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Family Bond (2019)
- Director
- GONNO Hajime
- Cast
- NAGABUCHI Tsuyoshi, IIJIMA Naoko, YAMAGUCHI Mayu
Musician Nagabuchi Tsuyoshi returns to the screen after twenty years in this drama. At the helm is Gonno Hajime who has worked numerous television series and films, in addition to putting his skills to use in the "Partners" series. Master carpenter ...
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his (2020)
- Director
- IMAIZUMI Rikiya
- Cast
- MIYAZAWA Hio, FUJIWARA Kisetsu
Two men who were once a couple reunite after eight years in this romance film. It portrays the LGBTQ community's hopes for coexistence, a courtroom drama contesting parental rights, the transformation of the family structure, and the harsh conditions...
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When A Tree Falls (2019)
- Director
- ISHII Yuya
- Cast
- TSUMABUKI Satoshi, INOUE Mao
Novelist Nukui Tokuro's original story of the same name which was adapted as a television series by "The Great Passage" director Ishii Yuya now heads to theaters. It depicts head on social problems facing contemporary Japan with a realistic touch. H...
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The Hikita's Are Expecting! (2019)
- Director
- HOSOKAWA Toru
- Cast
- MATSUSHIGE Yutaka, KITAGAWA Keiko
Author Hikita Kunio's essay of the same name about his personal experiences is adapted to this drama. It captures a couple as they are confronted by and overcome male infertility. In the director's chair is Hosokawa Toru of "Golden Orchestra". 49-ye...
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Sacrifice (2019)
- Director
- TSUBOI Taku
- Cast
- AOKI Yuzu, HANDA Miki, GOMI Michiko
Drama depicting a "tale of death" for young adults nine years after the Great Tohoku Earthquake. Feature film debut by Tsuboi Takuo, who has worked on films by Shinozaki Makoto and Kurosawa Kiyoshi. Midori (Gomi Michiko), who previously predicted th...
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School Meals Time Final Battle (2020)
- Director
- AYABE Shinya
- Cast
- ICHIHARA Hayato, TAKEDA Rena, SATO Taishi
Feature film adaptation of the comedy about the "quiet battle" between a teacher and student who are obsessed with school lunches. The year is 1984. Teacher Amarida (Ichihara Hayato) is crazy about school lunches, and he gets the shock of his life w...
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Miporin (2019)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Daiki
- Cast
- KAKIO Asami, TSUDA Haruka
Low budget horror-comedy produced, written, and directed by visual creator Matsumoto Daiki who makes his first foray into independent feature film production. It depicts the fate of an idol held captive by a frightening voice trainer. Kanda Yuka (Ts...
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TOKYO HIGH TIDE (2019)
- Director
- MURAKAMI Hiroyasu
- Cast
Murakami Hiroyasu, director of the documentary Nagare, turns his camera on an elderly homeless man who digs for freshwater clams along the Tama River estuary. His life brings into relief numerous issues confronting Japan today, including environmenta...
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Planet of the Crabs (2019)
- Director
- MURAKAMI Hiroyasu
- Cast
- YOSHIDA Tadayoshi
TOKYO HIGH TIDE director Murakami Hiroyasu returns to the Tama River estuary to document Yoshida Tadayoshi, who has been conducting independent observations of crabs over a 15-year period. The camera's relentless focus on crabs brings to light a wor...
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Project Dreams - How to Build Mazinger Z's Hangar (2020)
- Director
- HANABUSA Tsutomu
- Cast
- TAKASUGI Mahiro, KAMIJI Yusuke, KISHII Yukino
Company employees are depicted earnestly grappling with meaningless things in this drama directed by Hanabusa Tsutomu of Kakegurui. The script is written by Ueda Makoto of Night is Short, Walk On Girl. Doi (Takasugi Mahiro) of the Maeda Construction...
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The First Supper (2019)
- Director
- TOKIWA Shiro
- Cast
- SOMETANI Shota, TODA Erika, KUBOZUKA Yosuke
A family regaining the time with their deceased father is depicted in this drama directed by Tokiwa Shiro who spent seven years planning the script. This is his debut feature film. Rintaro (Sometani Shota) returns home for the first time in a long w...
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Fukushima 50 (2020)
- Director
- WAKAMATSU Setsuro
- Cast
- SATO Koichi, WATANABE Ken
Fifty workers at the Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Power Plant are depicted in this drama as they face a critical situation due to the Great East Japan Earthquake. At the helm is Wakamatsu Setsuro, who is known for The Unbroken among others. The Fukushima ...
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True Believer (2019)
- Director
- KOJITANI Hideki
- Cast
- SHOJI Tetsuro, HAYASHI Yasuko, TAKEMOTO Ryo
A documentary film about people who believe in the existence of UFOs directed by Kojitani Hideki who has compiled interviews with a variety of people who have experienced UFO encounters. Kojitani is inspired by a video on YouTube of an alien corpse ...
