Director

IMAIZUMI Rikiya

Cast

MAKI Yoko, IURA Arata, NAGAYAMA Eita

Live-action adaptation of Toyoda Tetsuya's same-named manga that garnered international acclaim at the 2009 Japan Expo. Helmed by Just Only Love director Imaizumi Rikiya with music by Hosono Haruomi of Shoplifters. Public bath owner Kanae (Maki Yoko...

Release Date

Oct, 6th, 2023

Director

JOJO Hideo

Cast

Toomi, Marupi, MORI Futaba

Around the Edge of the Stand director Jojo Hideo scripts and helms this adaptation of Inoue Kaeru's teen novel "Afterschool Anglers Club for High School Girls." Oikawa Mezashi (Toomi) was the target of bullying, but she transfers to a girl's high sc...

Release Date

Apr, 29th, 2023

Director

NINOMIYA Ryutaro

Cast

MITSUISHI Ken, YOSHIMOTO Miyu, KUDO Haruka

The commercial debut of internationally acclaimed director Ninomiya Ryutaro (Sweating the Small Stuff), who adapted the screenplay that won the 2019 FILMeX New Director Award Grand Prix into a film himself. Suenaga Shuhei (Mitsuishi Ken), head teach...

Release Date

Jun, 9th, 2023

Director

YAMAGUCHI Junta

Cast

FUJITANI Riko, KUBO Shiori

Following on from Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes, this comical ensemble piece is produced by Europe Kikaku, from an original idea and screenplay by Ueda Makoto, and directed by Yamaguchi Junta. Mikoto (Fujitani Riko) who works at Fujiya, a long-est...

Release Date

Jun, 23rd, 2023

Director

YOSHINO Ryohei

Cast

MINAKAMI Kyoka, NOMOTO Sora, KITA Noa

Coming-of-age film depicting the wavering emotions of a woman in her twenties whose dreams have been dashed. Directed, written and edited by Yoshino Ryuhei, whose Akaboshi and Spring, Has Come were screened at the Tokyo International Film Festival. ...

Release Date

Nov, 17th, 2023

Director

UGANA Kenichi

Cast

KUBOTA Sayu, AOKI Yuzu, Riko

An unusual ensemble drama from director Ugana Kenichi, whose diverse genre works include The Empty Flower Pot and Rolling Marbles. The film had its world premiere at the 41st Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival. Ever since Mashita Wakaba ...

Release Date

Aug, 19th, 2023

Director

HANNO Yoshihiro

Cast

MAEDA Gordon, IKEUCHI Hiroyuki, Awich

A black-and-white road movie following a young man tracing the remnants of war in Nagasaki and Okinawa, guided by the work of Tomatsu Shomei, one of Japan's leading post-war photographers. Directed, scripted, and featuring the original story and musi...

Release Date

Dec, 8th, 2023

Director

MIYAJIMA Fuka

Cast

NAGASAWA Itsuki, KUBOZUKA Airu

This drama about a lonely girl is helmed by Miyashima Fuka, who garnered attention with her directorial debut Oyashirazu. Nominated for the 18th Osaka Asian Film Festival Competition. Childhood friends Ai (Nagasawa Itsuki) and Sosuke (Kubozuka Airu)...

Release Date

Mar, 1st, 2024

Director

SHIMA Koji

Cast

KAWAGUCHI Hiroshi, YANAGI Eijiro, TODOROKI Yukiko

Shinichi is the only son of a famous businessman, Karoku Shindo whose real mother Yurie killed herself in his childhood. He believes that it was his father's love affairs which drove his mother to her death, and he hates him. However, his father regr...

Release Date

Jul, 6th, 1958

Director

MATSUBAYASHI Shue

Cast

NATSUKI Yosuke, SATO Makoto, UEHARA Misa

Release Date

Apr, 26th, 1960

Director

SHINODA Masahiro

Cast

TAKAHASHI Koji, YOSHIMURA Jitsuko, WATANABE Misako

Sarutobi Sasuke is one of the folk-heroes of Japan's civil war period of the 1600s. He was a counter-spy and since both sides employed spies there were a number of mix-ups, all of which have become popular legends. In this episode he is on the anti-g...

Release Date

Jul, 10th, 1965

Director

YAMADA Yoji

Cast

HANA Hajime, BAISHO Chieko, ARISHIMA Ichiro

Tramps are usually treated with contempt. But the tramp that a middle-aged white collar worker meets on the train is quite different. Things happen when he is around and brighten up. Among the incidents are trouble over a dog, a would-be suicide, and...

Release Date

Nov, 12th, 1966