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Horse Thieves (2019)
- Director
- TAKEBA Lisa, Yerlan NURMUKHAMBETOV
- Cast
- MORIYAMA Mirai, Samal YESLYAMOVA, Madi MINAIDAROV
Drama portraying the bond between parent and child, produced as a Japan-Kazakhstan international co-production shot entirely in Kazakhstan. Starring Samal Yeslyamova, who won the Best Actress Award at 2018 Cannes Film Festival, and Moriyama Mirai. O...
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Orphans Blues (2018)
- Director
- KUDO Riho
- Cast
- MURAKAMI Yukino, KAMIKAWA Takuro, TSUJI Nagiko
Road movie that won the Grand Prize at Pia Film Festival Award 2018. Director Kudo Riho was 22 years old when a passage by Terayama Shuji inspired this film about a heroine who lives all out amidst the impending doom of an endless summer. Ema (Murak...
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SOMETHING (2018)
- Director
- SHIBATA Keisuke
- Cast
- OGAWA An, TAKAHASHI Yusuke
Coming-of-age drama helmed by Shibata Keisuke, who garnered numerous honors at domestic film festivals for his short film Hitomazu Susume. Set in a provincial seaside town, the film depicts the halcyon days of an overseas exchange student girl and hi...
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The Garden Apartment (2017)
- Director
- ISHIHARA Umi
- Cast
- SHINOMIYA Yukari, SUZUMURA Yu, TAKESHITA Kaori
Feature film debut for Ishihara Umi, who makes video works in Japan and abroad using the name UMMMI. Depicts a night in Tokyo as experienced by a young couple and a single middle-aged woman. Official selection for the Bright Future Main Programme in ...
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In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World (2019)
- Director
- KATABUCHI Sunao
- Cast
- Non, HOSOYA Yoshimasa, OMI Minori
This is a new version of In This Corner of the World adding 30 minutes of additional scenes which gives a completely divergent impression of scenes and characters. During the war in 1944, 18-year-old Suzu (voice: Non) gets married in Kure City, Hiro...
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Cyclops (2018)
- Director
- OBA Norichika
- Cast
- IKEUCHI Mansaku, SAITO Yu, SATO Kozo
Noir indie film helmed by Oba Norichika, who drew inspiration from a painting by the French artist Odilon Redon. Won the Governor of Hokkaido Prize and the Cinegard Award at the 2018 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. Shinohara (Ikeuchi M...
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MOONLESS DAWN (2018)
- Director
- ABE Harika
- Cast
- NAKAO Yuka, AOKI Yuzu, ECHIGO Haruka
Teen ensemble film that won the Runner-up Grand Prize at MOOSIC LAB 2018, the film festival for collaborations between cutting-edge directors and artists. Rookie director Abe Harika drew inspiration from LOWPOPLTD., who releases music online. Ko (Ao...
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THE LANDLADY (2019)
- Director
- HAMANO Sachi
- Cast
- YOSHIYUKI Kazuko, Nahana, Kanichiro
The novel of the same name by 2017 Akutagawa Prize contender Kimura Kumi is adapted to film by the director of Lily Festival, Hamano Sachi, and stars Yoshiyuki Kazuko. It looks back 20 years into the past of an elderly woman who died of heatstroke an...
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I'm crazy (2019)
- Director
- KUDO Masaaki
- Cast
- FURUTACHI Yutaro, SAKURAI Yuki, SOKABE Keiichi
The feature-length debut by Kudo Masaaki, who was an assistant director on films by Yukisada Isao and Shiraishi Kazuya, is a coming-of-age tale about a young man passionate for music. It won the NETPAC Award (the award for best Asian film) at the 201...
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Jeux de plage (2019)
- Director
- NATSUTO Aimi
- Cast
- HORI Haruna, KATO Shinsuke, FUKUSHIMA Juri
Coming-of-age film about young women featuring cast and crew mainly comprised of women in their 20s. Directed by the cutting-edge Natsuto Aimi, who was born in 1991 and worked as an actress and script editor on the Japan-France co-production I Want t...
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The Stormy Family (2019)
- Director
- ICHII Masahide
- Cast
- KUSANAGI Tsuyoshi, MEGUMI, NAKAMURA Tomoya
Blindly In Love director Ichii Masahide tackles a family film from a twelve-year-long developed original script intimated from his emotions toward his parents. The elderly husband and wife of the Suzuki family went missing after robbing twenty milli...
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The Kamagasaki Cauldron War (2017)
- Director
- SATO Leo
- Cast
- OTA Naori, KAWASE Yohta, MONKO Tsumugi
A warm-hearted comedy set in Kamagasaki, Osaka which is recognized as Japan's largest neighborhood of day laborers. Sato Leo of Nagai Park Elegy photographs the atmosphere of the actual area, shooting on 16mm film entirely on location in Kamagasaki. ...
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MUGEN FOUNDATION (2018)
- Director
- OSAKI Akira
- Cast
- MINAMI Sara, NISHIYAMA Cosame, HARA Nanoka
Coming-of-age film about teenage girls created with improvised performances and inspired by singer/songwriter Nishiyama Cosame's song "Mirai e." Won two awards at MOOSIC LAB 2018, the film festival where cutting-edge filmmakers collaborate with music...
