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- DirectorHiroshi KôjinaStarsRy McKeandXanthe HuynhDavid WaldProvoked by his father well known as Samurai Nanjirou, a legendary winner of a US tennis championship, Ryoma is determined to train himself in US after winning a championship in Japan. He runs into his classmate Sakuno, getting in trouble with street gangs, and accepts a tennis match against the villains to save her. Through the intense tennis battle, the shock of two ramming tennis balls makes stream of time leaped somehow. Ryoma and Sakuno find themselves transported back to the past decades ago when Ryoma's father challenged his last match at a championship in US.
- DirectorRikiya ImaizumiStarsYûto EndôArata IuraNaomi Nishida
- DirectorRyôta NakanoStarsKazunari NinomiyaSatoshi TsumabukiHaru KurokiWhen disaster strikes Japan in the form of a tsunami and subsequent nuclear reactor meltdown, a young photographer copes with tragedy by creating photographic portraits of his family.
- DirectorYûki SaitôStarsRiko FukumotoMizuki ItagakiGenta MatsudaMiyu Mizuno and Shuya Shinohara are high school students. They have dated for two years and promised that no matter what, they will watch a movie together on the first day of each new month. When Miyu and Shuya are on their way to the movie theater, Shuya suddenly cancels their date. Shuya seems like he is hiding something and he acts nervous. Later, Miyu goes to the place where she is supposed to meet Shuya, but she witnesses Shuya getting into a car accident. She panics, but when she wakes up she finds herself on the morning of the accident. Miyu keeps waking up on the day when Shuya got into an accident.
- DirectorMichihito FujiiStarsNana KomatsuKentarô SakaguchiYuki YamadaTwenty-year-old Matsuri Takabayashi learns that she only has ten years to live due to an incurable disease. She decides to not dwell on her life and not to fall in love, but she meets Kazuto Manabe at a school reunion.
- DirectorJeremy MedinaStarsDani BlanchetteAndrew BrandewieFrancesca FamularoA couple out for a morning walk stumble upon something horrifying that they can't explain.
- DirectorHideki WadaStarsSayaka FujiokaSatoshi IinoYusuke KondoShino Sakuragi is an office lady. She attends a wine party recommended by her boss, even though she isn't comfortable at such a fancy get together. There, Shino meets Kazushi Oda. He is knowledgeable about wine and he doesn't show off his success as a businessman. She becomes attracted to him, but Kazushi gets arrested for accounting fraud later. Shino is confused by the situation, but she keeps attending the wine parties and becomes hooked on wine.
- DirectorMiwa NishikawaStarsKoji YakushoSeiji RokkakuYukiya KitamuraA lifelong Yakuza, released from prison after 13 years, journeys to find the mother who abandoned him as a child. He is hindered by his gangster past and struggles to adapt to his new life outside of prison.
- DirectorNobuhiro SuwaStarsShoko IkezuShinsuke KatoTomokazu MiuraInspired by an actual occurrence in Japan Haru who has relocated to Hiroshima in southern Japan comes across a rogue telephone booth in the middle of nowhere when she returns to Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan. The unconnected telephone in a white booth is driven by superstition that it is a direct line to the dead. She and several locals converse and they share their stories and the different states of belief regarding the booth that is prevalent.
- DirectorMasaharu TakeStarsKiichi NakaiKuranosuke SasakiRyôko HirosueThe central Kansai region of Japan is the setting for the historic cities of Sakai and Kyoto. Noda and Koike from We Make Antiques are back and together for the tea ceremony by Furuta Shigenari who is the master of the ceremony. Enter a mysterious new woman named Shino about whom the two have a feeling.
- DirectorSatoshi MikiStarsRyôsuke YamadaTao TsuchiyaGaku HamadaA large monster attacks Japan, but dies suddenly. While the people rejoice and bask in relief, the giant corpse left behind begins to slowly rot and bloat. If it explodes, the nation will be destroyed.
- DirectorKen'ichi OhmoriStarsHiroki HorikawaDaisuke KasuyaSeiichiro KonnoHazime Kisaragi and Satomi Akahata are in charge of management operation for the city's mascot character "Yassadaru Man." Yuna Isoya is a big fan of "Yassadaru Man." One day, she is assigned to the section where Hazime Kisaragi and Satomi Akahata work. Hazime Kisaragi falls in love with Yuna Isoya at first sight. Hazime Kisaragi also gets enthusiastic with work involving "Yassadaru Man." The big project for "Yassadaru Man" begins.
- DirectorKôichirô MikiStarsRen NagaseKentarô ItôKanna HashimotoOnoda, a cheerful youth who is a manga and anime fan, discovers he has a talent for cycling.