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My Girlfriend is a Serial Killer (2019)
- Director
- ASAKURA Kayoko
- Cast
- SUGINO Yosuke, FUKUHARA Haruka
Film adaptation of the splatter romantic comedy manga "Ana Satsujin." Asakura Kayoko, who has helmed splatter horror films including It's a Beautiful Day and The Idols and the Undead, depicts love at its most extreme. Kurosu (Sugino Yosuke) despairs...
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The Grapes of Joy (2020)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Akio
- Cast
- FUKUMOTO Riko, NAKAGAUCHI Masataka, YOSHIDA Cho
Set in Okayama Prefecture, the struggles of a girl captivated by Japanese fruit confectionery is depicted in this coming-of-age drama. In the director's chair is Yoshida Akio, a veteran television director of numerous series since the 1980s and direc...
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Zero (2020)
- Director
- SODA Kazuhiro
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Masatomo, YAMAMOTO Yoshiko
Filmmaker Soda Kazuhiro, who received international praise for Campaign and Peace returns with his ninth "observational" documentary. Yamamoto Masatomo, the psychiatrist around which the 2008 film Mental revolved, is once again the subject of this fi...
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Katasumitachi to ikiru Kantoku Katabuchi Sunao no shigoto (2019)
- Director
- YAMADA Reo
- Cast
- KATABUCHI Sunao, Non, IWAI Nanase
This documentary focuses on the director of the animated film In This Corner of the World, Katabuchi Sunao. Over the course of three years, the camera closely covered Katabuchi 100 times and recorded the director's creative process. Upon the release...
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Violet Evergarden : the Movie (2020)
- Director
- ISHIDATE Taichi
- Cast
- ISHIKAWA Yui, NAMIKAWA Daisuke
Akatsuki Kana's novel is adapted to screen by Kyoto Animation. The animated film delicately portrays a young girl without emotions who, through a proxy letter writing service, comes to understand the true meaning of the words told to her by someone s...
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Beneath the Shadow (2020)
- Director
- OTOMO Keishi
- Cast
- AYANO Go, MATSUDA Ryuhei
Mystery based on Numata Shinsuke's novel, which won the 157th Akutagawa Prize. Set in Morioka, the film depicts the rebirth of a man who confronts the disappearance of his friend. Directed by Otomo Keishi and stars Ayano Go and Matsuda Ryuhei. Konno...
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FANCY (2019)
- Director
- HIROTA Masaoki
- Cast
- NAGASE Masatoshi, KUBOTA Masataka, KONISHI Sakurako
Live-action adaptation of the short manga by Yamamoto Naoki. Thrilling portrayal of the relationships among two guys and a girl as they waver between reality and fantasy. Stars Nagase Masatoshi of An, Kubota Masataka of First Love and Konishi Sakurak...
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Tokyo Dragon Chef (2020)
- Director
- NISHIMURA Yoshihiro
- Cast
- MOTOMIYA Yasukaze, YAMAGUCHI Yoshiyuki, OZAWA Kazuyoshi
Unique action film about battling ramen restaurant owners starring actors from the direct-to-video film industry. Directed by Nishimura Yoshihiro, a leading special effects artist for films including Shin Godzilla. Ex-gang members Ryu (Motomiya Yas...
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Beautiful Escape (2020)
- Director
- MORITA Kazuki
- Cast
- KASAMATSU Show, INORI Kirara, KUROSAWA Asuka
Commercial film directorial debut for Morita Kazuki, whose Scrap Youth won the Grand Prix and Cinegar Award at the 2019 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. Morita infuses his own life experiences into this ensemble drama, which unfolds with...
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A Whisker Away (2020)
- Director
- SATO Junichi, SHIBAYAMA Tomotaka
- Cast
- SHIDA Mirai, HANAE Natsuki
A youth fantasy of self-discovery unfolding through a world of "cats" co-directed by Sato Junichi, the master involved with such smash hits as "Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon", and Shibayama Tomotaka who took part in Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away and ma...
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Tokyo Paralympics, Festival of Love and Glory (1965)
- Director
- WATANABE Kimio
- Cast
In 1964, the Tokyo Olympics had concluded successfully and the city was returning to its normal self. Meanwhile, another sports event, invested with significance, was about to start. This was the "Tokyo Games for the Physically Handicapped," as it wa...
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The Brightest Roof in the Universe (2020)
- Director
- FUJII Michihito
- Cast
- KIYOHARA Kaya, MOMOI Kaori
Adapting novelist Nonaka Tomoso's identically titled book, Fujii Michihito, director of The Journalist, renders the curious encounters of a confused girls and her subsequent growth. 14-year-old Tsubame (Kiyohara Kaya) has a crush on university stude...
