Starring

Takumi Kitamura (北村匠海)
Yuina Kuroshima (黒島結菜)

Director

Hana Matsumoto (松本花奈)

Japan release

December 31, 2021

23 year-old director Hana Matsumoto, only 16 when she made her first movie, is back with The End of the Pale Hour, her feature-length film of the debut romantic novel by Masahiko Katsuse which originally created a social-media phenomenon among young people.

Starring

Fūju Kamio (神尾楓珠)
Anna Yamada (山田杏奈)

Director

Shogo Kusano (草野翔吾)

Japan release

Autumn, 2021

We couldn’t connect in so many ways, but we wanted happiness like everybody else.

Starring

Ruka Ishikawa (石川瑠華)
Yuzu Aoki (青木柚)

Director

Atsushi Ueda (ウエダアツシ)

Japan release

August 20, 2021

10 years on from the movie adaptation of “Solanin,” another masterpiece by virtuoso manga creator Inio Asano is coming to the big screen!

Starring

Ryo Narita (成田凌)
Kengo Kora (高良健吾)
Ryuya Wakaba (若葉竜也)

Director

Daigo Matsui (松居大悟)

Japan release

May 12, 2021

The world’s film festivals are on alert with the upcoming latest work by Japanese director Daigo Matsui. This new film stars Ryo Narita, Kengo Kora and an all-star ensemble cast in a soft-spoken bittersweet spring of youth comedy about adults still dragging around their past.

Starring

Sosuke Ikematsu (池松壮亮)
Moon Choi (チェ・ヒソ)
Joe Odagiri (オダギリ ジョー)

Director

Yuya Ishii (石井裕也)

Korea release

2021

Japan release

July 2, 2021

Asian Film Award Best Director - winner Yuya Ishii returns with a film shot entirely in South Korea!

Starring

Machiko Ono (尾野真千子)
Iori Wada (和田庵)
Yuki Katayama (片山友希)
Joe Odagiri (オダギリジョー)
Masatoshi Nagase (永瀬正敏)

Written and Directed

Yuya Ishii (石井裕也)

Japan release

May 21, 2021

Yuya Ishii, winner of Best Director at the Asian Film Awards, returns with his latest feature about a mother and son who struggle desperately to survive within a polarized society, under the additional strain of the coronavirus pandemic.

Starring

Mugi Kadowaki (門脇麦)
Kiko Mizuhara (水原希子)
Kengo Kora (高良健吾)

Director

Yukiko Sode (岨手由貴子) / “Good Stripes” (’15)

Japan release

February 26, 2021

A new feature from Yukiko Sode, one of Japan’s most-hoped-for young directors, based on a novel by Mariko Yamauchi. The film depicts life in Tokyo for two women of different social classes.

Starring

Rui Kihara (木原瑠生), Rina Ono (小野莉奈)
Uta Yorikawa (寄川歌太)
Mizuki Yoshida (吉田美月喜)
Megane (めがね), Yojiro Itokawa (糸川耀士郎)

Director

Yuki Saito

Japan release

November 13, 2020

An original, short film adaptation of a song “Tabun” (Maybe) by the hugely popular musical unit, YOASOBI, famous for turning novels into songs. “Maybe” serves as the theme underpinning three male-female relationships.

Starring

Nijiro Murakami (村上虹郎)
Haruka Imou (芋生悠)

Director

Bunji Sotoyama (外山文治)

Japan release

August 28, 2020

The second feature from Bunji Sotoyama, who won 5 awards at the Monaco International Film Festival included Best Short Film! Two people who have given up set out on their own road movie.

Starring

Gaku Hamada (濱田岳)
Asami Mizukawa (水川あさみ)
Chise Niitsu (新津ちせ)

Director

Shin Adachi (足立紳)

Japan release

September 11, 2020

The screenplay writer of the award-winning 100 Yen Love directs this film, based on his autobiographical novel "A Beloved Wife", about an unemployed screenplay writer and his troublesome wife.

Starring

Tadayoshi Ohkura (大倉忠義), Ryo Narita (成田凌)

Directed

Isao Yukisada (行定勲)

Japan release

September 11, 2020

Throwing themselves heart and soul into a painfully maddening love!
A film adaptation by director Isao Yukisada of the acclaimed manga by Setona Mizushiro that won the hearts of many women!

Starring

Honoka Matsumoto (松本穂香)

Director

Momoko Fukuda (ふくだももこ)

Japan release

July 31, 2020

Filmmaker Momoko Fukuda returns with her fresh and evocative second feature film, presenting tales of faltering, feverish, and fallible youth, as seen in the lives of six high school students who struggle with hopelessness, anxiety, and shameful secrets.