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ALL ABOUT MARCH (2020)
- Director
- YUKAWA Kazuhiko
- Cast
- Haru, NARITA Ryo
Yukawa Kazuhiko, the screenwriter of numerous popular television dramas, makes the month of March the focus of this love story about the 30 years in the life of a man and woman bound by fate. March 1st, 1986. Yayoi (Haru) and Taro (Narita Ryo) meet ...
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Last Letter (2020)
- Director
- IWAI Shunji
- Cast
- MATSU Takako, HIROSE Suzu, ANNO Hideaki
Romance by director Iwai Shunji, known for Swallowtail Butterfly and Hana and Alice. Depicts the emotional rebirth and development, as well as the romance, between men and women of different generations, instigated by miscommunications via letters. ...
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Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's New Dinosaur (2020)
- Director
- IMAI Kazuaki
- Cast
- MIZUTA Wasabi, OHARA Megumi, KAKAZU Yumi
Fortieth feature film for the "Doraemon" TV anime based on Fujiko F Fujio's manga. Reunites screenplay writer Kawamura Genki and director Imai Kazuaki from Doraemon The Movie: Nobita's Treasure Island, which earned the highest box office receipts in ...
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The Master of Funerals (2019)
- Director
- HIGUCHI Naofumi
- Cast
- MAEDA Atsuko, KORA Kengo
Film inspired by Nobel Prize-winning author Kawabata Yasunari's "Diary of My Sixteenth Year" and "Carrying My Teacher's Coffin on My Shoulder." Helmed by film critic Higuchi Naofumi, who made a splash with his 2013 directorial debut Intermission. Y...
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Iwane: Sword of Serenity (2019)
- Director
- MOTOKI Katsuhide
- Cast
- MATSUZAKA Tori, KIMURA Fumino, YOSHINE Kyoko
The film adaptation of Saeki Yasuhide's samurai period novel series which in total has surpassed 20 million copies printed. Joining Matsuzaka Tori in his first leading role in a period film are Kimura Fumino, Yoshine Kyoko, Emoto Tasuku, Sugino Yosuk...
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THE FABLE (2019)
- Director
- EGUCHI Kan
- Cast
- OKADA Junichi, KIMURA Fumino, YAMAMOTO Mizuki
Okada Junichi stars along with a splendid cast of actors in this entertaining action film. The Fable (Okada) is a master assassin who is referred to as a "legend" by the underworld. Overworked, he is given a mission by his boss (Sato Koichi), to liv...
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KINGDOM (2019)
- Director
- SATO Shinsuke
- Cast
- YAMAZAKI Kento, YOSHIZAWA Ryo, HASHIMOTO Kanna
The theatrical adaptation by I Am a Hero director Sato Shinsuke of "Kingdom", the smash hit manga set during the Spring and Autumn Period through the Warring States Period of China. The manga's original author, Hara Yasuhisa, also took part in writin...
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Miyamoto (2019)
- Director
- MARIKO Tetsuya
- Cast
- IKEMATSU Sosuke, AOI Yu
The maturing of a high-spirited salesman is depicted in this youthful drama directed by Mariko Tetsuya who won the Best Emerging Director Prize at the 69th Locarno Film Festival for Destruction Babies. Miyamoto Hiroshi (Ikematsu Sosuke), an employee...
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ROJIN FARM (2019)
- Director
- MINO Ryuichi
- Cast
- HANDA Shuhei, ASO Eiko
The Audience Award winner at the 2018 Kanazawa Film Festival, this drama depicts a young man who is at odds with his work at a senior citizens' home. Directed by Mino Ryuichi and written by his younger brother Mino Kazuhiko, the Mino brothers make th...
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Lupin III: The First (2019)
- Director
- YAMAZAKI Takashi
- Cast
- KURITA Kanichi, KOBAYASHI Kiyoshi, NAMIKAWA Daisuke
A CG animated movie of Monkey Punch's original "Lupin III". The director is Yamazaki Takashi of Stand By Me Doraemon who also wrote the screenplay. The story depicts the unprecedented challenge facing Lupin and his friends who are searching for the l...
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Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (2019)
- Director
- NAGAOKA Chika
- Cast
- TAKAYAMA Minami, YAMAZAKI Wakana, KOYAMA Rikiya
Twenty-third feature film adaptation of the "Detective Conan" TV series based on Aoyama Gosho's popular comic. Depicts a three-way battle for the Blue Sapphire in Singapore, the first overseas setting for a feature film in the series. The world's la...
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KASURIKO (2018)
- Director
- TAKASE Masatsugu
- Cast
- ISHIBASHI Tamotsu, TAKUMA Shin
Set in the underworld of 1960s Tosa in Kochi Prefecture, this drama depicts a man destroying himself through gambling. The script was written by Kochi resident Kuniyoshi Takuji, and in the director's chair is Takase Masatsugu who choreographed fights...
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Love's Twisting Path (2018)
- Director
- NAKAJIMA Sadao
- Cast
- KORA Kengo, TABE Mikako
Veteran director Nakajima Sadao, known for the 'Kogarashi Monjiro' series and A Savage Beast Goes Mad, helms this samurai period film set at the end of the Edo era. Kumakiri Kazuyoshi, director of My Man, serves as assistant director. In order to ev...
