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  • Education
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2025.9

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How Dare You?

ふつうの子ども

Yuishi, 10years old, a normal boy.
Every day after school, he likes to catch woodlice (bugs) because he is in charge of the living creatures afterschool club.
He has a crash on his classmate, Kokoa, who is a kind of go getter and conscious about environmental issues.
Yuishi, Kokoa and a problem child start their “environmental activities”, but it goes in an unexpected direction.

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  • Comedy
2025.6

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Strangers in Kyoto

ぶぶ漬けどうどす

Madoka Shibusawa(Mai Fukagawa), a Tokyo manga writer, goes to Kyoto to visit her husband’s family’s long-established fan shop in Kyoto. She interviews them and many proprietress and wants to write a comic essay.
However, she struggles to protect Kyoto's historic shops and culture, her straightforward honesty and overt actions antagonize the Kyoto residents, who use both their honest feelings and their public stance.

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  • Mystery
  • Thriller
2025.4

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#Iwilltellyouthetruth

#真相をお話しします

Two men peered into a computer screen in a security room of a building. They were waiting impatiently for the live broadcast of the live streaming channel “#Iwilltellyouthetruth”

There, the truth about all kinds of gossip will be revealed. The truth behind celebrities, the unreported truth about the events that caused a sensation in the world... The chosen speaker will receive money from the audience in exchange for revealing the truth. This is currently the hottest live streaming channel, where a once-in-a-lifetime game is played out. The audience is thrilled by the astonishing revelations, and humongous tips are flown in. As the channel reaches its highest level of excitement ever, the spotlight finally falls on the men in the security room...
Wouldn't you like to take a peek at the “truth” that will be revealed tonight?

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2025.2

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Trillion Game the Movie

劇場版『トリリオンゲーム』

Two opposites, the selfish, naturally charismatic ‘world-shattering bluffer’ [Haru] and the timid, kind-hearted ‘brilliant engineer’ [Gaku], team up to start a business from scratch, and through their unpredictable strategies, make a trillion dollars, the market capitalisation of a globally renowned company, and rise to take over everything in the world in this unprecedented, non-stop entertainment film.

Haru and Gaku have grown in size and power, both in funds and company. Their next project is to develop Japan's first casino resort!
In an enchanting casino resort where romance and desire mingle, Haru and Gaku face ever more difficult and formidable enemies and plunge into a world of unprecedented danger...!
Bargaining, deception and sweet temptation...... who is friend and who is foe, who will win the huge money game that shakes Japanese society?

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  • Comedy
2020

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  • Comedy

YAUNPE 

ヤウンペを探せ︕

The cute girl told us "What I need right now is YAUNPE. There's nothing I want more." "Got it. We'll be sure to find YAUNPE for you!" We four middle-aged men speak up. Reunited after 20 years, the four members of our film study group accept a request from Misa, the star of our old independent film. Wrinkled over-40 bachelors who've never lived the kind of lives we once imagined, hoping... If I can grant Misa's request, maybe she'll marry me..."I won't lose to him!" "I'll be the one to get it done!" The four of us come alive at the sudden assignment. But, us old farts were all thinking... "...the hell is YAUNPE!?" However, with our aging pride in the way, none of us can straight-out ask "What's YAUNPE?" We act like we know what's going on, but can the four of us even find YAUNPE? And, just what is YAUNPE anyway? We pitiful men set out to find YAUNPE for the woman we desire. Thus, desperately struggling, desperately running wild, we begin our somewhat foolish, somewhat romantic adventure!

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  • Comedy
2016

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The Guide -Five Stars in Kyoto THE MOVIE-

五つ星ツーリスト THE MOVIE

Kyoto, one of Japan's most popular cities, attracts around 50 million visitors a year. Kyoka Takase works for a travel agency there, and has a legendary reputation as the city's preeminent bespoke tour guide. Whatever the request, whoever the visitor ? she’s always able arrange the ultimate and most satisfying tours of the town. Whether helping rookie employee Ichiro Satake, in the unenviable position of dealing with an intense client; addressing the dilemma of when a man, his wife and mistress unwittingly join the same tour; or dealing with a tour participant feeling harassed by her husband, Kyoka is not only the ultimate “Travel Master”, she’s also a go-to person solving all kinds of needs! A character-driven drama revealing various aspects about the tour industry, The Guide -Five Stars in Kyoto- also introduces viewers to lesser-known places in Kyoto.

