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Schdule：
4/27 tue – 6/21 mon
Venues：
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A Can of Peach
A Can of Peach
Drama
Shinya Kawakami / 12:09:44 AM /Japan/Drama / 2018
Yuichi is a photographer. He is preparing for his trip to shoot whales at the North Pole. Sachiko, his girlfriend, is helping him prepare. Sachiko gets angry when Yuichi tells a bad joke about him eating the peach can in case of an emergency. But later on...
A Japanese Boy Who Draws
A Japanese Boy Who Draws
Animation
Masanao Kawajiri / 12:20:32 AM /Japan/Animation / 2018
An experimental animation/mocumentary depicting the life of a man who dreams to be a comic writer, told alongside the imagery that develops with him.
Birdland
Birdland
Drama
Takeshi Kogahara / 12:20:00 AM /Japan/Drama / 2019
mature Mature Content: These films may include sexual and/or violent content.
A bedridden old man who spends every day on the bed. One winter night, the old man is looking at the snow falling outside the window and remembers the last time he spent with his late wife."
Black and Blue
Black and Blue
Drama
Hiroki Inoue / 0:23:37 /Japan/Drama / 2017
A man walks out into a parking lot to pick up his abandoned wife when a lady suddenly comes to ask for help. Although he is reluctant in the beginning, he eventually decides to help. A story about a woman with a wounded heart who one night meets a lonely man.
coward
coward
Drama
Yuma Terada / 12:23:00 AM /Japan/Drama / 2017
A young man, Bu Seok Kim, has a string of bad luck, loses his future, and decides to kill himself. A lonely middle-aged man, Toshihumi Kurosawa, has a daughter but he is too ashamed to see her. They seem to have dropped out of society. A story about two cowards meeting each other who end up finding their way of life.
Dead Run
Dead Run
Drama
Daishi Kato / 12:09:46 AM /Japan/Drama / 2018
Hana is on the athletic running team. She's furious. To forget about her pent up emotions towards her parents, best friend, and romance, she runs. Her love for running allows her to keep going.
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Sci-fi
Keitaro Fujimori / 12:24:49 AM /Japan/Sci-fi / 2019
mature Mature Content: These films may include sexual and/or violent content.
An astronaut, Anna, who has been in an accident on the moon and is the only survivor returned to Earth. Being rehabilitated with her doctor and trainer, she recovers her memories of the accident bit by bit. At the same time, she is troubled by the memories she recalls and the difference (diff) with her current self.
Docking!
Docking!
Sci-fi
Shinya Kawakami / 12:11:46 AM /Japan/Sci-fi / 2019
Three high school students at the Robocon Research Club, who learned that UFO will destroy the earth from Akane, a mysterious new student who suddenly appeared in the area of Hayama and Iijima. They gather junk to save the Earth by building a three-body-combined robot and stand up to the enemies.
future me
future me
Drama
Keisuke Toyoshima / 0:19:45 /Japan/Drama / 2018
Mari is 46 years old. She has a job and a family. One day as she routinely finishes her extremely busy schedule, a strange incident makes her travel 30 years back in time to meet her high school self. That particular day just happened to be the worst day of her life.
Her Beat
Her Beat
Drama
Tsubasa Tomori / 12:25:00 AM /Japan/Drama / 2019
A high school girl Misa moved to a countryside. She hears a mysterious beat from a distance every night.
Idol
Idol
Drama
Ryushi Lindsay / 12:20:12 AM /Japan/Drama / 2020
Single mother Miyabi relies on her child idol daughter Kasumi as her only source of income and ticket to future financial stability. When Kasumi is replaced in the group by a more popular girl, Miyabi must ensure she gets her daughter back in the lineup or face destitution.
Last Lie
Last Lie
Drama
Yusaku Okamoto / 12:11:27 AM /Japan/Drama / 2018
A convenience store is rampaged. Directed by the criminal, Hiroto goes to the scene of the crime and realizes that the hostage is his wife. The criminal’s intent is uncertain, merely telling Hiroto not to lie in order to have her released. He accepts the condition, but his questions are completely unexpected.
