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Silent Rain (2019)
- Director
- NAKAGAWA Ryutaro
- Cast
- NAKANO Taiga, ETO Misa
Film adaptation of the 2004 debut novel from Miyashita Natsu, who made a splash when "The Forest of Wool and Steel" was adapted for film in 2018. Helmed by Nakagawa Ryutaro, whose accolades include the FIPRESCI Award at the 39th Moscow International ...
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We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous (2019)
- Director
- TAKE Masaharu
- Cast
- NAKAI Kiichi, SASAKI Kuranosuke, HIROSUE Ryoko
Original comedy that reunites director Take Masaharu with scriptwriters Imai Masako and Adachi Shin from the previous film. Hirosue Ryoko plays the bewitching heroine who tricks the protagonists as portrayed by Nakai Kiichi and Sasaki Kuranosuke. An...
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Seven Days War (2019)
- Director
- MURANO Yuta
- Cast
- KITAMURA Takumi, YOSHINE Kyoko
Feature film animation adaptation of Souda Osamu's same-named novel, which has also been turned into a live-action film starring Miyazawa Rie. Script handled by Ohkouchi Ichirou of the popular series CODE GEASS Lelouch of the Re;surrection and helmed...
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SPECIAL ACTORS (2019)
- Director
- UEDA Shinichiro
- Cast
- OSAWA Kazuto, KONO Hiroki, FUJI Takuya
One Cut of the Dead director Ueda Shinichiro takes a concept he has been incubating for many years and casts 15 unknown actors through auditions for this multiple protagonist film resulting from his original script. It was the seventh project produce...
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Under Your Bed (2019)
- Director
- ASATO Mari
- Cast
- KORA Kengo, NISHIKAWA Kanako, ABE Kenichi
Film adaptation of Ohishi Kei's same-named horror novel about a lonely man's warped feelings of love. Helmed by Bilocation's Asato Mari, who served as assistant director on films by Kurosawa Kiyoshi and Shiota Akihiko. Ignored by even his parents, M...
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HUMAN LOST (2019)
- Director
- KIZAKI Fuminori
- Cast
- MIYANO Mamoru, HANAZAWA Kana, SAKURAI Takahiro
Sci-fi anti-hero action film that reimagines "No Longer Human," the monumental Japanese literary classic about a man's ruined life, with a stellar creative team including director Kizaki Fuminori of "Afro Samurai", supervisor Motohiro Katsuyuki, and ...
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His Bad Blood (2019)
- Director
- OYAMA Koichiro
- Cast
- WATANABE Ikkei, TOYAMA Yu, ENOMOTO Sakura
Drama marking the feature film debut for Oyama Koichiro, who has worked as assistant director for Nakata Hideo and Wakamatsu Setsuro. Shot entirely in Nagano Prefecture's Iida City. Screened at the 23rd Fantasia International Film Festival. Raised b...
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To the Ends of the Earth (2019)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Kiyoshi
- Cast
- MAEDA Atsuko, KASE Ryo, SOMETANI Shota
Kurosawa Kiyoshi, who has won numerous awards at home and abroad including Best Director in the Un Certain Regard at Cannes for Journey to the Shore, writes and directs this original road movie which was shot in Uzbekistan over the course of one mont...
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Her Blue Sky (2019)
- Director
- NAGAI Tatsuyuki
- Cast
- YOSHIZAWA Ryo, YOSHIOKA Riho, WAKAYAMA Shion
An original feature-length animation assembling the production staff and director, Nagai Tatsuyuki, of Anohana and The Anthem of the Heart. 17-year-old Aoi (voice: Wakayama Shion) and her older sister Akane (voice: Yoshioka Riho) have lived alone to...
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HELLO WORLD (2019)
- Director
- ITO Tomohiko
- Cast
- KITAMURA Takumi, MATSUZAKA Tori, HAMABE Minami
The next animated feature film by Ito Tomohiko following SWORD ART ONLINE THE MOVIE -Ordinal Scale-. The original sci-fi teen love story unfolds against the backdrop of 2027 Kyoto. High school boy Naomi (voice: Kitamura Takumi) is confronted by anot...
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DRAGON QUEST YOUR STORY (2019)
- Director
- YAGI Ryuichi, HANAFUSA Makoto
- Cast
- SATOH Takeru, ARIMURA Kasumi, Haru
Yamazaki Takashi serves as chief director and screenwriter on this feature-length CG animated film based on the popular RPG video game "Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride". The film once again assembles the production staff of Stand By Me Dor...
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BARAGAKI UNBROKEN SAMURAI (2020)
- Director
- HARADA Masato
- Cast
- OKADA Junichi, SHIBASAKI Ko, SUZUKI Ryohei
Epic period drama based on Shiba Ryotaro's historical novel, helmed and scripted by Harada Masato of Sekigahara and KAKEKOMI. Vividly depicts Shinsengumi vice commander Hijikata Toshizo's life spanning the final days of the Edo period into the Meiji ...
