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Sin and Evil

Sin and Evil (2024)

Director
SAITO Yuki
Cast
KORA Kengo, DAITOH Shunsuke, ISHIDA Takuya

Mystery about the sins that burden three childhood friends and a new murder case in the making. Saito Yuki makes his directorial debut with the script that he penned. When 14-year-old Masaki is killed, his classmates Haru, Akira and Saku barge into ...

Release Date
Feb, 2nd, 2024
BAD LANDS

BAD LANDS (2023)

Director
HARADA Masato
Cast
ANDO Sakura, YAMADA Ryosuke

Crime suspense film adaptation of Kurokawa Hiroyuki's original novel "Keiso", in which Hashioka, the protagonist of the novel, is transformed into a woman. Directed, written and produced by Harada Masato (Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai). Hashioka Neri (...

Release Date
Sep, 29th, 2023
IDOLiSH7 the Movie; LIVE 4bit BEYOND THE PERiOD <DAY 2>

IDOLiSH7 the Movie; LIVE 4bit BEYOND THE PERiOD <DAY 2> (2023)

Director
NISHIKIORI Hiroshi, YAMAMOTO Kensuke
Cast
ONO Kensho, MASUDA Toshiki, SHIRAI Yusuke

A new beginning, with you, on this stage! The dream concert by the top male idol contenders for the 'BLACK or WHITE LIVE SHOWDOWN' finally takes place! Four groups, IDOLiSH7・TRIGGER・Re:vale・ŹOOĻ, each with their own distinct charms, come together f...

Release Date
May, 21st, 2023
People Who Talk to Plushies Are Kind

People Who Talk to Plushies Are Kind (2023)

Director
KANEKO Yurina
Cast
HOSODA Kanata, KOMAI Ren, SHINTANI Yuzumi

Adapted from the novel of the same name by Omae Ao, who has attracted attention for his delicate sensibilities. This is the feature-length commercial debut for director Kaneko Yurina, whose independent film The Wandering Plants was selected for the P...

Release Date
Apr, 14th, 2023
Raising Voices

Raising Voices (2023)

Director
YAMAZAKI Yuji
Cast

Documentary feature film about the 2019 "heckler removal" issue that expands on four years of investigative reporting by Hokkaido Broadcasting. On July 15, 2019, a man criticizing Abe's administration during a campaign rally was swarmed by police o...

Release Date
Dec, 9th, 2023
Stay Mum

Stay Mum (2024)

Director
SEKINE Kosai
Cast
Anne Watanabe, OKUDA Eiji

Chisako Satoya, a writer, and her father, Kozo, had a long-standing feud and had been living apart for a long time. However now that Kozo, who lives alone, has dementia, so she returns to her hometown to begin taking care of him. One day, she rescues...

Release Date
Jun, 7th, 2024
A LIFE WITH MY ALZHEIMER’S HUSBAND

A LIFE WITH MY ALZHEIMER’S HUSBAND (2023)

Director
MIHARA Mitsuhiro
Cast
KANJIYA Shihori, WADA Masato

Based on a true story, this human drama depicts the nine-year journey of a husband, who was diagnosed with dementia at the age of 39, and his wife. Tadano Koichi (Wada Masato), who lives with his wife Mao (Kanjiya Shihori) and their two daughters, i...

Release Date
Jun, 30th, 2023
PARALLEL

PARALLEL (2021)

Director
TANAKA Daiki
Cast
NARAHA Momona, YOSHIMURA Sojiro

A unique splatter love story that won the Grand Prix at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in 2021. This is the first feature film by director Tanaka Daiki, who attracted attention with his short film Filament, which he made as his grad...

Release Date
Jul, 21st, 2023

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Under the Roof of Young Tokyo

Under the Roof of Young Tokyo (1963)

Director
SAITO Buichi
Cast
YOSHINAGA Sayuri, YAMAUCHI Ken, HAMADA Mitsuo

The ordinary, middle-class family comprises an aging father, mother, and five brothers and sisters. 19-year-old Michiko and her youngest brother are living with their parents, but two brothers and the elder sister are married and living separately. ...

Release Date
Jul, 14th, 1963
The Soundless Cry

The Soundless Cry (1965)

Director
ICHIMURA Hirokazu
Cast
KAYAMA Yoshiko, TAMURA Masakazu, SONOI Keisuke

Shinichi is not only poor, he is also deaf, and leads a joyless life with his sick mother. His one happiness is his friendship with a girl who works in a bar nearby. Then, one day, his mother dies after drinking the medicine that Shinichi himself gav...

Release Date
Jan, 30th, 1965
Farewell, My Beloved

Farewell, My Beloved (1969)

Director
OBA Hideo
Cast
FUNAKI Kazuo, OZORA Mayumi, OGATA Ken

During the early days of the war a young student, Makito (Kazuo Funaki), falls in love with Yuko (Mayumi Ozora), the widow of a naval officer. She, however, is living with the memories of her husband and it is her younger sister, Yumiko (Nana Ozaki),...

Release Date
Feb, 21st, 1969
The Freezing Point

The Freezing Point (1966)

Director
YAMAMOTO Satsuo
Cast
WAKAO Ayako, FUNAKOSHI Eiji, YASUDA Michiyo

Based upon the best seller by Ayako Miura, this is about a couple whose only child is killed. The husband, as a means of macabre revenge on the wife, adopts the child of the murderer and they bring her up as their own. There comes a day, however, whe...

Release Date
Mar, 26th, 1966