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colorless (2019)
- Director
- KOYAMA Takashi
- Cast
- KANEKO Daichi, ISHIKAWA Ruka
Director Koyama Takashi has adapted a trailer which won the Grand Prix at the 2nd MI-CAN unfinished-movie trailer awards into this feature-length love story. It world premiered at the Japan Cinema Splash section of the 2019 Tokyo International Film F...
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Mrs. Noisy (2019)
- Director
- AMANO Chihiro
- Cast
- SHINOHARA Yukiko, OOTAKA Yoko, NAGAO Takuma
In this taut drama, a small argument ignites a confrontation between neighbors whose lives are upturned when they become entangled with social media and the news. This original story by Amano Chihiro was selected to screen in the Japanese Cinema Spla...
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HOKUSAI (2020)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Hajime
- Cast
- YAGIRA Yuya, TANAKA Min, NAGAYAMA Eita
Life in the Edo Period was oppressive under the shogunate. The artist Katsushika Hokusai practiced his craft during this time and is the focus of this biographical drama directed by Hashimoto Hajime of the Detective in the Bar series. The film depic...
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Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution (2019)
- Director
- YUYAMA Kunihiko, SAKAKIBARA Motonori
- Cast
- MATSUMOTO Rika, OTANI Ikue
Animation film that uses 3DCG to remake Pokémon: The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back, the first film in the "Pokémon" series. Legendary Pokémon Mewtwo (voice: Ichimura Masachika) was thrust into the world by the selfishness of a human who discovere...
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Turep ~Looking for "Children of the Sea"~ (2019)
- Director
- YAMAOKA Nobutaka
- Cast
- MORISAKI Win, IGARASHI Daisuke, NAKAZAWA Shinichi
Animation production company Studio 4℃, which worked on Children of the Sea, engage in their first live-action film. They have created a vision for a future civilization by combining a story pursuing the whereabouts of a missing man and interviews wi...
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Star Twinkle Pretty Cure the Movie (2019)
- Director
- TANAKA Yuta
- Cast
- NARUSE Eimi, KOHARA Konomi, YASUNO Kiyono
The 27th theatrical film in the "Pretty Cure" series. It is the first solo film of the 'Star Twinkle Pretty Cure' television anime series which began airing in February of 2019. At the helm is Tanaka Yuta of Witchy Pretty Cure! The Movie: Wondrous! C...
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DANCE WITH ME (2019)
- Director
- YAGUCHI Shinobu
- Cast
- MIYOSHI Ayaka, YASHIRO Yu, chay
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One Piece: Stampede (2019)
- Director
- OOTSUKA Takashi
- Cast
- TANAKA Mayumi, NAKAI Kazuya, OKAMURA Akemi
The fourteenth "One Piece" theatrical film commemorates the twentieth anniversary of the television anime series. The original author, Oda Eiichiro, supervises while Ootsuka Takashi of the "Pretty Cure All Stars DX" series writes and directs. Luffy ...
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The Bucket List (2019)
- Director
- INUDO Isshin
- Cast
- YOSHINAGA Sayuri, AMAMI Yuki
Inudo Isshin directs this remake of the Rob Reiner film starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson. Veteran actresses Yoshinaga Sayuri and Amami Yuki play women whose days are numbered. Sachie (Yoshinaga) is a homemaker who has devoted her life to h...
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NI NO KUNI (2019)
- Director
- MOMOSE Yoshiyuki
- Cast
- YAMAZAKI Kento, ARATA Mackenyu, NAGANO Mei
Animation director Momose Yoshiyuki, who contributed to numerous Miyazaki Hayao films while at Studio Ghibli and helms this feature film animation adaption of Level-5's popular RPG series. Set in the "modern world" (reality) and the neighboring magic...
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Rise of the Machine Girls (2019)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Yuki
- Cast
- TSUKIMIYA Himena, HANAKAGE Kanon, SAKAGUCHI Taku (TAK∴)
Up-and-coming director Kobayashi Yuki directs this shocking reboot of The Machine Girl by Iguchi Noboru who enjoys a cult following even in North America. Chiba Yoshinori and Nishimura Yoshihiro, who produced Kobayashi's commercial debut film Death R...
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Stardust Over the Town (2020)
- Director
- SUGIYAMA Taiichi
- Cast
- TAIHEI Saburo, Lasalle ISHII, KOMIYA Takayasu
A film adaptation of the 25 year long-running, identically titled stage production performed by theatre troupe Hoshikuzu no Kai which was formed by playwright and stage director Mizutani Ryuji. The story depicts the sorrows of an obscure ballad choru...
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Prison 13 (2019)
- Director
- WATANABE Kensaku
- Cast
- HOTTA Mayu, ITANO Tomomi, MAENO Tomoya
Derived from the "Stanford Prison Experiment", this closed room thriller depicts the violent game between 12 men and women who are the test subjects of a public experiment. Writer and director Watanabe Kensaku, the screenwriter of The Great Passage, ...
