Yui Murata
2021サヨナラ家族
Kôhei Sanada
Hoshi Ishida, Toshie Negishi
During the one-year memorial of his late beloved father, a soon-to-be father (Hoshi Ishida) struggles to reconcile his feelings of loss and receives support from his mother, sister and wife. -JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film
Farewell Family
宇宙でいちばんあかるい屋根
Michihito Fujii
Kaya Kiyohara, Kaori Momoi
14 year-old schoolgirl Tsubame is into university student Toru. She sees him in her area and really wants to be his. She struggles with how to inform him of her love. Then her stepmother becomes pregnant and she is distracted with that development. The one reliable part of her life is the calligraphy class she attends, but then she runs into a woman.
The Brightest Roof in the Universe
おろかもの
Sho Suzuki, Takashi Haga
Nanami Kasamatsu, Yui Murata
Yoko, a high school student, lives with her brother, Kenji. Since they lost their parents early, they have been supported each other. One night, Yoko witnesses Kenji, who is planning to get married, having an affair with Misa. Kenji’s cheating makes Yoko frustrated; however, Yoko felt uncomfortable and unsatisfied with Kenji's fiancé, Kaho, because Kaho suddenly cut into life of Kenji and Yoko. In a weekend, Yoko tails Misa and decides to speak to her. Compulsion and curiosity make Yoko confront Misa, but Yoko is seduced by Misa’s gentle and strong yet unstable character. Then, Yoko tells Misa, “Why don’t we stop my brother’s wedding?” A strange complicity relationship between two women begins.
Me & My Brother’s Mistress
退屈な日々にさようならを
Rikiya Imaizumi
Taro Uchibori, Marika Matsumoto
Focusing on the lives (and a few deaths) of three filmmakers, Rikiya Imaizumi (Their Distance, Sad Tea) tackles weighty themes in this new ensemble drama set in Tokyo and Fukushima. Director Kajiwara, struggling to earn a living from film, gets an offer to do a music video. But it doesn’t go well and he finds himself in an unexpected situation. Actress Aoba witnesses her filmmaker boyfriend's suicide and decides to hide his body. Gardener Taro plans to close the family business he inherits from his father, but receives a phone call one night from the self-declared girlfriend of his estranged twin, Jiro.
Same Old, Same Old
Mutant Girls Squad
TAK∴, Yoshihiro Nishimura
Yumi Sugimoto, Yuko Takayama
Rin a young high school student is your everyday awkward girl who gets bullied by her fellow students. On her 16th birthday, Rin gets an unexpected surprise: she finds out that she is, on her father's side, a half-mutant.
Mutant Girls Squad
極道兵器
TAK∴, Yudai Yamaguchi
TAK∴, Jun Murakami
After four years overseas, Shozo returns to Japan to avenge his yakuza boss who was assassinated by his own treacherous top man, Kurawaki. The resulting battle leaves both men severely injured, and Shozo awakens in a mysterious medical facility to find his arm replaced with an M61 Vulcan cannon and his leg replaced with a rocket launcher. Meanwhile, Kurawaki has been fitted with mechanical augmentations of his own. Get ready for the second round.
Yakuza Weapon
月光ノ仮面
Itsuji Itao
Itsuji Itao, Tadanobu Asano
The year is 1947, during the war torn period of the Showa era. The story begins when a man, presumed to have been killed in battle, returns home. Who was this man? Before the war, he had a bright future ahead of him as the proficient and popular rakugoka (comedic story-teller), Usagi Morinoya. However, because of an injury sustained during the war, his face is covered in bandages, and he suffers from total amnesia. As if trying to recover his memory, the man only keeps mumbling in a hollow voice his trademark rakugo, "Sokotsunagaya".
Moonlight Mask
富江 アンリミテッド
Noboru Iguchi
Moe Arai, Miu Nakamura
Tsukiko is part of the photography club at school, but has always felt less than her sister Tomie. She's cute and very popular among boys. However, one day, Tomie dies in a horrible accident, triggering endless nightmares for Tsukiko. One year later, right when Tomie was supposed to turn 18, someone knocks on the door. Tomie is back.
Tomie: Unlimited
ナポレオンと私
Yûsuke Koroyasu
Rina Takeda, Shogo Hama
28-year-old Haruko Oohara works as a sales assistant at WEB Production Company. She has never experienced true happiness. She has a crush on her co-worker Shingo Iwata. One day, while Haruko Oohara is installing a dating game, Napoleon appears on the screen. Napoleon tells her that he will help her find true happiness.
Napoleon and Me