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  • Action
  • Comedy
2015

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Samurai Rock

サムライ・ロック

Masami is a guitarist who dreams of his band “Rhythm Head” winning the Grand Prix at the Japan Music Carnival. History, and the warlords of 16th century feudal Japan are the very last thing on his mind. But when Rhythm Head are performing in Nagoya, a mysterious lightning strike causes not only a power blackout, but also a “time slip”, in which two of Japan’s preeminent samurai-era figures, Nobunaga Oda and Hideyoshi Toyotomi are transported to present day Japan. To Rhythm Head’s manager, the duo are the perfect vehicle for the band to transition to an idol group, increase their chances of becoming famous, winning accolades and taking away the Japan Music Carnival top prize. Could this be the beginning of a new type of music, courtesy of a brand new band Samurai Rock?

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  • Romance
2015

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Slight Fever Of 100℃~Island Breeze Of Love

摂氏100℃の微熱

In Awaji fall of 2013, Chinami Ezaki finds a young man sitting at the beach in his lonesome during her commute. Chinami Ezaki experiences several turn of events in her life. She finds out that her 5 yearlong boyfriend who she intended on marrying had been cheating on her and her company suddenly fired her. When all things looked down, the man at the beach Riku Igarashi asks her to work for him. Being son of a wealthy family, Riku had moved to here for his sick mother. Chinami starts working as a maid and the two start falling in love with each other. As the two suffer from the different environments they were raised in, one stormy night Riku encounters Chinami’s ex-boyfriend who still cannot give up on her. As the two fight, a trauma that Chinami had been suffering gets revealed…

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2014

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The Way of the Osaka Cash

ナニワ銭道

Money makes everything possible! Naniwa is the olden day name given to Osaka, the prosperous mercantile city in the Kansai area of Japan. Yet there are a number of people there experiencing various money problems. Aoi, who dreams of becoming a manga artist, has a strong sense of justice yet is naive and knows little about the world. Koyabu, his street-smart opposite, is extremely attached to money and well-versed about the law. In a world where money talks the pair sometimes argue, yet at the same time they help each other solve the money problems encountered in this story. In addition to its enjoyment factor, “The Way of the Osaka Cash” also enables viewers to increase their knowledge of legal and financial matters.

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  • Comedy
2012

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Working Holiday

ワーキング・ホリデー

Nice to meet you, father. A rebel in his teens and now a “host” working in bars to please ladies, Yamato Okita’s life dramatically changes when a mature elementary school kid, Susumu, one day bombs him with this greeting. Yamato starts living with his new son and also shifts jobs to a delivery truck driver. But his new job and the world of parenting are somewhat of a riddle to him, and it seems that trouble keeps happening…… This is a story about a man and a boy who become a family. At first, reserved with one another they soon start to bother each other. Their mind tells them they should be caring of each other, but their heart says they just want to be understood. Father-and-son ties strengthen as they start to know that they can show both their ‘good’ and ‘bad’ sides and that they are there for each other. They become a pair with a real connection. You will laugh and cry in this adventure story about a young man who cannot yet come to terms with being an adult and a boy who can’t fully be a kid.

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  • Comedy
  • For Children
  • Sci-Fi
2009

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  • Comedy
  • For Children
  • Sci-Fi

YATTERMAN anime the movie

劇場版 ヤッターマン 新ヤッターメカ大集合!オモチャの国で大決戦だコロン!

“A movie that will win the hearts of children and parents alike!”

The Yatterman crew are invited to the Toy Kingdom, where they visit the “Toy Land” toy theme park and encounter Plamon Prince and King and Pa-zule Minister. While they are having fun with the selfish but lonely Plamon Prince, a mysterious machine, the Yatter Zero attacks the Yatter One. Will they be able to stop the sinister plans of Pa-zule Minister, who aims to rule the world?

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  • For Children

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Space Brothers #0

宇宙兄弟#0

Relaunch the dream that fell on that day-The story of Hibito and Mutta before the anime series.