MARA
MARA
Thriller
Hajime Izuki / 12:13:30 AM /Japan/Thriller / 2019
In Hindu Mythology, “Mara” is “the god of death," sometimes seen as a hidden aspect of “erotic desire.” This modern fable vividly depicts the love and madness of a lonely man and woman. In a dark corner of the city, the vagueness of love flickers.
MOON RABBIT
MOON RABBIT
Drama
Kae Ho / 12:14:25 AM /Japan, UK/Drama / 2018
Rio, half American half Japanese girl who loves the Japanese fairy tale, “Moon Rabbit”, visits her grandparents with her mother and brother. She enjoys Japanese tradition and culture but at the same time, she struggles with communicating in Japanese. When going into the secret storage room with her brother and cousin, she finds out something shocking.
My Little Goat
My Little Goat
Animation
Tomoki Misato / 12:10:13 AM /Japan/Animation / 2018
mature Mature Content: These films may include sexual and/or violent content.
A mother goat tries to help her children who has been eaten by a wolf, but one is missing!
Nanami Kawakami The ACTRESS
Nanami Kawakami The ACTRESS
Drama
Keitaro Sakon / 12:12:50 AM /Japan/Drama / 2017
Nanami Kawakami is brought back to an old memory of her and her ex-boyfriend during the shoot of a film she starred in. This story illustrates Nanami Kawakami committing to her acting career in a mix of her “Present” “Past” and “Future”.
No girl is without enemies
No girl is without enemies
Drama
Daisuke Kamijyo / 12:24:49 AM /Japan/Drama / 2020
Rika, a high school girl who belongs to the movie club, was not ready to tell her friends that she is going to another school next month. In such an occasion, the adviser of the movie club notifies her that the club will be closed. To save the club, they have to make a film?! Can Rika complete the film?
Novela PICARESCA
Novela PICARESCA
Comedy
Kenji Qurata / 12:24:58 AM /Japan/Comedy / 2017
Yoko wishes to become the “bad kid” but she is trapped in her little book store. One day, she falls in love with a phrase written by a novelist, and starts to plan a very innocent and mindless crime, which becomes an everyday prank towards a joyful life.
Or, the tiny sound of war
Or, the tiny sound of war
Drama
Tomomi Muraguchi / 12:23:00 AM /Japan/Drama / 2018
In a suburb town, people have their regular peaceful days. One day, a disquieting sound comes from the distant sky. What do they feel? What do they not feel? On a summer day, they felt the hint of the war in their ordinary life.
PHANTOM COLLECTOR
PHANTOM COLLECTOR
Horror
Hiroya Taka / 12:13:20 AM /Japan/Horror / 2017
“PHANTOM COLLECTOR” is about a popular smart phone app amoung young people called “FANCOLE”. The aim is to search for ghosts in haunted places, and capture them by taking a photo of them. But there's an urban legend; if you take a picture of a real ghost, you will die.
Prowler
Prowler
Drama
Toshiharu Yaegashi / 12:12:11 AM /Japan/Drama / 2018
A homeless guy stands in the corner of the city, staring at something. He starts walking, going to a vending machine after another vending machine, searching for pennies. When he just needs come coins, he encounters some strange events.
ROBIN
ROBIN
Drama
kenji qurata / 12:05:55 AM /Japan/Drama / 2019
This is a story about the other side of the world. A daughter grew up without her father who was a photographer. However, she and her mother have only one photo of him at home. She sees her mother missing him and goes on an social media app called “ROBIN” to find special gifts from all over the world.
Robu
Robu
Sci-Fi
Kai Hasson / 12:19:00 AM /Japan/Sci-Fi / 2018
Robu, a 17-year-old American boy is on the four-day quest in Japan to find the second issue of his favorite Japanese comic book that his father left him. Shortly into his adventure, Robu realizes that the manga world was happening in real life, and that the main character was himself.