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Remember the full moon night (2018)
- Director
- KAWAKITA Yumeki
- Cast
- TOKIYOSHI Erika, TAKEUCHI Momoko, NOJIMA Kenya
Coming-of-age ensemble film produced for MOOSIC LAB 2018, the film festival where cutting-edge filmmakers collaborate with musicians. Directed by Kawakita Yumeki, whose previous film Kawaranaide. Hyakunichisou was selected for screenings at indie fil...
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Itsuka kagayaiteita kanojo ha (2018)
- Director
- MAEDA Seira
- Cast
- OGURA Ao, mahocato
Coming-of-age ensemble film produced for MOOSIC LAB 2018, the film festival where cutting-edge filmmakers collaborate with musicians. Director-cum-screenwriter Maeda Seira has been performing since the sixth grade and is a self-taught filmmaker. "MI...
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Godot of the Emotos (2017)
- Director
- YAMAZAKI Yutaka
- Cast
- EMOTO Akira, EMOTO Tasuku, EMOTO Tokio
The acting family, the Emotos, are the subject of this documentary following Emoto Akira and his sons. Prominent cameraman Yamazaki Yutaka, who has been involved with shooting Kore-eda Hirokazu's films, surveils a rehearsal hall and documents the hou...
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TAKE OVER ZONE (2019)
- Director
- YAMASAKI Shimpei
- Cast
- YOSHINA Ruri, UCHIDA Chika, KAWASE Yohta
Coming-of-age drama with a script that won the 2nd Juvenile Scenario Award. Selected for the Japan Cinema Splash program in the 32nd Tokyo International Film Festival, where it won the Tokyo Gemstone Award. Three years ago Sari's (Yoshina Riru) moth...
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Go Away, Ultramarine (2019)
- Director
- YANAGI Akina
- Cast
- YOKOHAMA Ryusei, IITOYO Marie
Film adaptation of Kono Yutaka's teen fantasy novel, produced by Sugahara Daiki, who turned the "Mr. Osomatsu" stage production into a hit. Cutting-edge Yanagi Akina, who garnered film awards while in high school in the US, was tapped as director. N...
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WALKING MAN (2019)
- Director
- ANARCHY
- Cast
- NOMURA Shuhei, YUKI Mio
Original production marking the directorial debut for popular rapper ANARCHY. This story of a young man trying to escape poverty through rap incorporates the director's personal experiences during times of hardship. Atom (Nomura Shuhei) lives with h...
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Ninkyo Gakuen (2019)
- Director
- KIMURA Hisashi
- Cast
- NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, NISHIDA Toshiyuki
Film adaptation of Konno Bin's popular novelized series "Ninkyo" about the hardships experienced by do-gooder yakuza. Helmed by TV drama-veteran Kimura Hisashi, who counts Miike Takashi and Tsutsumi Yukihiko as mentors. The Akimoto-gumi yakuza take...
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KING OF PRISM -Shiny Seven Stars- IV (2019)
- Director
- HISHIDA Masakazu
- Cast
- TERASHIMA Junta, SAITO Soma, HATANAKA Tasuku
Fourth feature film to condense the TV anime "KING OF PRISM Shiny Seven Stars," the third "KING OF PRISM" series. Series veteran Hishida Masakazu presents a new story featuring Prism Star aspirants as the main characters. Edel Rose is losing by a th...
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KING OF PRISM -Shiny Seven Stars- III (2019)
- Director
- HISHIDA Masakazu
- Cast
- TERASHIMA Junta, SAITO Soma, HATANAKA Tasuku
Third feature film to condense the TV anime "KING OF PRISM Shiny Seven Stars," the third "KING OF PRISM" series. New drama unfolds for Prism Star hopefuls, who aspire to put on mesmerizing shows that bring together figure skating, singing and dancing...
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Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Dangerous Honeymoon -The Lost Daddy- (2019)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Masakazu
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Yumiko, NARAHASHI Miki, MORIKAWA Toshiyuki
The 27th feature film for the popular TV anime series. Humorous telling of the ruckus experienced by the Nohara family when they take a honeymoon vacation to a far-flung destination. Hiroshi (voice: Morikawa Tomoyuki) and Misae (voice: Narahashi Mik...
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For Him to Live (2019)
- Director
- KURAMOTO Tomoyuki
- Cast
- KAKU Tomohiro, FURUTA Yuina, KAZUKI Saya
Child welfare services takes Hiiro away from har parents, as they suspect she'd being abused. The parents feel that society is against them and are self-pitying, hating themselves for it. Time passes as the couple fails to turn things around. Then Hi...
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JK Rock (2019)
- Director
- MUGURUMA Shunji
- Cast
- FUKUYAMA Shodai, YAMAMOTO Ryosuke, KOBAYASHI Ryota
Original production from Muguruma Shunji, who helmed My Lover is a Sniper: The Movie and served as director on "Kamen Rider Agito." The JoKers rock band broke up at the height of their popularity. One year later, lead member JOE (Yamamoto Ryosuke) ha...
