Yuya Matsuura

Your Lovely Smile

A bittersweet, hilarious, enlightening and inspirational road trip through Japanese arthouse cinemas with a heartily independent filmmaker, who also struggles…

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Convenience Story

Kato is an up-and-coming scriptwriter in the middle of a severe slump. He submits ideas for potential movies but makes…

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The World of You

High school student Yuki suffers from a chronic disease and has lost hope for living. One day she has a…

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Yamabuki

A story of finding a place to root yourself when life’s obstacles have dispirited you. Chang-su, a former equestrian athlete…

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No Place to Go

Michiko used to work as a live-in part-timer at an izakaya, but suddenly lost her job and her house at…

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It’s in the Woods

Set in an actual forest said to be rife with supernatural phenomena, this next-gen horror film is based on witness…

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The Beast Hand

Osamu Kogure spends his days in near poverty, but he keeps going by taking odd jobs. After being forced by…

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Penalty Loop

When Jun's lover is killed, he decides to kill her murderer. He's then stuck in a time loop and forced…

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Lust in the Rain

The story centers on Yoshio, a poor and struggling manga artist who lives in Kitamachi. He is sent by Oyaji,…

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11 Rebels

When the brutal Boshin War breaks out in Japan, a group of inmates on death row unite to defend a…

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Life of Mariko in Kabukicho

A small bar in Tokyo's red-light district run by an undercover detective with a tragic past links together a group…

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Lonely Glory

Haruka, a young recognized female entrepreneur, was forced to retire from her company due to the abuse of her authority.…

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Kyrie

Luca lost her family in the Great East Japan Earthquake causing her not to be able to speak. However, her…

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September 1923

Based on the murder of nine street peddlers in the aftermath of the Great Kanto earthquake.

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A Balance

While documenting a controversial tragedy that shook her community, a filmmaker must put her morals to the test when a…

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Ura Aka: L’Aventure

Machiko can't shake the feeling of emptiness in her day-to-day life as a manager of a clothing store in Aoyama,…

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Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

Japan, 1944. Trained for intelligence work, Hiroo Onoda, 22 years old, discovers a philosophy contrary to the official line: no…

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The Town of Headcounts

Pursued by loan sharks, Aoyama is rescued by a mysterious man in orange overalls, and spirited away to “The Town,”…

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