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Until I Meet September's Love (2019)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Toru
- Cast
- TAKAHASHI Issey, KAWAGUCHI Haruna
Mature romance that leaves viewers in tears with a poignant lie and pure love that transcend time and space. Based on the novel that won the top prize for romance most recommended by booksellers. Shiori (Kawaguchi Haruna) lives in a mysterious apart...
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You Are Not Me（Salome’s Daughter / Deconstruction） (2018)
- Director
- SHICHIRI Kei
- Cast
- AOYAGI Izumi, CHOSOKABE Yoko, KURODA Ikuyo
Film from director Shichiri Kei's 'Movies from Sound' project, which produces films starting with the soundtrack. Features Aoyagi Izumi, who works in Japan and abroad, and reunites Kuroda Ikuyo and Chosokabe Yoko from salome's daughter_anotherside_in...
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Lovers on Borders (2018)
- Director
- FUNAHASHI Atsushi
- Cast
- EMOTO Tasuku, Ana Moreira, NAKANO Yuta
A romantic mystery set in 18th-century Portugal and 21stcentury Japan produced jointly by Japan, America, and Portugal. In the director's chair is Funahashi Atsushi who won international acclaim with Nuclear Nation. In eighteenth-century Portugal, S...
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Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2018: Journey (2018)
- Director
- Degena YUN, MATSUNAGA Daishi, Edwin
- Cast
- Jin Chen, HASEGAWA Hiroki, Agni Pratistha
Second installment in the Asian Three-Fold Mirror coproduction omnibus project featuring films by three cuttingedge Asian directors on a single concept. The Sea by director Degena Yun from Inner Mongolia probes the meaning of family. Matsunaga Daish...
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I GO GAGA, MY DEAR (2018)
- Director
- NOBUTOMO Naoko
- Cast
Feature-film directorial debut by Nobutomo Naoko, who has made numerous TV documentaries based on her personal experiences, including her own struggles with breast cancer. The film patiently captures her 95-year-old father caring for her senile mothe...
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Passage of Life (2017)
- Director
- FUJIMOTO Akio
- Cast
- Kaung Myat Thu, Khin Myat Thu, Issace
Drama based on the true story of a Myanmar family living in Japan. Feature film directorial debut for rookie Fujimoto Akio, who works in Japan and Myanmar. It won five awards and screened at over thirty film festivals. A family of four has left the...
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Girls Don't Cry (2018)
- Director
- SHINDO Takehiro
- Cast
- YOSHIDA Rinne, KUMADA Rinka, NAKAYAMA Satsuki
With Harajuku's Takeshita Street as a backdrop, this coming-of-age drama depicts the maturing of two young girls, once inseparable friends, at odds over the gap between their dreams and realities. Artist Yoshida Rinne and model Kumada Rinka co-star. ...
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Clingy Girlfriend (2018)
- Director
- KIMURA Satoshi
- Cast
- Hiraku, SHINADA Makoto, YAMAYA Takeshi
Ensemble film that brings a humorous touch to depicting the love lives of the characters revolving around a certain novel. Directorial debut for Kimura Satoshi, an ENBU seminar alumnus. 'Woman Addicted to Love' stage play heroine Niko (Hiraku) has a...
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The Usuke Boys (2018)
- Director
- KAKIZAKI Yuji
- Cast
- WATANABE Dai, DEAI Masayuki, UCHINO Kenta
Film adaptation of a nonfiction book published in 2009. Depicts the excitement of young people striving to create the best Japanese wine with inspiration from winemaker Asai Usuke, who brought the quality of Japan's wine to new levels. Yamanashi Uni...
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WEST NORTH WEST (2015)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Takuro
- Cast
- KAN Hanae, SAHEL Rosa, YAMAUCHI Yuka
Three minority women are the focus of this love story. With stunning imagery, the film emotionally weaves together the views of the heroines who are unsettled by the barriers of sexual orientation, nationality, religion, and culture. At the helm is N...
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Tengu Rider ~Emperor's inspector~ (2017)
- Director
- KUNO Tsutomu
- Cast
- KASAHARA Shinji, NAKAMURA Seijiro, NOGUCHI Mao
Action-packed samurai drama set at the end of the Tokugawa era, produced as a regional development project for Otaki Village in Kiso District, Nagano Prefecture. Kyoto in 1961, the first year in the Bunkyu Era. As part of the policy for shogunate-im...
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Silent Revolution (2017)
- Director
- WATANABE Satoshi
- Cast
- SATO Yaemon, KOBAYASHI Minoru, HIRANO Akihide
Documentary about people living in depopulated regions who are working to revitalize their communities through renewable energy. Directed by Watanabe Satoshi, whose film Reviving Recipes was an official invitation at the 36th Hong Kong International ...