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Taro the Fool (2019)
- Director
- OMORI Tatsushi
- Cast
- YOSHI, SUDA Masaki, NAKANO Taiga
Director Omori Tatsuhi, whose Ravine of Goodbye received the Special Jury Prize at the 35th Moscow International Film Festival, adapts his own script written before his feature-length debut The Whispering of the Gods. It vividly portrays the radical ...
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Come Kiss Me at 0:00 AM (2019)
- Director
- SHINJO Takehiko
- Cast
- KATAYOSE Ryota (GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE), HASHIMOTO Kanna
Love story based on a comic of the same name about the fateful romance between a guy and girl who live in completely different worlds. Helmed by Shinjo Takehiko of Your Lie in April and Daytime Shooting Star. Hinana (Hashimoto Kanna) is a super-seri...
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BENTO HARASSMENT (2019)
- Director
- TSUKAMOTO Rempei
- Cast
- SHINOHARA Ryoko, YOSHINE Kyoko
Heartwarming drama based on an essay by the same title that adapted a popular blog into book format. Directed by Tsukamoto Rempei of 700 Days of Battle: Us vs. the Police. Single mother Mochimaru Kaoru (Shinohara Ryoko) and her daughter Futaba (Yosh...
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Ossan's Love The Movie: Love or Dead (2019)
- Director
- RUTO Toichiro
- Cast
- TANAKA Kei, HAYASHI Kento, SHISON Jun
Feature film version of the 2018 TV drama that became a social phenomenon as the number-one Twitter trend and a top-ten buzzword. The story humorously portrays an all-guy "love-pentagon." Haruta Soichi (Tanaka Kei) returns to Japan after stints work...
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5 MILLION DOLLAR LIFE (2019)
- Director
- Moon Sung-Ho
- Cast
- MOCHIZUKI Ayumu, YAMADA Anna
Inaugural Grand Prize winner for the New Cinema Project, which auditions original film productions. Coming-of-age story about the life of a boy after he was saved with funds raised through donations. When he was little, Takatsuki Mirai (Mochizuki Ay...
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RANDEN: The Comings and Goings on a Kyoto Tram (2019)
- Director
- SUZUKI Takuji
- Cast
- IURA Arata, ONISHI Ayaka, ABE Satoko
The Keifuku Electric Rail Arashiyama Line commonly known as "Randen" is the through line of this film depicting the romantic circumstances of three couples that occur in the film studio town. Director Suzuki Takuji of The Wife of Gegege among others ...
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Amanogawa (2018)
- Director
- CONEY Shun
- Cast
- FUKUCHI Momoko, YANAGI Takayuki, IKUTA Tomoko
Shiori, a student living in Tokyo, feels lost in life. Her mother Satomi is an AI researcher, dedicated both to her work and educating her daughter to the highest level. Shiori stops going to school after getting banned from playing the Japanese taik...
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GARO -UNDER THE MOONBOW- (2019)
- Director
- AMEMIYA Keita
- Cast
- NAKAYAMA Masei, ISHIBASHI Natsumi, MIZUISHI Atomu
Saejima Raiga, the lead character of the 'Garo: Makai no Hana' series which aired on television in 2014, is the focus of this new story for the big screen. Series creator Amemiya Keita serves as writer of the original story, screenwriter, and directo...
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Startup Girls (2019)
- Director
- IKEDA Chihiro
- Cast
- KAMISHIRAISHI Mone, YAMAZAKI Hirona
Tokyo Rendezvous director Ikeda Chihiro brings the script by The Devil's Path screenwriter Takahashi Izumi to the big screen. Two female protagonists with polar-opposite personalities and attitudes about work have run-ins while each forging her own p...
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Twilight (2019)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Yutaka
- Cast
- SAKURADA Hiyori, KATO Seishiro
An anime by Watashi no Yasashikunai Senpai and anime series 'Wake Up, Girls' director Yamamoto Yutaka who wrote the original story and screenplay, directed, and also served as sound editor. Set in Fukushima Prefecture after the Great East Japan Earth...
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OKAZUKUN (2019)
- Director
- MIHARA Mitsuhiro
- Cast
- KUROBA Mario, SAKIYAMA Tsubasa, KOBAYASHI Katsuya
Feature film adaptation of the TV drama based on the same-named manga by Otokuni. The story is set in Enoshima and tells the story of a young salesman's trials and tribulations at work. Directed by Mihara Mitsuhiro, who won best feature at the 8th Sh...
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PARADISE NEXT (2019)
- Director
- HANNO Yoshihiro
- Cast
- TSUMABUKI Satoshi, TOYOKAWA Etsushi, Nikki HSIEH
Noir suspense shot entirely in Taiwan by Hanno Yoshihiro, who has scored soundtracks for films by Hou Hsaio-Hsien and Jia Zhangke. Co-stars Tsumabuki Satoshi and Toyokawa Etsushi with theme song by Sakamoto Ryuichi. Wisecracking Makino (Tsumabuki) s...