  • Adventure
  • Comedy
  • Family
2025.5
  • Adventure
  • Comedy
  • Family

Dream Animals THE MOVIE

たべっ子どうぶつ THE MOVIE

Dream Animals biscuits, a long-selling snack beloved by Japanese since its launch in 1978 has been sold in more than 20 countries around the world and features the animal names written in English on the biscuits. The product has enjoyed an explosion in popularity in recent years as merchandise, especially among young people. Now for the first time, the product is given treatment as an animated movie called Dream Animals: The Movie. How will these animal biscuit characters behave and sound as they embark upon a thrilling adventure while tugging at your heartstrings with endearingly rich personalities.

2024.12

Doctor-X the movie

劇場版ドクターX

The star-studded casts of the drama series come together for the highly anticipated movie adaptation of "Doctor X"! The secret of Michiko Daimon is finally revealed.

"I never fail." How was the solitary surgeon Michiko Daimon born? What is the dark and mysterious tumultuous half-life of Michiko?

The episode Zero of "Doctor X" is finally revealed!

  • Mystery
2024.11
  • Mystery

Faceless

正体

The protagonist is an 18-year-old innocent death-row prisoner.
The man who was unable to trust others gradually begins to trust others and open his heart by finding true friendship and love in various places he hides out.
A human drama depicting a long runaway after escaping from a prison to reveal one's true identity.

Japan Release: 2024.11.29

  • Mystery
2024.8
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LAST MILE

ラストマイル

On the day before the Black Friday sale, a box delivered by a global e-commerce company, explodes.
The box was sent from one of the biggest warehouses, which has the three-quarter logistic shares around Tokyo.
It leads a series of mysterious bombings that terrorize whole of Japan. Elena Funado, who was just appointed as a new director of the warehouse, is forced to control this unprecedented situation with a line manager, Ko Nashimoto.
Who planted the bombs? For what purpose?
How many bombs are left? - And where are they now?
In this modern society, distribution service becomes critical need for our lives and that cannot be stopped.
Can Elena and Ko end the serial bombings without stopping blood flowed in “blood vessel”; the global logistics system like a web?

Japan Release: 2024.8.23

  • Comedy
  • Family
2024.6
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  • Family

90 Years Old - So What?

九十歳。何がめでたい

Aiko Sato is a 90 year-old award-winning writer, who retired from her writing job.
Since her retirement, she lived her life listlessly with her daughter and granddaughter.
One day, a geeky mid-aged editor man comes to ask Aiko to write an essay again. Aiko refuses his offer at the beginning, but the editor visits her every day with some treats...and finally, he has convinced her to agree to writing with his enthusiasm.
While the editor gets back his passion for his work again, he also faces a problem with his family. His wife wants to divorce since he works too much and keeps leaving his wife and daughter behind.
After a while, Aiko’s essay book is getting loved by many people and becomes a bestseller, although the book fills with her anger.
Aiko and the editor achieved success and became best buddies at work.
Yet, how would they cope with their own lives?

Japan Release: 2024.6.21

  • Romance
2024.5
  • Romance

Teasing Master Takagi-san

映画「からかい上手の高木さん」

Nishikata, a physical education teacher at a middle school he attended on a small island, receives a phone call from an ex school-mate Takagi-san, who moved to Paris in the summer of their third year of junior high school 10 years ago. Takagi-san, who is currently attending university in Tokyo, tells Nishikata, “Hey, Nishikata. I'm going back to the place I wanted to go to, along with studying painting.'' When Nishikata was attending middle school, he was always teased by Takagi-san. He hasn't seen Takagi-san since she suddenly moved, however, and hasn't been able to tease her back.
One day, Tanabe, who used to be Nishikata’s homeroom teacher and is now the vice principal of the school, appoints Nishikata to be in charge of the teacher trainee who is starting the next day. After school, when Nishikata returns to the classroom and opens the door to the cleaning supplies compartment to put a broom back, Takagi-san jumps out from inside. The place she wanted to go to again was here! From this moment, the time between the two of them, which had stopped since the summer of their third year of junior high school, begins to move…

Japan Release: 2024.5.31

  • Action
  • Crime & Investigation
2024.5
  • Action
  • Crime & Investigation

Dangerous Cops - Homecoming

帰ってきた あぶない刑事

First broadcast in 1986, “Dangerous Cops” series is a hard-boiled, comedy mixed buddy movie which continued in Japan for over 30 years. The legendary Taka and Yuji are back to the silver screen, 8 years since the previous movie!
Retired as a police detective, Taka and Yuji are back to a city of Yokohama, setting up their own private investigation office. The first client was a young lady requesting them to search for her missing mother. However, every place they search, the gunfights happen…

Japanese Theatrical Release : May 24th, 2024

  • Romance
2024.5
  • Romance

Lovesick Ellie

恋わずらいのエリー

Ellie fantasizes about her crush.