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If You Live in This Town (2018)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Hidetsuna
- Cast
- KASAMATSU Show, IMO Haruka, FUJIMOTO Kikuko
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No Gender! The Queer Life of an Intersex Manga Artist (2018)
- Director
- WATANABE Shogo
- Cast
- ARAI Sho
A documentary about manga artist Arai Sho who lives life as neither a man nor woman but an intersex. Born and raised female, and also having been married, Arai undertook chromosome testing at the age of 30. That is when Arai was informed of being int...
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IMAGINATION GAME (2018)
- Director
- HATA Taisuke
- Cast
- HISAMOTO Masami, ITANO Tomomi, TANAKA Koutaro
The two-faced nature of human beings is explored in this thriller depicting the dark side of web society's anonymity through the two heroines' online alter egos. Music director on Hirugao -Love Affairs in the Afternoon-, Kanno Yugo, takes on the role...
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BD～AKECHI DETECTIVE OFFICE～ (2018)
- Director
- NAGURA Ryosuke
- Cast
- OZAWA Ren, TERASAKA Raiga, MAEDA Nozomi
Mystery novel superstar Edogawa Rampo's "juvenile detective duo" series is the basis for this teen mystery. A famed detective's assistants follow the mystery of the inexplicable kidnapping of a high school girl in an unspecific time period of Japan. ...
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RISE -Dharma within you- (2017)
- Director
- SATO Katsunori
- Cast
- WACHI Takeaki, Momona, MIURA Yusuke
Superhero action film about the birth of Dharuriser, the home-grown hero from Shirakawa City, Fukushima Prefecture. Action choreography by Justo Dieguez, who created the Keysi self-defense method used in Batman Begins. Tachi Akihiro (Wachi Takeaki) ...
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GOOD-BYE SILENCE (2018)
- Director
- UGANA Kenichi
- Cast
- YOSHIMURA Kaito, SUMIRE, WAKABA Ryuya
Dystopian film set in in a world that has outlawed entertainment. Depicts the shock and yearning of kids who experience music for the first time. Directed by Screeeem's Ugana Kenichi and stars Saitoh Takumi of HIRUGAO -Love Affairs in the Afternoon-....
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Ai-chan, the Teen Detective from Yoshimoto Shinkigeki (2017)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Kazuhiro
- Cast
- SAKAI Ai, KAKEI Toshio, TABATA Tomoko
Third film in the warmhearted comedy series based on a comedy show. A chubby high school girl detective scrambles to protect an idol group. Stars Yoshimoto Shikigeki leader Sakai Aoi as the first female to head the theatre troupe. Cheerful and kind ...
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Living the idol life –SKE48 Behind the Scenes (2018)
- Director
- TAKENAKA Yusuke, SUZUKI Masahiko
- Cast
- SKE48
This is the second documentary on the Nagoya-based female idol group SKE48. Formed in 2008, SKE48 is the forerunner sister group to predecessor AKB48. 2018 marked the group's 10th anniversary. Endeavoring in idol undertakings with renewed resolve, th...
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Whistleblower (2019)
- Director
- FUKUZAWA Katsuo
- Cast
- NOMURA Mansai, KAGAWA Teruyuki
The masterpiece novel by Ikeido Jun, whose standout works include Rikuoh, Downtown Rocket, and the Naoki Hanzawa series, is adapted to film by I'd Rather Be a Shellfish and The Crimes That Bind director Fukuzawa Katsuo. Midsize manufacturer Tokyo Ke...
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JESUS (2018)
- Director
- OKUYAMA Hiroshi
- Cast
- SATO Yura, OKUMA Riki, Chad Mullane
The first feature-length film by 22-year-old promising new director, Okuyama Hiroshi, who also wrote, shot, and edited the film. It screened at the 66th San Sebastian International Film Festival where it won the New Directors Award. Yura (Sato Yura)...
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Another World (2018)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Junji
- Cast
- INAGAKI Goro, HASEGAWA Hiroki, IKEWAKI Chizuru
Drama starring Thirteen Assassins's Inagaki Goro, SHIN GODZILLA's Hasegawa Hiroki, and Enokida Trading Post's Shibukawa Kiyohiko with director Sakamoto Junji of The Projects and ERNESTO handling the script. Ko (Inagaki) makes a living as a charcoal ...
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Amber Light (2019)
- Director
- YOKOO Hatsuki
- Cast
- IURA Arata, OHASHI Akira
Yokoo Hatsuki, who made his directorial debut with Last Night Rewind, makes his hometown of Nagasaki the backdrop of this drama. In the lead role is Iura Arata of Dare to Stop Us. Hironaga Ryota (Iura) was a child when he was separated from his fath...
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His Lost Name (2019)
- Director
- HIROSE Nanako
- Cast
- YAGIRA Yuya, YOUNG DAIS, KOBAYASHI Kaoru
Drama about the relationship between a middle-aged man and young guy with a secret. This film marks the feature film debut for Hirose Nanako, who belongs to the Bun-buku creators' group established by Kore-eda Hirokazu. One day, Tetsuro (Kobayashi ...
