Taiga, HASHIZUME Isao
Naoki Prize-winning author Saki Ryuzo's 'Mibuncho' serves as the basis for this character-driven drama. The Long Excuse director Nishikawa Miwa transplants the book's original setting thiry-five years later to the present-day. Former yakuza Mikami (...
