SHOCHIKU

A MAN

(Original title:Aru Otoko ある男)

Production Year

2022

Release Date

November 18, 2022

Running Time

121min.

Genre

Drama / Mystery

Director

Kei ISHIKAWA(石川慶）

Cast

Satoshi TSUMABUKI 妻夫木 聡 (Traces of Sin, Judge!)
Sakura ANDO 安藤サクラ (Shoplifters, 100 Yen Love)
Masataka KUBOTA 窪田正孝 (“Tokyo Ghoul” series, First Love)
Nana SEINO 清野菜名 (Whisper of the Heart, Tokyo Tribe)

The latest film from upcoming director Kei ISHIKAWA (Traces of Sin, 2017 Orizzonti section at Venice International Film Festival) starring Satoshi TSUMABUKI (Traces of Sin) and Sakura ANDO (Shoplifters).

WHISPER OF THE HEART

(Original title:Mimi wo Sumaseba 耳をすませば)

Production Year

2022

Release Date

October 14, 2022

Running Time

114min.

Genre

Drama / Fantasy / Romance

Director

Yuichiro HIRAKAWA(平川雄一朗)

Cast

Nana SEINO 清野菜名 (Tokyo Tribe, After the Rain)
Tori MATSUZAKA 松坂桃李 (Call Boy, The Journalist)

The masterpiece, Whisper of the Heart, made into a live-action movie! The movie illustrates the bittersweet love story with a new additional story about ten years later.

IT’S IN THE WOODS

(Original title:'Sore' ga Iru Mori “それ”がいる森)

Production Year

2022

Release Date

September 30, 2022

Running Time

107min.

Genre

Horror

Director

Hideo NAKATA(中田秀夫)

Cast

Masaki AIBA 相葉雅紀 (Miracle: Devil Claus' Love and Magic)
Honoka MATSUMOTO 松本穂香 (Love Like the Falling Petals,Mio's Cookbook)
Noriko EGUCHI 江口のりこ (Stigmatized Properties,Just Only Love)

A next-generation horror film by the master of Japanese horror, Hideo Nakata, who brought us countless hits such as The Ring, the quintessential J-horror film that saw a remake in Hollywood, and Stigmatized Properties, the number one box office horror hit of the 2000s in Japan. Set in an actual forest said to be rife with supernatural phenomena, this next-gen horror film is based on witness accounts of people who saw “It” and the protagonists’ encounter with the mysterious “It.” Come see with your own eyes what “It” is!

PHASES OF THE MOON

(Original title:Tsuki no Michikake 月の満ち欠け)

Production Year

2022

Release Date

2022 Winter

Running Time

128min.

Genre

Drama / Romance

Director

Ryuichi HIROKI(廣木隆一)

Cast

Yo Oizumi 大泉洋 (I AM A HERO, KIBA: The Fangs of Fiction)
Kasui Arimura 有村架純 (Loved Like a Flower Bouquet, Flying Colors)
Ren Meguro 目黒 蓮 (Snow Man) (Takizawa Kabuki Zero 2020 The Movie)
Ko Shibasaki 柴咲コウ (La Maison de Himiko, DORORO, Suspect X)

Like the moon, I shall die, and be reborn... This moving romance tells the story of transcendent love between a man and a woman over several decades, and the vicissitudes of fate. An epic story of star-crossed love affair and destiny, traveling through generations.

MY BOYFRIEND IN ORANGE

(Original title:Moe Kare wa Orange-iro モエカレはオレンジ色)

Production Year

2022

Release Date

July 8, 2022

Running Time

97min.

Genre

Drama / Romance

Director

Shosuke MURAKAMI(村上正典)

Cast

Hikaru IWAMOTO (岩本照(Snow Man))
Meru NUKUMI (生見愛瑠)

A love story between a lonely high school girl and a hot firefighter!

THE PASS: LAST DAYS OF THE SAMURAI

(Original title:Touge Saigo no Samurai 峠 最後のサムライ)

Production Year

2020

Release Date

June 17, 2022

Running Time

114min.

Genre

Drama / Samurai

Director

Takashi KOIZUMI(小泉堯史)

Cast

Koji YAKUSHO 役所広司 (The Last Samurai, The Eel)
Takako MATSU 松たか子 (MASQUERADE HOTEL, The Little House)
Tatsuya NAKADAI 仲代達矢 (The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi, The Human Condition)

A beautiful samurai film from Takashi KOIZUMI (Assistant to Akira Kurosawa, “After the Rain”) about a samurai who lead his country to fight against the new regime with honor and dignity. The film may provide some answers to the question, “What is a Samurai?”, “What can we learn from them” in the modern era today. In order to present the texture of a samurai period, the film was mostly shot in 35mm.

WEDDING HIGH

(Original title:WEDDING HIGH ウェディング・ハイ)

Production Year

2021

Release Date

March 12, 2022

Running Time

117min.

Genre

Comedy / Drama

Director

Akiko OHKU(大九明子)

Cast

Ryoko SHINOHARA（篠原涼子）(The House Where The Mermaid Sleeps, BENTO HARASSMENT)
Tomoya NAKAMURA（中村倫也）(Gone Wednesday, KIBA: THE FANGS OF FICTION)
Nagisa SEKIMIZU（関水渚）(The Confidence Man JP – Episode of the Princess-)
Takanori IWATA（岩田剛典）(EVERGREEN LOVE, The Master Plan)
Osamu MUKAI（向井理）(Paradise Kiss, Her Granddaughter)

The best day of their lives is interrupted by the unthinkable! It’s the beginning of a hectic wedding party.

WHAT TO DO WITH THE DEAD KAIJU?

(Original title:Dai Kaiju no Atsoshimatsu 大怪獣のあとしまつ)

Production Year

2022

Release Date

February 4, 2022

Running Time

115min.

Genre

Comedy / Drama / Monster

Director

Satoshi Miki(三木聡)

Cast

Ryosuke Yamada（山田涼介）(The Miracles of the Namiya General Store, Assassination Classroom)
Tao Tsuchiya（土屋太鳳）(Food Luck, THE 8-YEAR ENGAGEMENT)

A different kind of KAIJU (Monster) film about the struggles on how to solve the issue of cleaning up a dead gigantic KAIJU.

THE UNNAMEABLE DANCE

(Original title:Nazukeyononai Odori 名付けようのない踊り)

Production Year

2021

Release Date

January 28, 2022

Running Time

115min.

Genre

Documentary

Director

Isshin INUDO(犬童一心)

Cast

Dancer Min Tanaka 田中泯 (The Twilight Samurai (’02), Hokusai (’21))

Min TANAKA, 76
This unique dancer and actor has reconstructed on film some of his notable performances in theaters and on streets around the world. The dancer's past and present mingle in the dance, with all he sees caught up in that groove.

Tokyo, Hiroshima, Ehime, France, Portugal, the film records dances in more than 30 locations.

CUBE

(Original title:CUBE Ichido Haittara Saigo CUBE 一度入ったら、最後)

Production Year

2021

Release Date

Oct 22, 2021

Running Time

108min.

Genre

Suspense / Thriller

Director

Yasuhiko SHIMIZU (清水康彦)

Cast

Masaki Suda 菅田将暉 (Gintama, Destruction Babies)
Anne Watanabe 杏 (Midsummer's Equation)

1997 marked the release of director Vincenzo Natali’s “Cube,” a forerunner of the close-quarters suspense genre. Today, the film boasts an enduring cult following around the world. This autumn, an array of Japan’s foremost acting talent will feature in the first-ever remake of “Cube” to receive the blessing of Natali himself.