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NEW TITLES
©Kanako Nishi/ ”SAKURA” Film Partners
SAKURA
(Original title:Sakura (さくら))
- Production Year
- 2020
- Release Date
- November 13, 2020
- Running Time
- 120min.
- Genre
- Drama
- Director
- Hitoshi YAZAKI(矢崎仁司)
- Cast
- Takumi KITAMURA 北村匠海 (Let Me Eat Your Pancreas)
Nana KOMATSU 小松菜奈 (The World of Kanako, It Comes)
Ryo YOSHIZAWA 吉沢亮 (BLEACH, KINGDOM)
Shinobu TERAJIMA 寺島しのぶ (Caterpillar, Oh Lucy!)
Masatoshi NAGASE永瀬正敏 (Sweet Bean, The Hidden Blade)
“Sakura,” the best-selling Japanese novel, will be hitting the big screen! An ordinary family faces what seem to be devastating trials sent from God, but they remain hopeful—without forgetting their sense of humor—and overcome various obstacles.
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TIFFCOM Online Market Screening
Available between Oct 31 (Sat) Noon JST - Nov 9 (Mon) 11:59pm JST. Screening will be for market badge holder with an invitation only. Please contact a Shochiku representative for more information.
©2020 "The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai" Film Partners
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.
©Aoi Hiiragi / SHUEISHA Inc. ©2022 "Whisper of the Heart" Film Partners
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.
©2020 "Stigmatized Properties" Film Partners
STIGMATIZED PROPERTIES
(Original title:Jiko Bukken Kowai Madori (事故物件 恐い間取り))
- Production Year
- 2020
- Release Date
- August 28, 2020
- Running Time
- 111min.
- Genre
- Horror
- Director
- Hideo NAKATA(中田秀夫)
- Cast
- Kazuya KAMENASHI 亀梨和也 (Joker Game, Policeman and Me)
"You'd be too scared to enter your room!!" A must watch film from Hideo Nakata
©2020 Seiko Tanabe / KADOKAWA / Josee Project
JOSEE, THE TIGER AND THE FISH
(Original title:Jose to Tora to Sakanatachi (ジョゼと虎と魚たち))
- Production Year
- 2020
- Release Date
- December 25, 2020
- Running Time
- 98min.
- Genre
- Animation / Romance
- Director
- Kotaro TAMURA(タムラコータロー)
- Cast
- (Voice Cast)
Taishi NAKAGAWA (中川大志）
Kaya KIYOHARA (清原果耶)
A story written by Seiko Tanabe, which was adapted into live-action film in 2003, will come back to theaters as a full-length animation film. Studio bones and the talented staff will deliver an impressive character portrayal using animation expression techniques to tell the young and exciting love story of Josee, as she struggles to cope with life in a wheelchair.
North America, South America, Europe & Inflight Sales by
SHOCHIKU CO., Ltd.
Asia & Middle East Sales by
KADOKAWA CORPORATION
©2020 "Yowamushi Pedal: Up the Road" Film Partners ©Wataru Watanabe (AKITA PUBLISHING Co., Ltd.) 2008
YOWAMUSHI PEDAL: UP THE ROAD
(Original title:Yowamushi Pedal (弱虫ペダル))
- Production Year
- 2020
- Release Date
- August 14, 2020
- Running Time
- 112min.
- Genre
- Drama / Sports
- Director
- Koichiro MIKI(三木 康一郎)
- Cast
- Ren NAGASE 永瀬廉 (King＆Prince) (According to my Butler)
Kentaro ITO 伊藤健太郎 (Café Funicli Funicla, Ride your wave)
Kanna HASHIMOTO 橋本環奈 (Kingdom,Kaguya-sama: Love is War）
The mega-hit sports manga, made into a live-action movie for the first time ever!
©based on the manga “Kiss Him, Not Me” by JUNKO originalｙ serialized in the monthly Bessatsu-friend magazine published by KODANSHA LTD.
KISS HIM, NOT ME!
(Original title:Watashi ga Motete Dousunda (私がモテてどうすんだ))
- Production Year
- 2020
- Release Date
- July 10, 2020
- Running Time
- 90min.
