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The Cactus in the Bed

In his mid-thirties, YANAGIDA Yoshinori aspires to be a movie actor but suffers from want of opportunity, working mostly as a stand-in for other professional actors in TV commercials. After a chat over drinks with a successful colleague, he decides to address his mid-career crisis by auditioning for a role in a student movie. Will he survive the student director’s endless script revisions and eccentricities, and persevere in this perilous path towards movie stardom? This tragicomedy of an actor’s life with a metafictional ending celebrates every filmmaker’s relentless dedication to cinema.

The Cactus in the Bed

NR 2023
Memories of Kenji Eno

Behind game titles such as “D” or “Enemy Zero”, Kenji Eno is a creator who was one step ahead in pushing the boundaries of storytelling in the game medium, influencing many people throughout his career. Commemorating the 10 years since his sudden passing in 2013, we will premiere a documentary gathering testimonials from people who were close to him, starting with his wife Yuka Iino, creators such as Hideo Kojima, Fumito Ueda and artists such as Pierre Taki or Tadanobu Asano.

Memories of Kenji Eno

NR 2023
Brain Crash Theatre [DRAMAtical Murder] Flashback

The distant future. Midorijima, an island in Japan's south west, is an island divided - home to both 'Platinum Jail', a luxurious members-only resort owned by one of Japan's leading conglomerates, Toue Concern, and to the 'Old Residential District', where the original reisdents of the island have been forcibly relocated by rapid and aggressive development. Within the 'Old Residenital District', two games in particular are popular. On one hand - 'Ribsteez', where teams are formed to fight over territory in hand-to-hand combat. And on the other - 'Rhyme', a vast virtual reality where 'Rhymers' battle and compete against one another in digital matches. Our protagonist Aoba doesn't really care for either of these. All he wants is to be able to live a relaxed and happy life in the 'Old Residential District' with his grandmother. However, something strange is beginning to happen - something that not only threatens Aoba's peaceful days, but all of Midorijima.

Brain Crash Theatre [DRAMAtical Murder] Flashback

8.0 2023
PARALLEL

Mai, who had been abused by her parents in her childhood, couldn't come to terms with her past memories and spent days just forgetting time and playing with her best friend Kana. One day, Mai encounters a cosplay killer who repeats killer in the form of an anime character cosplay. Strangely intrigued by Mai, the cosplay killer hides his true identity and approaches her. While Mai hides the trauma and the killer hides his true form, the two gradually deepen their relationship and are strongly attracted by the invisible "something". However, when they find out what each other is hiding, it means separation.

PARALLEL

6.0 2023
Casino Royale -My Name's Bond-

Takarazuka Cosmos Troupe 2023 production based on the novel by Ian Flemming. It’s 1968 and the world is in the grip of the Cold War centered on the United States and the Soviet Union. In Paris, anti-establishment protests known as “May 1968” break out, mainly among students and workers. After they are suppressed, the radicals merge into an underground organization that calls itself “The Red Army League.” At MI6, the pinnacle of British Secret Intelligence Service, secret agent James Bond, code name “007,” receives an order to neutralize a Soviet spy known as Le Chiffre. Bond’s mission is to use his gambling skills to beat him and cut off his source of funds, and then to take him alive and force him to divulge any information he possesses.

Casino Royale -My Name's Bond-

8.0 2023
Ben-Joe

Saki Omura (Nonoka Ishikawa) is a college student who lives a seemingly peaceful life with her family. Still, behind her smiles, she is tormented by a sense of rejection and isolation. One day, she meets Rena and is fascinated by her appearance. She wishes to become thin and beautiful like Rena and be loved by everyone, but the relationship between Saki and Rena deteriorates. Social rejection and humiliation spiral her into bulimia nervosa until her thoughts are clouded by anguish. The turn of events takes Saki to a health house. During this mountain retreat, a few women with similar issues are separated from external human contact and become a part of a grotesque social experiment.

Ben-Joe

NR 2023
Ohten no Mon: The Tale of Young Sugawara no Michizane

During the early Heian period, Fujiwara no Yoshifusa and his adopted heir Mototsune maintained control over the Imperial Court. Mysterious incidents frequently occurred in ancient Kyoto where a procession of demons would strut through the streets monthly on the day of the Rat, killing anyone who saw them. By chance, Sugawara no Michizane becomes acquainted with Ariwara no Narihira, the head of the police and judicial chief. Recognizing Michizane’s talents, who from a young age was a brilliant and renowned scholar, Narihira asks for his help in solving the mystery. Thanks to the cooperation of Shoki, an obstinate female shopkeeper who deals in Tang Dynasty goods, Michizane gradually draws closer to solving the mystery. In the background, however, swirls the greed of secretive powerful figures who mask their intrigues as the deeds of demons and specters...

