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Aesop's Game (2019)
- Director
- ASANUMA Naoya, UEDA Shinichiro, NAKAIZUMI Yuya
- Cast
- ISHIKAWA Ruka, IGETA Hiroe, Guammer
Unique work created over three-plus years reuniting the production team from One Cut of the Dead with director Ueda Shinichiro, assistant director Nakaizumi Yuya and still photographer Asanuma Naoya helming as co-directors. Kameda Miwa (Ishikawa Ruk...
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Fragtime (2019)
- Director
- SATO Takuya
- Cast
- ITO Miku, MIYAMOTO Yume
Anime adaptation of the same-named comic about the relationship between a high school girl who has the ability to stop time and the classmate who knows her secret. Reunites director Sato Takuya and the staff who worked on Kase-san and Morning Glories...
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At the End of the Matinee (2019)
- Director
- NISHITANI Hiroshi
- Cast
- FUKUYAMA Masaharu, ISHIDA Yuriko
This love story is based on the 2016 novel released by author Hirano Keiichiro, a recipient of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Chevalier. It directed by Nishitani Hiroshi who has a reputation for solid and dynamic direction. Classical guit...
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Hit Me Anyone One More Time (2019)
- Director
- MITANI Koki
- Cast
- NAKAI Kiichi
Eighth film helmed by Mitani Koki, who has generated numerous hits as a screenwriter and stage director. Original story about a prime minister who is fiercely despised by the populace and suffers from amnesia. Prime Minister Kuroda (Nakai Kiichi) co...
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THE CONFIDENCE MAN JP -The Movie- (2019)
- Director
- TANAKA Akira
- Cast
- NAGASAWA Masami, HIGASHIDE Masahiro, KOTE Shinya
Kosawa Ryota pens the original story for this feature film adaptation of the hit TV drama replete with dizzying plot twists. Con artists Dako (Nagasawa Masami), Boku-chan (Higashide Masahiro), Richard (Kohinata Fumiyo) and Igarashi (Kote Shinya) are...
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Sound! Euphonium, the Movie -Our Promise: A Brand New Day- (2019)
- Director
- ISHIHARA Tatsuya
- Cast
- KUROSAWA Tomoyo, ASAI Ayaka, TOYOTA Moe
The television anime series produced by Kyoto Animation based on Takeda Ayano's youth novel heads to the big screen. Director Ishihara Tatsuya, who is known for "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya", and screenwriter Hanada Jukki with whom Ishihara col...
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Stolen Identity 2 (2020)
- Director
- NAKATA Hideo
- Cast
- CHIBA Yudai, SHIRAISHI Mai, SUZUKI Hiroki
The follow-up to the hit thriller which ended up earning 1.9 billion yen at the box office. Both director Nakata Hideo and screenwriter Oishi Tetsuya return for this sequel. Based on the second book 'Smartphone wo Otoshita dake nanoni Toraware no Sat...
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SHINKALION The Movie (working title) (2019)
- Director
- IKEZOE Takahiro
- Cast
- SAKURA Ayane, NUMAKURA Emi, MURAKAEWA Rie
This is the first theatrical film of the popular television anime 'Shinkasen Henkei Robot SHINKALION'. It is directed by Ikezoe Takahiro and the screenplay is by Shimoyama Kento. The JR East Japan prototype train "Alfa-X" debuts as the new Shinkalion...
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Kaguya-sama : Love Is War (2019)
- Director
- KAWAI Hayato
- Cast
- HIRANO Sho, HASHIMOTO Kanna
The peculiar world of 'Renai Zunousen' in the original manga is adapted to live action by Tokunaga Yuichi who scored a hit with Fly me to the Saitama. At the helm is Kawai Hayato, director of many popular titles such as My Love Story and Niseikoi: Fa...
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TALKING THE PICTURES (2019)
- Director
- SUO Masayuki
- Cast
- NARITA Ryo, KUROSHIMA Yuina
The first comedy in five years since Lady Maiko by Suo Masayuki whose Shall we Dance? was remade by Hollywood. It deals with the uniquely Japanese art of "Katsudo Benshi" or "movie narrator" during the Japanese silent film era. Shuntaro (Narita Ryo)...
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FAMILY OF STRANGERS (2019)
- Director
- HIRAYAMA Hideyuki
- Cast
- SHOFUKUTEI Tsurube, AYANO Go, KOMATSU Nana
A film adapting the book 'Closed Ward' by Hahakigi Hosei, a psychiatrist who also published numerous novels, by director Hirayama Hideyuki who garnered high praise both in Japan and abroad for Begging for Love. Aging death row convict Kajiki Hidemar...
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THE WITNESS (2019)
- Director
- MORI Junichi
- Cast
- YOSHIOKA Riho, TAKASUGI Mahiro
A thriller remaking the 2011 Korean film Blind to also take into account the nature of Japanese society. Mori Junichi of the "Little Forest" series directs. Once an outstanding policewoman, Hamanaka Natsume (Yoshioka Riho) is in the pit of despair a...
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HOT GIMMICK: GIRL MEETS BOY (2019)
- Director
- YAMATO Ū-ki
- Cast
- HORI Miona, SHIMIZU Hiroya, ITAGAKI Mizuki
The live-action adaptation of Aihara Miki's popular manga 'Hot Gimmick' written and directed by Yamato Ū-ki who has an established reputation for depicting the emotions of adolescent girls such as in the films That Girl Is Dancing by the Seaside and ...