- DirectorTakumi SaitôNaoto TakenakaTakayuki YamadaStarsRiho YoshiokaRyûhei MatsudaFuku SuzukiThree of Japan's most talented and prolific actor-directors have joined forces to adapt Hiroyuki Ohashi's cult manga series about characters in "an obscure corner" of the world. The film's five loosely connected storylines concern the secrets and lies, the fears and tears, and the puerile potty jokes that punctuate their daily (and in one eerie case, nightly) encounters.
- DirectorDavid GelbStarsJiro OnoYoshikazu OnoMasuhiro YamamotoA documentary on 85-year-old sushi master Jiro Ono, his renowned Tokyo restaurant, and his relationship with his son and eventual heir, Yoshikazu.
- DirectorSunghoo ParkStarsChinatsu AkasakiAya EndôKana HanazawaThe prequel to Jujutsu Kaisen (2020), where a high schooler gains control of an extremely powerful cursed spirit and gets enrolled in the Tokyo Prefectural Jujutsu High School by Jujutsu Sorcerers.
- DirectorDaigo MatsuiStarsSôsuke IkematsuSairi ItôKalen AnzaiA former couple remembers their most intimate days, only to part once again.
- DirectorGrasie MercedesNathan CaywoodStarsGrasie MercedesWill McCormackJeremy CulhaneJUST THE TWO OF US is a comedic short film with heart that is entering the film festival circuit for 2021. After weeks of dating, Walton and Jess are back at his place and ready to have sex together for the first time. But before they can, Jess has to share a secret about her anatomy that may just scare Walton away.
- StarsAaron DismukeAoi KogaMakoto FurukawaThe proudly privileged top two students of an elite school each makes it their mission to be the first to extract a confession of love from the other.
- DirectorStefan MoninStarsMarzena FigielWitold LobejkoLeena Makoff
- DirectorTakashi HiranoStarsHideaki ItôMoka KamishiraishiDaigo NishihataA group of warriors prepared their whole lives for an apocalypse that never happened, and now they must find their way to fit into society.
- DirectorDaihachi YoshidaStarsLily FrankyElaiza IkedaYoshino KimuraHayami Teruya is a dedicated salaryman who does a workman like job as the chief editor for a magazine. He has personal charm, get along with both the publisher and subordinates and runs the ship well. Chatting with his direct boss he picks up a certain vibe. Did he misunderstand that the magazine is doomed and will be terminated? If so, he is not going down without a fight. He will fight to make it through and keep his, and the others', jobs.
- DirectorYôji YamadaStarsKenji SawadaMasaki SudaMei NaganoIn this tale of love and friendship spanning a lifetime, the "god of cinema" that Go has worshipped since he was young will transcend time, and work a miracle in the lives of one family.
- DirectorShinsuke SatoStarsKento YamazakiRyô YoshizawaKanna HashimotoIt follows a young man who dreams of becoming a general and Ying Zheng, whose goal is unification.
- StarsYumiri HanamoriNao TôyamaAki ToyosakiNadeshiko, a high school student who has moved from Shizuoka to Yamanashi, decides to see the famous Mount Fuji.
- DirectorShunji IwaiStarsHideaki AnnoMasaharu FukuyamaSuzu HiroseIt is only at their sister's and mother's funeral when a woman meets her niece after many years. The niece is now a grown girl. The sister takes on the task of informing the deceased's friends of the death while the daughter cannot bring herself to symbolically accept the demise of her mother. In the midst of all this an old flame messages the sister to say he is still in love with her, but is he messaging the living sister or the dead one?
- DirectorKazuya ShiraishiStarsSadao AbeShimako IwaiTakanori IwataMasaya Kakei is a university student, but he attends a school that's not his ideal school. His days are generally gloomy. One day, he receives a letter from serial killer Yamato Haimura, who was convicted for eight murders and received the death penalty. Back when Yamato was committing his murders, he ran a bakery store. At that time, Masaya was a middle school student and a customer at his bakery store. According to the letter, Yamato confessed to committing the murders, but he insists that he did not commit the last murder. Masaya begins to investigate the last murder case involving Yamato.
- StarsAoi NakamuraYouHiromasa TaguchiFrom a life insurance salesman, Yamada Hanio changed occupations to work at an advertising agency as a copywriter. He had a good background, salary which others probably envied. But one day while walking on his regular route to work, he tries to take his own life all of a sudden. However, he does not succeed. This makes him start a business selling lives. He begins to face up to life as he responds to the series of very bizarre requests which he unexpectedly gets.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsMasaharu FukuyamaMachiko OnoYôko MakiRyota is a successful workaholic businessman. When he learns that his biological son was switched with another boy after birth, he faces the difficult decision to choose his true son or the boy he and his wife have raised as their own.
- DirectorKei IshikawaStarsMayu MatsuokaTôri MatsuzakaWin MorisakiFour pianists take part in the preliminary round of an international piano playing competition. Each has a story that is different and unique. One is a former child prodigy who stopped playing when her mother died. One is a Julliard student. One works at a music store. One is a new face and yet comes recommended.