A nonstop, miraculous love story between a girl who loves to fantasize and a popular boy who actually has two sides to him.
#YaytoFantasizing


Ellie is a girl who loves to fantasize and spends her days gazing at Omi, the most popular boy at school, and posting about her fantasies about him on social media under the handle, "Lovesick Ellie.”

But one day, she discovers that the boy she thought was perfect actually is two-faced and has a foul mouth. Ellie then finds herself in a desperate situation because Omi has learned about her extremely embarrassing fantasies. But the two unexpectedly become closer through a shared secret they must keep to themselves, and the boyfriend of her dreams becomes her boyfriend in real life. What will happen to the relationship between the two awkward teens?

Japanese Theatrical Release : March 15th, 2024

  • Comedy
  • Romance
2024

  • Comedy
  • Romance

UNDEAD LOVERS

不死身ラヴァーズ

Rino believes that “the man of her destiny” is Jun who always disappears from her whenever he feels their love for each other. In their lifetime, they meet many times and Rino is 100% focused on him every time.
These encounters and separations are repeated in many circumstances.
What could be the miraculous result of her persistent love for him?

長谷部りのが“運命の相手”と信じて追いかけるのは、両想いになった瞬間、この世界から忽然と消えてしてしまう甲野じゅん。
二人は人生の中で何度も出会い、その度にりのは「好き」と伝え、両想いになり、じゅんが《消える》という出来事を繰り返していく。それでも諦めないりののどこまでも真っすぐな「好き」が起こす奇跡の結末とは――。

  • Mystery
2024

  • Mystery

Stay Mum

かくしごと

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 a boy who has lost his memory in an accident and has signs of abuse on his body.
To protect him, she pretends about being his mother and starts living with the boy. Is this lie a sin or love?

<Film Festival>
2024 Beijing International Film Festival, Japan Film Week
2024 Toronto Japanese Film Festival
2024 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, Beyond the Verdict
2024 THE 11th JSFF FEATURE FILM SELECTION, Best Film

  • Romance
  • Thriller
2024

  • Romance
  • Thriller

CHA-CHA

チャチャ

Cha-Cha is an illustrator working at a design office. Her free-spirited behavior sometimes draws the ire of those around her, but she lives by the motto, "I don’t let me worry about what others think any more, just live the way I want”. One day, Cha-Cha meets Raku on the rooftop and she becomes interested in him. Although they are opposites in terms of their tastes, she gradually becomes attracted to Raku, thinking that "we two get along perfect”. What will happen to the unpredictable romance of a stray cat-like girl? A fashionable, tasteful and bizarre story.

2024

Rude to Love

愛に乱暴

Having or not having a spouse, children, or a job. Women today have the “freedom to choose the lives they want”; and yet, they are divided by various social factors. The main character is Momoko, who quits her job upon marriage but a misfortune leaves her childless. Then her husband (Mamoru) has an affair with a younger woman (Nao) and demands a divorce. Learning that she now has no place in her home nor the society, Momoko feels lost and starts showing abnormal behaviors. While Mamoru and his mother (Teruko) are bewildered by Momoko acting strange, there are also fair and unbiased eyes watching her from an unexpected place. Feeling stressed because no one around her sees her worth; and the fear of losing her place grows when her family and the society reject her. The story follows Momoko’s journey through despair and hope.

  • Factual
2024

  • Factual

I Will Be Your Family

おまえの親になったるで

Kentaro Kusakari is a crime victim whose sister was murdered in 2005. All he could think about was how to kill the guy who killed his sister. 8 years later, Kentaro had an opportunity to start helping ex-offenders. He employs former prisoners in his company and helps them with their rehabilitation. Even though he often was betrayed by them, he did not give up. He never wants to see another victim like his sister again.... Finally, he comes face to face with the person who killed his sister. The film closely follows 10 years of Kentaro’s life, as he wavers between victim and perpetrator.