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Sleep in the Shadows (2019)
- Director
- IZUMI Seiji
- Cast
- KATO Masaya, NAKAMURA Yuri, YO Kimiko
Film adaptation of the hard-boiled detective novel "Hoei" by popular author Kitakata Kenzo, who has had numerous works adapted for film. Director Izumi Seiji has helmed the TV series and feature films for the "Aibo" franchise. Fuyuki (Kato Masaya) r...
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ERICA 38 (2018)
- Director
- HIBI Yuichi
- Cast
- ASADA Miyoko, KIKI Kilin
This is the only film Kiki Kilin, of Shoplifters fame among many others, conceived in her lifetime. Based on a true story, it depicts a woman turning to a life of fraud because of her desires. In the director's chair is Hibi Yuichi whose Ken San won ...
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Minori, on the Brink (2019)
- Director
- NINOMIYA Ryutaro
- Cast
- HAGIWARA Minori
ENBU Seminar, the film school which brought One Cut of the Dead in to the world, produced this drama through the 8th session of its Cinema Project workshop. At the helm is Ninomiya Ryutaro whose Sweating the Small Stuff was screened at the 70th Locar...
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Show Me the Way to the Station (2019)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Naoki
- Cast
- NIITSU Chise
Film adaptation of a short story by Naoki Prize-winning author Ijuin Shizuka. Direction and adaptation by acclaimed filmmaker Hashimoto Naoki, whose Birthright has been screened at domestic and international film festivals and won the Special Jury Aw...
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Extro (2019)
- Director
- MURAHASHI Naoki
- Cast
- HAGINOYA Kozo
In this mokumentary, the joys and pains of townspeople extras are portrayed with an actual film studio as its backdrop. It is directed by Murahashi Naoki who works in television, and is written by playwright Goto Hirohito who is known for writing the...
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Handling Method for Grumpy Woman (2019)
- Director
- ARITA Shunsuke
- Cast
- HAYAMI Akari, HIRAOKA Yuta
Comedy that uses neuroscience to resolve conflicts between men and women at a wedding hall, based on the same-named work penned by Kurokawa Ihoko. Feature film directorial debut for Arita Shunsuke. College student Majima Ai (Hayami Akari) gets a par...
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A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad's an Alcoholic (2019)
- Director
- KATAGIRI Kenji
- Cast
- MATSUMOTO Honoka, SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko
Drama that adapts for film Kikuchi Mariko's manga-style essay based on her real-life experiences. Directed and scripted by Katagiri Kenji, whose debut film Room Laundering was screened at the 22nd Fantasia International Film Festival. Tadokoro Saki ...
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Little Miss Period (2019)
- Director
- SHINADA Shunsuke
- Cast
- NIKAIDO Fumi, ITO Sairi
Film adaptation of Koyama Ken's same-named comic that anthropomorphizes menstruation as a pop character and won the Short Work Prize for the 23rd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. Helmed by Shinada Shunsuke, who has directed numerous TV shows. Yoneda Aok...
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My Sweet Grappa Remedies (2019)
- Director
- OHKU Akiko
- Cast
- MATSUYUKI Yasuko, KUROKI Haru, SHIMIZU Hiroya
Jiro of the stand-up duo Sissonne contributes to the screenplay adapting his own novel written as if the diary of a middle-aged woman. At the helm is Ooku Akiko, whose Tremble All You Want won the Audience Award at the 30th Tokyo International Film F...
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The 47 Rōnin in Debt (2019)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Yoshihiro
- Cast
- TSUTSUMI Shinichi, OKAMURA Takashi, TSUMABUKI Satoshi
Comedy based on Yamamoto Hirofumi's "Chushingura's Financial Statements" that closely examined Edo-period samurai Oishi Kuranosuke's records of the attack on Kira Kozunosuke. Directed by Nakamura Yoshihiro, who has helmed numerous period works includ...
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Aircraft Carrier Ibuki (2019)
- Director
- WAKAMATSU Setsuro
- Cast
- NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, SASAKI Kuranosuke, SATO Koichi
Wakamatsu Setsuro, director of The Unbroken among other robust and profound dramas, adapts the manga of the same name by Kawaguchi Kaiji. The film depicts the most unprecedented crisis to visit Japan since the war from the perspective of the military...
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Sea of Revival (2019)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Kazuya
- Cast
- KATORI Shingo, TSUNEMATSU Yuri, NISHIDA Naomi
An original film from director Shiraishi Kazuya who has continued to make films blending violence and insanity such as The Devil's Path and The Blood of Wolves among others. This shocking story scrutinizes the despair of a foolish man who has bumbled...
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Sadako (2019)
- Director
- NAKATA Hideo
- Cast
- IKEDA Elaiza, TSUKAMOTO Takashi, SHIMIZU Hiroya
J-Horror's influential "Ring" series returns to its origins. Nakata Hideo spearheads an original team for this film focusing on the black haired vengeful ghost Sadako. Mayu (Ikeda Elaiza) is a counselor who tends to a young girl recently admitted to...
