SHOCHIKU

KISS HIM, NOT ME!

(Original title:Watashi ga Motete Dousunda (私がモテてどうすんだ))

Production Year

2020

Release Date

July 10, 2020

Running Time

90min.

Genre

Comedy / Romance

Director

Norihisa HIRANUMA(平沼紀久)

Cast

Hokuto YOSHINO 吉野北人 (HiGH&LOW THE WORST)
Fuju KAMIO 神尾楓珠 (HiGH&LOW THE WORST)
Nonoka YAMGUCHI 山口乃々華 (HiGH&LOW THE WORST)
Miu TOMITA 富田望生 (Let's Go, JETS! From Small Town Girls to U.S.Champions?!, SUNNY: Our Heart Beats Together, Tora-san, Wish You were Here)

She's a delusional Boy Love (BL) “otaku”... but now four super-hot HBs (high school boys) are crazy about her!?

FOOD LUCK

(Original title:Food Luck Shokuun (フード・ラック！食運))

Production Year

2020

Release Date

November 20, 2020

Running Time

104min.

Genre

Drama / Food

Director

Jimon TERAKADO(寺門ジモン)

Cast

EXILE NAOTO (HIGH&LOW THE MOVIE)
Tao TSUCHIYA 土屋太鳳 (The 8-Year Engagement)

Feast your eyes on the ultimate yakiniku movie! An unprecedented first “eat-ertainment” film!

TIFFCOM Online Market Screening
Available between Oct 31 (Sat) Noon JST - Nov 9 (Mon) 11:59pm JST. Screening will be for market badge holder with an invitation only. Please contact a Shochiku representative for more information.

YOWAMUSHI PEDAL: UP THE ROAD

(Original title:Yowamushi Pedal (弱虫ペダル))

Production Year

2020

Release Date

August 14, 2020

Running Time

112min.

Genre

Drama / Sports

Director

Koichiro MIKI(三木 康一郎)

Cast

Ren NAGASE 永瀬廉 (King＆Prince) (According to my Butler)
Kentaro ITO 伊藤健太郎 (Café Funicli Funicla, Ride your wave)
Kanna HASHIMOTO 橋本環奈 (Kingdom,Kaguya-sama: Love is War）

The mega-hit sports manga, made into a live-action movie for the first time ever!

STIGMATIZED PROPERTIES

(Original title:Jiko Bukken Kowai Madori (事故物件 恐い間取り))

Production Year

2020

Release Date

August 28, 2020

Running Time

111min.

Genre

Horror

Director

Hideo NAKATA(中田秀夫)

Cast

Kazuya KAMENASHI 亀梨和也 (Joker Game, Policeman and Me)

"You'd be too scared to enter your room!!" A must watch film from Hideo Nakata

KIBA: THE FANGS OF FICTION

(Original title:Damashie No Kiba (騙し絵の牙))

Production Year

2020

Release Date

March 26, 2021

Running Time

113min.

Genre

Drama

Director

Daihachi YOSHIDA(吉田大八)

Cast

Yo OIZUMI 大泉洋 (I am a Hero, Tokyo Ghoul)
Mayu MATSUOKA 松岡茉優 (Shoplifters, Little Forest)
Koichi SATO 佐藤浩市 (SIX FOUR, The Human Trust)

A ruthless battle of tricksters presented by an all-star cast! The ultimate exhilarating movie filled with twists and turns!

THE NIGHT BEYOND THE TRICORNERED WINDOW

(Original title:Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru (さんかく窓の外側は夜))

Production Year

2020

Release Date

January 22, 2021

Running Time

102min.

Genre

Drama / Horror / Suspense

Director

Yukihiro Morigaki (森ガキ侑大)

Cast

Masaki Okada (岡田将生)
Jun Shison (志尊淳)
Yurina Hirate (平手友梨奈)

Thrillingly bizarre and innovative mystery entertainment! A man who can exorcise ghosts, and a man who can see them. Can their fateful union stop a mysterious curse?

SAKURA

(Original title:Sakura (さくら))

Production Year

2020

Release Date

November 13, 2020

Running Time

120min.