2023.10

Masked Hearts

愛にイナズマ

26 years old Hanako is on the verge of directing her first-ever feature film, achieving her childhood dream. Although she’s being hindered by an older male assistant director, she has a fateful encounter with a man named Masao, and her life at last begins to take on a whole new luster. However, the underhanded actions of an unscrupulous producer cause Hanako to have her personal project stolen. After being dumped into despair, she quietly stokes her rage, and makes a pledge to keep fighting, and never back down! Entangling Masao, her hopeless father and two older brothers (who she’s been out of touch with for over 10 years) in her obsessive quest, Hanako audaciously attempts to make her dream come true, her way!

  • Comedy
2023.10
  • Comedy

We're Millennials. Got a problem? The Movie

ゆとりですがなにか インターナショナル

The three friends Masakazu, Yamaji, and Maribu belong to “The Yutori”, a Japanese generation that is labeled as lacking in ambition, rivalry, and teamwork.

Masakazu runs a sake brewery with his wife, but their relationship is on the rocks. The brewery faces bankruptcy after their distributor is bought out by a Korean company, but Maribu comes up with a plan to save the arrangement.

Meanwhile, elementary school teacher Yamaji is still a virgin, but he realizes his tendency of being attracted to interns and transfer students' moms. However, this year’s intern is male, and the transfer students are from Thailand and America. He gets dragged into issues like helicopter parents and LGBT acceptance.

As the three friends deal with work, family, and love, their story takes an unpredictable turn!

  • Action
  • Science
2023.4

  • Action
  • Science

TOKYO MER: Mobile Emergency Room - THE MOVIE

劇場版『TOKYO MER~走る緊急救命室~』

The 70th floor of a Yokohama skyscraper is ablaze with 193 lives trapped inside. MER rolls into action determined to save everyone.

Winning “Best Asian Drama for a Regional/Int’l Market at ContentAsia Awards 2022” and “Best Actor for 4th Asia Contents Awards”, TV series “TOKYO MER: Mobile Emergency Room" first aired in 2021 on TBS.
The protagonist is MER ("Mobile Emergency Room"), a team of emergency professionals on wheels formed by the Tokyo governor with one mission only: to prevent a single death. Tasked with rushing to the scene of major accidents, disasters, and crimes, MER is armed with state-of-the-art medical equipment, a mobile operating room, and an elite staff ready to risk all to save lives.


★Best Asian Drama for a Regional/Int’l Market at ContentAsia Awards 2022 (“TOKYO MER” TV series)

★Ryohei Suzuki / Best Actor for 4th Asia Contents Awards (“TOKYO MER” TV series)

2023.2

21st Century Girl

21世紀の女の子

15 female filmmakers, all born around 1990, contribute about 6 to 8 minutes each to this film showcasing their views of the world, society and gender issues.

  • Family
  • Art
2023 -

  • Family
  • Art

Tsugaru Lacquer Girl

バカ塗りの娘

Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture. Miyako Aoki, who lives with her father, has not found anything she wants to do after graduating from a local high school. She is working at a supermarket to help her family make ends meet. Helping her father, a Tsugaru lacquerware craftsman, is the only thing she can devote herself to. However, her father, who succeeded her grandfather, a highly respected Tsugaru-nuri craftsman, loses the will to continue the business as the industry goes into decline, and the family finds itself scattered. The mother left the family because of the poor life and the selfishness of the father, and the elder brother, a hairdresser, chose to live freely instead of taking over the family business. Miyako is unable to openly declare her desire to pursue a career in Tsugaru-nuri, but as she confronts her family and the art of lacquering, she takes on a great challenge.

  • Fashion
2023 -

  • Fashion

#MITO

#ミトヤマネ

Mito Yamane is a well-known fashion influencer who works with her young sister Miho. One day, their agency proposed a collaborative project for the digital mask filter called "Deep Face Apps," which copies Mito’s face. Soon, the apps became widespread, and images of someone with Mito’s face spread around the world. Some people use it for criminal purposes. Miho is worried about the situation; however, Mito is glad because it symbolizes her popularity. What is the unexpected and shocking ending for them?