Ohten no Mon: The Tale of Young Sugawara no Michizane

NR 2023
Delinquent Teenagers Who Can't Cut Cake

Kodaira Megumi is a normal 17-year-old girl who attends a public high school in Tokyo. No matter how hard she tries, she just can't study, and people around her say she's unmotivated. In fact, her IQ is 76. Although she does not have an intellectual disability (IQ less than 70), she falls under "borderline intelligence", which is below average. People with borderline intelligence are said to make up 14% of the population, which equates to 5 people in a class of 35 people. Megumi has been left behind by society as she is forced to compete in the same arena as people of average intelligence. Then, due to a certain mistake, a child becomes pregnant and a tragedy occurs.

Delinquent Teenagers Who Can't Cut Cake

7.0 2023
SUNRISE TO SUNSET

DISK 1: SUNRISE TO SUNSET Documentary SUNRISE TO SUNSET + BLARE FEST 2020 live Song list (BLARE FEST 2020): 1. Ligarse 2. Resurrection (feat. Masato from coldrain/ Hazuki from lynch.) 3. Weight of my pride (feat. MAH from SiM) 4. Respect for the dead man (feat. Koie & Teru from Crossfaith / NAOKI & NOBUYA from ROTTENGRAFFTY) 5. Pictures (Feat AG from Noisemaker / Yosh from Survive Said The Prophet) 6. Voice (feat. Taka from ONE OK ROCK) 7. Rain 8. This life DISK 2: SUNRISE TO SUNSET INTERVIEWS (UNRELEASED FOOTAGE) DISK 3: FROM HERE TO SOMEWHERE (2013.12.30 ZEPP TOKYO) Song list: 01. Sweetest vengeance 02. Here I'm singing 03. Drive 04. Deprogrammer 05. Wallow in self pity 06. The answer is not in the tv 07. Gift 08. Weight of my pride 09. Home 10. Rain 11. Another day comes 12. This life 13. Greed 14. The sun, love and myself 15. Black sheep 16. Lose your own 17. Paralyzed ocean 18. Against the pill

SUNRISE TO SUNSET

NR 2023
Dolphins Dancing Hula

Sato, a third year high school student, lives with her father and grandmother. While everyone else is anxious about their career paths, she dreams of moving to Tokyo and entering the world of theater, however often leaving the theater club practice early to care for her grandmother, Shizu, struggling with dementia. Although it's difficult, the family lives together happily until recently as Shizu starts to dream about going somewhere by herself, to travel. Meanwhile, Sato is told that Shizu's physical condition has been gradually worsening and there's a possibility of her grandma soon becoming bedridden, which deeply shakes her heart. Sato discovers that it was Shizu's long-held dream to go on a trip to Hawaii, thinking it might be the last chance to create a family memory together, she plans a "pseudo-Hawaii trip'" to Zushi.

Dolphins Dancing Hula

NR 2023
Ephemeral Love / Enchantement –A Luxurious Perfume–

EPHEMERAL LOVE: Austria, 1888. Crown Prince Rudolf is bored with the ostentatious royal life in the Austrian court. During a performance of “Hamlet,” Rudolf meets Marie Vetsera, the daughter of Baron Vetsera, the wealthiest man in Vienna. Marie is instantly infatuated with the prince, and they continue meeting in secret. When the emperor learns that Rudolf has petitioned the Pope for a divorce from Princess Stephanie, he flies into a rage and orders Rudolf and Marie to part. Rudolf feels he must make a choice: the throne, or Marie. ENCHANTEMENT: The Takarazuka Revue takes the beautiful love, visions, and dreams evoked by famous perfumes across time and space to a new level, delivering a truly magical experience. Enjoy this spectacular revue that marks the beginning of 2023, celebrating perfumes that have enchanted people from around the globe, performed by Rei Yuzuka and Flower Troupe.

Ephemeral Love / Enchantement –A Luxurious Perfume–

NR 2023
NJPW 51st Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2023: Day 2

The 51st Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on March 6, 2023, at the Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, and was headlined by an IWGP Tag Team Championship match between Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) (c) and Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada. The show also included the second night of the New Japan Cup 2023, featuring two first-round matches.

NJPW 51st Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2023: Day 2

NR 2023