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I WAS A SECRET BITCH (2019)
- Director
- MIKI Koichiro
- Cast
- SAKUMA Yui, MURAKAMI Nijiro, OHGO Suzuka
Arai Piroyo's identically titled comic based on personal experiences is adapted to film by writer and director Miki Koichiro. The story depicts the tribulations and maturing of the heroine who indulges in "social approval" through flattery she receiv...
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They Say Nothing Stays the Same (2019)
- Director
- ODAGIRI Joe
- Cast
- EMOTO Akira, KAWASHIMA Ririka, MURAKAMI Nijiro
Actor Odagiri Joe makes his feature film directorial debut from an original script he wrote which asks what is a compassionate way of life. Joining the staff are internationally recognized cinematographer Christopher Doyle and costume designer Wada E...
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Masako, mon ange (2019)
- Director
- OOKA Daisuke
- Cast
- Masako, Anju, TAMURA Shoko
Documentary that teases apart the life of model Masako, who also acted in films including Ring and died at the age of 50, through interviews of people who knew her well. Directed by Masako's husband Ooka Daisuke, who is a film producer. Masako died ...
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Murders at the House of Death (2019)
- Director
- KIMURA Hisashi
- Cast
- KAMIKI Ryunosuke, HAMABE Minami, NAKAMURA Tomoya
Film adaptation of the debut novel from Imamura Masahiro, renowned as winner of the Honkaku Mystery for Best Fiction. Directed by Kimura Hisashi, a veteran TV drama director. University student Hamura (Kamiki Ryunosuke) gets roped into investigating...
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My Hero Academia: Heroes rising (2019)
- Director
- NAGASAKI Kenji
- Cast
- YAMASHITA Daiki, OKAMOTO Nobuhiko
The second film in the animated series adapting the popular comic which has sold more than twenty-five million copies. Director Nagasaki Kenji continues on from the previous film while original author Horikoshi Kohei serves as supervisor and original...
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Listen to the Universe (2019)
- Director
- ISHIKAWA Kei
- Cast
- MATSUOKA Mayu, MATSUZAKA Tori, MORISAKI Win
Ishikawa Kei, whose directorial debut GUKOROKU–Traces Of Sin officially screened at the 73rd Venice Film Festival, adapts from his own screenplay Onda Riku's identically titled novel. The drama depicts the complex relations among four gifted young pi...
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Weathering With You (2019)
- Director
- SHINKAI Makoto
- Cast
- DAIGO Kotaro, MORI Nana
Director Shinkai Makoto's first feature-length animation in three years following your name., the huge hit that topped twenty-five billion yen in box-office receipts. Set in an era when the weather has gone awry, the lush visuals depict a boy and gir...
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PROMARE (2019)
- Director
- IMAISHI Hiroyuki
- Cast
- MATSUYAMA Kenichi, SAOTOME Taichi, SAKAI Masato
An original animated film by Imaishi Hiroyuki and Nakashima Kazuki who teamed up on the TV anime series "Gurren Lagann" and "Kill la Kill". It was screened at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival 2019. It has been thirty years since half ...
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GHOST MASTER (2019)
- Director
- YOUNG Paul
- Cast
- MIURA Takahiro, NARUMI Rico
Horror comedy officially selected for numerous film festivals including the 52nd SITGES - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia. Feature film directorial debut by Paul Young, who studied under director Kurosawa Kiyoshi and has an America...
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It Feels So Good (2019)
- Director
- ARAI Haruhiko
- Cast
- EMOTO Tasuku, TAKIUCHI Kumi
Arai Haruhiko, one of Japan's best-known screenplay writers, reprises his dual roles as director and writer from Body and Soul and When I Was Most Beautiful. First film adaptation of a work by Naoki Prize-winning author Shiraishi Kazufumi depicting t...
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Our 30-Minute Sessions (2020)
- Director
- HAGIWARA Kentaro
- Cast
- ARATA Mackenyu, KITAMURA Takumi, KUBOTA Sayu
Teen music romance featuring singing and instrumental scenes with a fresh cast of young actors including Arata Mackenyu and Kitamura Takumi of 12 Suicidal Teens. Helmed by Hagiwara Kentaro of Tokyo Ghoul with an original script by Oshima Satomi of Th...
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Sumikkogurashi: Good to be in the corner (2019)
- Director
- Mankyu
- Cast
Theatrical-release feature film anime for 'Sumikko gurashi', which won the Grand Prize for the Japanese Character Award in 2019. Animation produced by Fanworks, which made the Netflix original "Aggretsuko". Narration by Inohara Yoshihiko and Honjo Ma...