- Genre
- Comedy / Romance
- Director
- Norihisa HIRANUMA(平沼紀久)
- Cast
- Hokuto YOSHINO 吉野北人 (HiGH&LOW THE WORST)
Fuju KAMIO 神尾楓珠 (HiGH&LOW THE WORST)
Nonoka YAMGUCHI 山口乃々華 (HiGH&LOW THE WORST)
Miu TOMITA 富田望生 (Let's Go, JETS! From Small Town Girls to U.S.Champions?!, SUNNY: Our Heart Beats Together, Tora-san, Wish You were Here)
She's a delusional Boy Love (BL) “otaku”... but now four super-hot HBs (high school boys) are crazy about her!?
©2021 "KIBA:THE FANGS OF FICTION" Film Partners
KIBA: THE FANGS OF FICTION
(Original title:Damashie No Kiba (騙し絵の牙))
- Production Year
- 2020
- Release Date
- March 26, 2021
- Running Time
- 113min.
- Genre
- Drama
- Director
- Daihachi YOSHIDA(吉田大八)
- Cast
- Yo OIZUMI 大泉洋 (I am a Hero, Tokyo Ghoul)
Mayu MATSUOKA 松岡茉優 (Shoplifters, Little Forest)
Koichi SATO 佐藤浩市 (SIX FOUR, The Human Trust)
A ruthless battle of tricksters presented by an all-star cast! The ultimate exhilarating movie filled with twists and turns!
©2020 Shochiku Co., Ltd. Fuji Television Network, inc.
NOT QUITE DEAD YET
(Original title:Ichido Shindemita)
- Production Year
- 2020
- Running Time
- 93min.
- Genre
- Comedy / Drama
- Director
- Shinji HAMASAKI(浜崎慎治)
- Cast
- Suzu HIROSE 広瀬すず (The Third Murder, Our Little Sister)
Ryo YOSHIZAWA 吉沢亮 (BLEACH, KINGDOM)
Shinichi TSUTSUMI 堤真一 (ALWAYS- Sunset on Third Street- series)
A comical story about a college girl in an underground death metal band, who hates her argumentative and overly logical father. He is a CEO of a pharmaceutical company, and after taking a medicine that “kills you for a bit,” he sort of becomes...a ghost!
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CLASSIC TITLES
TRIPLE MISSION!!!
(Original title:Triple Mission!!!)
- Production Year
- 2020
- Running Time
- 25 min. × 12 episodes
- Genre
- Drama
- Director
- STORY 1: Ryo MIYAWAKI (宮脇亮)/STORY 2: Hitonori TANIGUCHI (谷口仁則)/STORY 3: Hiroyuki NAKATA (中田博之)
- Cast
- ＜STORY1＞Starring：Rea NAGAMI 長見玲亜
＜STORY2＞Starring：Risaki MATSUKAZE 松風理咲
＜STORY3＞Starring：Aisa TAKEUCHI 竹内愛紗
Three mysterious stories of three women who moved into a small town in the countryside. One to make people happy. One to reconnect with her mother. One for vengeance against her father.
STARE
(Original title:Shirai-san)
- Production Year
- 2020
- Running Time
- 99min.
- Genre
- Horror
- Director
- Hirotaka ADACHI(安達寛高)
- Cast
- Marie IITOYO 飯豊まりえ (The Dark Maidens, Closest Love to Heaven, MARS)
The birth of a new horror icon that will succeed Sadako and Kayako?! She appears and stares you in the eye. If you look away, you are dead!
SPECIAL ACTORS
(Original title:Special Actors)
- Production Year
- 2019
- Release Date
- October 18, 2019
- Running Time
- 109min.
- Genre
- Comedy
- Director
- Shinichiro UEDA(上田慎一郎)
- Cast
- Kazuto OSAWA 大澤数人
Real actors acting fake...? Fake actors acting real...?
TORA-SAN, WISH YOU WERE HERE
(Original title:Otoko wa Tsuraiyo Okaeri Tora-san)
- Production Year
- 2019
- Running Time
- 116min.
- Genre
- Drama / Family
- Director
- Yoji YAMADA(山田洋次)
- Cast
- Kiyoshi ATSUMI 渥美清
Chieko BAISHO 倍賞千恵子
Ruriko ASAOKA 浅丘ルリ子
Japan’s most prominent and popular comedy film series celebrates its 50th anniversary with its 50th film. Tora-san is back on the screen!