- DirectorKôji FukadaStarsFumino KimuraWin MorisakiTomorô TaguchiTaeko and her husband, Jiro, are living a peaceful existence with son, Keita. A tragic accident brings the boy's father, Park, back into her life. Taeko throws herself into helping this deaf and homeless man to cope with pain and guilt.
- DirectorHayato KawaiStarsAnna IshibashiMizuki ItagakiSakura KiryuAspiring university student is studying in order to try again for the university examination. One midday time seems to stand still for everyone and everything around him. This phenomenon repeats daily. Yet, he is not the only one who is aware of the situation. There is an explanation and there is someone who holds the key to that explanation.
- DirectorRyûhei KitamuraStarsShun OguriJerry YanTetsuji TamayamaThe grandson of a legendary gentleman burglar assembles a team of thieves to steal a Cleopatran necklace from two parties - an ally-turned-rival, and an underworld tycoon.
- CreatorZoya AkhtarReema KagtiStarsSobhita DhulipalaArjun MathurJim SarbhIt is the story of two wedding planners in Delhi, where tradition jostles with modern aspirations against the backdrop of big fat Indian weddings revealing many secrets and lies.
- DirectorTakahisa ZezeStarsTakeru SatohHiroshi AbeMitsuko BaishôNine years after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, two murder cases take place in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. The two victims are assumed to have been murdered by the same person. Both of the victims were tied all over their body and starved to death. Yasuhisa Tone emerges as a suspect in the murders. Yasuhisa was just recently released from prison. In his past, he committed arson and injured someone to protect his acquaintance. Detective Seiichiro Tomashino discovers a common link between the two victims and chases after Yasuhisa.
- DirectorLawrence JordanStarsMariah Carey
- DirectorHisashi KimuraStarsKentarô SakaguchiMei NaganoRio UchidaOn-call substitute doctor Shugo finds himself faced with a terrifying criminal in a clown mask. The assailant demands that Shugo treat injured high school student Hitomi. The perpetrator sets siege to the building.
- DirectorMasayuki SuzukiStarsMasami NagasawaTakuya KimuraRyo IshibashiAn anonymous letter is delivered to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The letter states that a criminal of a murder case will appear at the countdown party Masquerade Night that will be held at Hotel Cortesia Tokyo.
- DirectorHiroshi NishitaniStarsMasaharu FukuyamaYuriko YoshitakaKazuki KitamuraAn adaptation of Higashino Keigo's sixth novel in the popular Galileo series. Professor Yukawa Manabu must solve the mysteries of seemingly accidental death of another guest at the countryside motel he was spending his vacation in.
- DirectorSatoshi KonKô MatsuoStarsMiyoko ShôjiShôzô ÎzukaMami KoyamaA TV interviewer and his cameraman meet a former actress and travel through her memories and career.
- DirectorRyûtarô NakagawaStarsHonoka MatsumotoDaichi WatanabeEri Tokunaga20-year-old Mio has lost her parents early and runs a traditional Japanese inn in Nagano with her grandmother. As her grandmother gets sick and hospitalized, Mio is forced to leave the inn and reluctantly comes to Tokyo to live with her father's old friend Kyosuke. Helping him at the bathhouse he runs, she begins to find her way in everyday life. One day, however, she learns the bathhouse is on the verge of demolition for the redevelopment in the district.
- DirectorNicholas D. JohnsonWill MerrickStarsTim GriffinAva Zaria LeeNia LongAfter her mother goes missing, a young woman tries to find her from home, using tools available to her online.
- DirectorRajat KapoorStarsKonkona Sen SharmaRanvir ShoreyKoel PurieTo spice up his life, a husband asks his wife to swap him for another male, while he swaps her for the other male's wife.
- DirectorGa-Hee ImYoshikazu YasuhikoStarsTôru FuruyaKen NaritaSatomi AraiAfter Jaburo, the EFF plan an operation to capture Odessa, headquarters of Zeon's Attack Force. White Base heads to Belfast to resupply. However, White Base receives new orders; to head to an island known as the "Island of No Return".
- StarsChisa YokoyamaAi OrikasaNaoko MatsuiSet in an alternate universe Meiji Era, the lead male character of the story, Ryunosuke Sakamoto, is travelling from Shanghai towards Kyoto with his newly-licensed y?kai Nekomaru.
- DirectorBarry JenkinsStarsMahershala AliNaomie HarrisTrevante RhodesA young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.
- DirectorEdmund YeoStarsNana KomatsuHio MiyazawaAsami UsudaSatsuki's lover Hitoshi dies suddenly. She is unable to get over his death and is mired in deep sadness. Satsuki keeps thinking about the Moonlight Shadow phenomenon, which she heard about in the past. The Moonlight Shadow phenomenon is a mysterious event that allows a person to meet the dead at the end of a full moon.
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsJennifer LawrenceJavier BardemEd HarrisA couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.