Genre

Drama

Director

Hitoshi YAZAKI(矢崎仁司)

Cast

Takumi KITAMURA 北村匠海 (Let Me Eat Your Pancreas)
Nana KOMATSU 小松菜奈 (The World of Kanako, It Comes)
Ryo YOSHIZAWA 吉沢亮 (BLEACH, KINGDOM)
Shinobu TERAJIMA 寺島しのぶ (Caterpillar, Oh Lucy!)
Masatoshi NAGASE永瀬正敏 (Sweet Bean, The Hidden Blade)

“Sakura,” the best-selling Japanese novel, will be hitting the big screen! An ordinary family faces what seem to be devastating trials sent from God, but they remain hopeful—without forgetting their sense of humor—and overcome various obstacles.

TIFFCOM Online Market Screening
Available between Oct 31 (Sat) Noon JST - Nov 9 (Mon) 11:59pm JST. Screening will be for market badge holder with an invitation only. Please contact a Shochiku representative for more information.

JOSEE, THE TIGER AND THE FISH

(Original title:Jose to Tora to Sakanatachi (ジョゼと虎と魚たち))

Production Year

2020

Release Date

December 25, 2020

Running Time

98min.

Genre

Animation / Romance

Director

Kotaro TAMURA(タムラコータロー)

Cast

(Voice Cast)
Taishi NAKAGAWA (中川大志）
Kaya KIYOHARA (清原果耶)

A story written by Seiko Tanabe, which was adapted into live-action film in 2003, will come back to theaters as a full-length animation film. Studio bones and the talented staff will deliver an impressive character portrayal using animation expression techniques to tell the young and exciting love story of Josee, as she struggles to cope with life in a wheelchair.

North America, South America, Europe & Inflight Sales by
SHOCHIKU CO., Ltd.

Asia & Middle East Sales by
KADOKAWA CORPORATION

THE PASS: LAST DAYS OF THE SAMURAI

(Original title:Touge Saigo no Samurai 峠 最後のサムライ)

Production Year

2020

Release Date

June 17, 2022

Running Time

114min.

Genre

Drama / Samurai

Director

Takashi KOIZUMI(小泉堯史)

Cast

Koji YAKUSHO 役所広司 (The Last Samurai, The Eel)
Takako MATSU 松たか子 (MASQUERADE HOTEL, The Little House)
Tatsuya NAKADAI 仲代達矢 (The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi, The Human Condition)

A beautiful samurai film from Takashi KOIZUMI (Assistant to Akira Kurosawa, “After the Rain”) about a samurai who lead his country to fight against the new regime with honor and dignity. The film may provide some answers to the question, “What is a Samurai?”, “What can we learn from them” in the modern era today. In order to present the texture of a samurai period, the film was mostly shot in 35mm.

IT’S A FLICKERING LIFE

(Original title:Kinema no Kamisama キネマの神様)

Production Year

2021

Release Date

August 6, 2021

Running Time

125min.

Genre

Drama

Director

Yoji YAMADA(山田洋次)

Cast

Kenji SAWADA 沢田研二(The Happiness of the Katakuris, Tora-san, the Expert)
Masaki SUDA 菅田将暉 (GINTAMA series, Love At Least, TEIICHI- Battle of Supreme High, Destruction Babies)
Mei NAGANO 永野芽郁 (TEIICHI- Battle of Supreme High, Peach Girl, Daytime Shooting Star)
Nobuko MIYAMOTO 宮本信子 (Hankyu Railway - A 15-minute Miracle, Bizan -The Mountain of Mother's Love-)

A moving story of love and tears, in which the god of cinema transcends time to work a miracle in the life of a deadbeat dad whose family have given up on him.

TIFFCOM Online Market Screening
Available from October 30 (Sat.) to November 7 (Sun.)

WHISPER OF THE HEART

(Original title:Mimi wo Sumaseba 耳をすませば)

Production Year

2022

Release Date

October 14, 2022

Running Time

114min.

Genre

Drama / Fantasy / Romance

Director

Yuichiro HIRAKAWA(平川雄一朗)

Cast

Nana SEINO 清野菜名 (Tokyo Tribe, After the Rain)
Tori MATSUZAKA 松坂桃李 (Call Boy, The Journalist)

The masterpiece, Whisper of the Heart, made into a live-action movie! The movie illustrates the bittersweet love story with a new additional story about ten years later.

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