Sanako Yuwakashi, 29 Years Old
Sanako Yuwakashi, 29 Years Old
Drama
Kahori Higashi / 12:24:48 AM /Japan/Drama / 2019
Sanako, who is feeling lost in her life, is working in a public bath which has been decided to close the business for a stupid reason. Three days before it shuts up, Sanaco gets an idea when she interacts with regular customers. Why not stage a comeback on its last day? A shy, clumsy woman, Sanako creates a furor! This is a Techno Pop public bath movie.
seaglass
seaglass
Drama
Yusuke Sakakibara / 12:20:46 AM /Japan/Drama / 2018
Kanda, a 68 year old lone connoisseur who has just moved to Yu Island, Kumamoto a year ago, has not been getting along with other people on the island. His life here is just looking at his art collection, but one day he encounters with a girl, Akari, and starts to feel different.
SHINJUKU GIRL
SHINJUKU GIRL
Drama
Kana Yamada / 12:24:45 AM /Japan/Drama / 2017
A girl calls her ex-boyfriend in Shinjuku. When she realizes that he doesn’t pick up his phone, she tries to barge her way into his house. The lock has been changed, so she decides to climb the fence to enter from the window…Life can be really tough. But we have to move on. An anthem for invincible girls.
Son of Memory
Son of Memory
Drama
Hayato Ando / 12:18:27 AM /Japan/Drama / 2019
A mother who cannot accept her son’s death. One day, she gets to know that there is a service of the undertaker which can recover her deceased son as a humanoid robot for only 49 days. She is in torment whether using the service or not…
tapioca diary
tapioca diary
Drama
Takashi Okado & Jon Cox / 12:19:19 AM /Japan/Drama / 2019
Takashi, who studies abroad in Taiwan, finds every day is full of fun in friendship and love that he can't find in Japan. However, he feels the difficulty of conveying his feelings frankly while the time goes by.
TEZUTSU -fire flower town-
TEZUTSU -fire flower town-
Documentary
Tatsuya Ino / 0:12:12 /Japan/Documentary / 2017
Tezutsu hand-held fireworks have continued their tradition for 450 years in Aichi prefecture. How do the youths feel when experiencing this tradition for the first time in their lives?
THE ANCESTOR
THE ANCESTOR
Animation
Seiji O'Hara / 12:17:45 AM /Japan/Animation /
A man wakes up because he hears a voice calling for him. When he opens his eyes, he finds a troubled young man in front of him. The young man says he is his child. He wakes up in 3022, which is 1000 years later.
The Band's New Stage
The Band's New Stage
Drama
Takeshi Tanaka / 12:24:59 AM /Japan/Drama /
The Devil in the Afternoon
The Devil in the Afternoon
Drama
Mayu Nakamura / 12:15:00 AM /Japan/Drama /
An actor is practicing his lines at a park. One day, he is accused of sexually abusing a young girl by a group of young moms. This film depicts the dark side of a peaceful middle class family.
The Distant Light
The Distant Light
Drama
Tatsuya Utsuno / 12:19:41 AM /Japan/Drama /
A widow man, who has lost his wife in the middle of the suburb village on the mountain, lives with his daughter and his mother. As always, his mother observes the snowy scenery while he and his daughter goes hunting throughout the day. One day, the daughter gets lost in the mountain and his deceased wife shows up. A strange night reveals itself.
Touch
Touch
Drama
Noemie Nakai / 12:05:05 AM /Japan/Drama /
A woman carries a chair across mountains. Where to? A visual poem about memory, grief and letting go.
West End Girls
West End Girls
Drama
Hiroki Kataoka / 12:25:00 AM /Japan/Drama /
Sally, who is determined to make money by live-streaming, comes to Tokyo and meets a foreign student, Kanja, in Nishi-Shinjuku. One day, Kanja starts saying that she wants to work like Sally.
What Meiling Decided
What Meiling Decided
Drama
Hironori Kujiraoka / 12:24:09 AM /Japan/Drama /
A college girl has two nationalities, Japanese and Chinese. She spends the New Year with her Japanese boyfriend while she has to decide which nationality to keep and let go.
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