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SAMURAI MARATHON

サムライマラソン

2019 | 104 min | Action/Adventure, Drama, Historical, Feature | Color | PG
Directed by: Bernard Rose
Cast: SATOH Takeru, KOMATSU Nana, MORIYAMA Mirai

Synopsis: Historical drama directed by Bernard Rose of Immortal Beloved and produced by Jeremy Thomas of The Last Emperor.
Based on Dobashi Akihiro's novel Bakumatsu Marathon Samurai about the Ansei Tooashi, known as Japan's first marathon. Annaka
feudal lord Itakura Katsuakira (Hasegawa Hiroki) holds a run across mountain roads to get his samurai warriors into shape. However,the Bakufu central government views it as a rebellion and dispatches assassins to the castle. Meanwhile, Annaka domain accountant
Karasawa Jinnai (Satoh Takeru) senses that something is amiss with the Bakufu.

KAKEGURUI©2019 "Samurai Marathon 1855
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賭ケグルイ2019 | 119 min | Drama, Feature | Color | PG
Directed by: HANABUSA Tsutomu
Cast: HAMABE Minami, TAKASUGI Mahiro, IKEDA Elaiza
Synopsis: Hyakkaou Private Academy is a common elite school for the rich-except that it has a peculiar tradition: gambling skill is all
it takes under the rigorous hierarchy and the student council oversees all gambling activities. A transfer student Yumeko Jabami(Hamabe Minami), seemingly graceful but actually a "compulsive gambler" who finds pleasure in taking risks, gets entangled in themost intense gambling battles to win the position of student rep that whole school is vying for.

SHOPLIFTERS©2019 Homura Kawamoto, Toru Naomura
SQUARE ENIX "KAKEGURUI MOVIE" Project

万引き家族

2018 | 120 min | Drama, Children/Family, Feature | Color | R-13
Directed by: KORE-EDA Hirokazu
Cast: Lily Franky, ANDO Sakura, MATSUOKA Mayu, KIKI Kilin
Synopsis: Drama interweaving emotional ties that transcend family, directed by The Third Murder's Kore-eda Hirokazu. Won the Palmed'Or in competition at the 71st Cannes International Film Festival.
Day-laborer father Shibata Osamu (Lily Franky) and his son Shota (Jyo Kairi) shoplift with brilliant teamwork. On the way home, they
can't bear the sight of a girl shivering in the cold on the first floor of an apartment block and they end up taking her home. TheShibatas have been enjoying themselves, but then a certain incident exposes the family's secrets.

OKKO’S INN

若おかみは⼩学⽣！

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2018 | 94min | Drama , Science Fiction/Fantasy , Children/Family , Animation | Color | PG
Directed by: KOSAKA Kitaro
Cast: KOBAYASHI Seiran, MATSUDA Satsumi, MIZUKI Nana
Synopsis: Theatrical film anime adaptation of a popular piece of children's literature that has sold over 3 million copies in total.
Directed by Kosaka Kitaro of NASU: SUMMER IN ANDALUSIA with script by Yoshida Reiko of Lu over the wall.
Sixth-grader Okko (Kobayashi Seiran) loses her parents in a traffic accident and is taken in by her grandma, who runs the Harunoya
inn. Soon Okko begins training to work as the mistress of the inn, and she grows up day-to-day with encouragement from a ghost
named Uribo (Matsuda Satsumi) and other mysterious pals.

THE TEARS OF MALUMPATI© 2018 Hiroko Reijo, Asami,
KODANSHA/WAKAOKAMI Project

セカイイチオイシイ⽔ マロンパティの涙2019 | 91min | Drama, Feature | Color | PG
Directed by: MEGURO Keita
Cast: TSUJI Miyuu, AKAI Hidekazu, ARAI Yusuke, HANAFUSA Rie, CABRERA Bong,
PRADO Sue, ESPINOZA Miel

Synopsis: A heartwarming drama based on a true story of the Pandan Water Pipeline Project where Japanese and Filipinos work
together while overcoming various hardships.
In Pandan, a rural village on the Panay Island, many people were suffering from kidney disease because they did not have access toclean drinking water. The project was started with the aim to solve this problem by building a 10 kilometer pipeline. Asuka (TsujiMiyuu), a college student, joins the project without giving it much thought when asked by a friend. After she arrives she quickly
realizes things are worse than she expected. The labor is intense because they have no funds and the local people are hostile toward
the Japanese. But amid the hardship, a five year old girl called Amy (Miel Espinoza) welcomes her kindly. The two become goodfriends through a picture book and Origami. However, Amy was also suffering from kidney disease…

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