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LITTLE LOVE SONG (2019)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Kojiro
- Cast
- SANO Hayato, MORINAGA Yuki, YAMADA Anna
The song "Chiisana Koi no Uta" by the band MONGOL800 becomes the motif for this teen film. At the helm is Hashimoto Kojiro, a student of Somai Shinji and Takita Yojiro, who made his feature-length debut with Orange. In a small town on Okinawa where ...
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ACCORDING TO MY BUTLER (2019)
- Director
- KUMA Shinji
- Cast
- NAGASE Ren, KIYOHARA Sho, JINGUJI Yuta
Author Takasato Shina's popular mystery novel is adapted to film. In the director's chair is the very experienced Kuma Shinji who has worked as an assistant director on films by Hiroki Ryuichi and Nishikawa Miwa among others. Kaei (Nagase Ren) becom...
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LEAVING THE SCENE (2019)
- Director
- MIZUTANI Yutaka
- Cast
- NAKAYAMA Masei, ISHIDA Hoshi, KOBAYASHI Ryoko
The second film from respected actor Mizutani Yutaka who made his directorial debut with Tap: The Last Show in 2017. The original drama written by Mizutani himself examines the emotions of human beings brought out by a hit-and-run crime. Shuichi (Na...
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A GAMBLER'S ODYSSEY 2020 (2019)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Kazuya
- Cast
- SAITOH Takumi, Momo, Becky
Asada Tetsuya's novel "Mahjong Hourouki", which had been adapted to film by Wada Makoto in 1984, returns once again to the big screen audaciously reworked as a cynical comedy. At the helm is Shiraishi Kazuya who attracted domestic and international a...
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The Flowers of Evil (2019)
- Director
- IGUCHI Noboru
- Cast
- ITO Kentaro, TAMASHIRO Tina, AKITA Shiori
Iguchi Noboru, the prolific creator of The Machine Girl and other cult and fantastic films, was charmed by Oshimi Shuzo's comic of the same name and personally endeavored to achieve this live-action, startling teen film. Kasuga Takao (Ito Kentaro), ...
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One Cut of the Dead Spin-Off: In Hollywood (2019)
- Director
- NAKAIZUMI Yuya
- Cast
- Mao, HAMATSU Takayuki, SHUHAMA Harumi
This is a spin-off film of the public phenomenon One Cut of the Dead which opened in two theaters in Tokyo and became a smash hit through word of mouth. Director Ueda Shinichiro serves as executive producer and screenwriter while Nakaizumi Yuya, assi...
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Romance Doll (2019)
- Director
- TANADA Yuki
- Cast
- TAKAHASHI Issey, AOI Yu, Kitaro
Director Tanada Yuki writes the screenplay to this live-action adaptation of her own 2008 debut novel of the same name. In the leading roles of the married couple are Takahashi Issey and Aoi Yu who co-star for the first time in eighteen years since A...
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MADE IN ABYSS - Dawn of a Deep Soul - (2020)
- Director
- KOJIMA Masayuki
- Cast
- TOMITA Miyu, ISE Mariya, IZAWA Shiori
Film adaptation on the heels of the TV series based on Tsukushi Akihito's popular comic "Made in Abyss" about adventures set in the Abyss, a gigantic hidden hole. TV series director Kojima Masayuki helms the film as well. Precious relics lie in the ...
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He Won't Kill, She Won't Die (2019)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Keiichi
- Cast
- MAMIYA Shotaro, SAKURAI Hinako
Live-action film adaptation of the tear-jerker 4-frame manga that was a sensation on Twitter. Director Kobayashi Keiichi depicted the highs and lows of teenage years with About the Pink Sky, which won the Japanese Eyes Best Picture Award at the 24th ...
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KONOSUBA-God's blessing ono this wonderful world! -Legend of Crimson (2019)
- Director
- KANASAKI Takaomi
- Cast
- FUKUYAMA Jun, AMAMIYA Sora, TAKAHASHI Rie
Feature film adaptation of Akatsuki Natsume's light novel series, which has sold 8.5 million copies in total and has been adapted as a TV anime show. TV series director Kanasaki Takaomi returns to helm the film. Kazuma (voice: Fukushima Jun) was sup...
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Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya Prisma☆Phantasm (2019)
- Director
- ONUMA Shin
- Cast
- KADOWAKI Mai, NAZUKA Kaori, SAITO Chiwa
This is a spin-off of "Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya" starring Illyasviel von Einzbern also known as Illya, the character who has appeared in Type-Moon's game novel 'Fate/stay night'. The original story unfolds under the supervision of the manga's a...
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The Woman Who Keeps A Murderer (2019)
- Director
- NAKATA Hideo
- Cast
- ASUKA Rin, MIZUHASHI Kenji, NEGISHI Toshie
Nakata Hideo, director of the quintessential J-Horror film Ring, adapts the erotic-thriller novel of the same name by Oishi Kei. Four actresses depict with uninhibited eroticism the four personalities of the heroine. Kyoko (Asuka Rin) works at a bis...