カリスマインフルエンサーの山根ミトと、ミトを陰で支える妹のミホ。ある日所属事務所から、誰でもミトの顔になれるフィルター「ディープフェイクアプリ」とのコラボ案件を持ちかけられる。アプリは大人気となり、世界中の至る所にミトの顔が拡散された。一方、ミトの顔を悪用する者も次々と現れる。そんな状況すら自分の人気につながると喜ぶミト。かたやミホはそんな状況を危惧していた。姉妹が辿り着く、予想だにしない衝撃の結末とは。

  • Crime & Investigation
2023 -

  • Crime & Investigation

Detective of Joshidaikoji

女子大小路の名探偵

Daiki, who works part-time as a bartender at joshidaikoji (meaning Women's college alley), discovers a junior high school student in cardiopulmonary arrest in a park while wearing a cosplay costume. Since it was three days after the dead body of a junior high school student was found at the same place, Daiki is brought in by the police as a suspect in a serial murder case. His sister Mio, who works at a club in Yanagase, saves him from this predicament. The two sisters always quarrel whenever they meet, but in order to prove their brother's innocence, they pursue the real culprit in the case.

  • History
  • Reality
2022.12 -
  • History
  • Reality

Fragments of The Last Will

ラーゲリより愛を込めて FROM SIBERIA WITH LOVE

It’s 1945, and World War II has just ended. A glacial winter, reaching 40 degrees Celsius below zero... Day after endless day of merciless labor, fueled only by scarce rations. Amidst the men dying off one by one in the hellish Soviet concentration camp is Hatao Yamamoto. “You must not give up hope. The day of domoy (going home) will come,” Yamamoto implores consistently to the despairing captives.
Under the dire conditions of the camp, there are ceaseless fights among the Japanese captives. Yet come what may, Yamamoto continues to cheer the men up regardless of rank and character. His heartfelt actions and beliefs gradually warm the frozen hearts of his fellow captives. Yamamoto believes through everything that he will someday go home to be with his wife and four children.
Eight years after the war, a postcard arrives from Yamamoto’s beloved wife. In the letter, passed through rigorous censorship, is written, “I am waiting for your return.” Tears stream down Yamamoto’s face as he thinks of his wife, raising their four children on her own. Everyone felt the day of domoy was near, but meanwhile, Yamamoto is subjected to illness. His health deteriorates rapidly, but Yamamoto never gives up hope that he will one day be reunited with his family. Aching to do something for their dear friend, his comrades set out to accomplish an extraordinary feat under the scrutiny of the guards.

  • School Drama
  • Sports
2022.7
  • School Drama
  • Sports

Backflip!! The Movie

映画バクテン!!

Soshukan Private High School (Ao High) men’s rhythmic gymnastics club.
A unique club of misfits come together as a team, their love for men’s rhythmic gymnastics forming their bond. Dedicating the days of their youth towards a single goal, their story now enters its next stage, the interhigh championship.
Their final challenge as a 6-member team is about to begin…

  • Family
  • Romance
  • School Drama
2022.6 -

  • Family
  • Romance
  • School Drama

Grown-ups

わたし達はおとな

A film by a new upcoming filmmaker Takuya Kato, which depicts the fragile and crumbling daily life, the process of becoming a woman from a girl, the bittersweetness and frustration of sweet and sad love, and the conflicts that can only be contained within oneself, in a life-sized romantic film that pierces the heart.
Yumi is studying design at university. One day, she realizes that she is pregnant. She has a boyfriend, Naoya, whom she met when she made a flyer for a theater club she knows, but she is not confident that he is the father of her baby. Yumi feels troubled.
On the other hand, the more Naoya tries to accept the reality, the more his thoughts and feelings towards Yumi diverge...


2022 New York Asian Film Festival, Vanguards Section
12th Beijing International Film Festival, FORWARD FUTURE Section

  • Comedy
  • Action
  • Romance
2022.3 -

  • Comedy
  • Action
  • Romance

KAPPEI

KAPPEI カッペイ

July 1999. The world is in turmoil. Nostradamus prophecies are on everybody’s lips. Chaos, violence and fear rule the day. In crazy times, a band of special men prepare to rise to the challenge and rescue mankind from the coming Armageddon.
Flash forward to 2022. Well, the end of the world did not come. And there are no signs that it will. With no opportunity to test their highly lethal fists, the downtrodden band of specially-trained men break off their ascetic training as their master gathers them to forlornly announce: “You are dismissed.”
A slightly different kind of coming-of-age tale unfolds about would-be world saviors rendered irrelevant by the times.