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Drama, Mystery

Canberra - Popular

Does the truth really set you free?

© 2022 "A Man" Film Partners

Romance

AND YET, YOU ARE SO SWEET

なのに、千輝くんが甘すぎる。

One-sided love has never felt so good!

©2023 "AND YET, YOU ARE SO SWEET" Film Partners ©AK/K

Action, Fantasy

BRAVE: GUNJO SENKI

ブレイブ -群青戦記-

Canberra - Popular

Will present-day highschoolers have what it takes to face the biggest battle of Japanese history?

©2021 BGFP ©Masaki Kasahara/SHUEISHA

Documentary

Special Event

The larger-than-life personality behind the icon

© BRAINWORKS - ARTE FRANCE – 2020

Special Series

Danger’s Where The Money Is!

危いことなら銭になる

Can this riotous bunch of misfits pull off the perfect heist?

©1962 Nikkatsu

Drama

Father of the Milky Way Railroad

銀河鉄道の父

The story of one of Japan's most beloved authors and the father who always believed in him

©2022 "Father of the Milky Way Railroad" FILM PARTNERS

Special Series

Flora on the Sand

砂の上の植物群

Possession: A troubled man’s free fall into surreal meanderings of identity

©1964 Nikkatsu

Anime, Romance

Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom

金の国水の国

Cats and dogs, deserts and trees: will these kingdoms ever get along?

©Nao Iwamoto / Shogakukan ©2023“Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom” Film Partners

Horror

Special Event

The looming curse of an old grudge dyes an island in red

© 2023 IMMERSION Production Committee

Special Series

Juvenile Jungle

狂った果実

Special Event

An idyllic summer agitating the waters of traditional Japanese cinema

©1956 Nikkatsu

Special Series

Milkman Frankie

牛乳屋フランキー

A simple-minded milkman’s adventures as he navigates the big smoke!

©1956 Nikkatsu

Comedy

MONDAYS: See you “this” week!

MONDAYS このタイムループ、上司に気づかせないと終わらない

Canberra - Popular

Manic Monday takes on a whole new meaning!

©CHOCOLATE Inc.

Special Series

Mud Spattered Purity

泥だらけの純情

Canberra - Popular

An urban battlefield: Young love caught in the crosshairs of underground Tokyo

©1963 Nikkatsu

Comedy

Natchan’s Little Secret

ひみつのなっちゃん。

Three queens on the road trip of a lifetime!

©2023 NATCHAN'S LITTLE SECRET Film Partners

Special Series

Only On Mondays

月曜日のユカ

“…to love is to give your best; to give your best is to make a man happy”

©1964 Nikkatsu

Coming of Age, Drama

An homage to filmmaking steeped in nostalgia

©"Single8" Film Partners. All Rights Reserved.

Special Series

Romantic musings in the heat of post-war Tokyo

©1957 Nikkatsu

Special Series

The Black Gambler

黒い賭博師

Has this smooth-talking dealer finally met his match?

©1965 Nikkatsu

Horror

The Forbidden Play

禁じられた遊び

Special Event

An unforgiving poison stains the world of the living

©2023 “The Forbidden Play” Film Partners

Special Series

The Hunter’s Diary

Combing the silhouetted streets of Tokyo: a labyrinthian film noir

©1964 Nikkatsu

Drama

The Lines That Define Me

線は、僕を描く

Special Event

“Sumi-e will give you the strength to live”

©Hiromasa Togami / KODANSHA ©2022“The Lines that Define Me” FILM PARTNERS

Romance

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

花束みたいな恋をした

Petals of young love on an upstream current

© 2021 "We Made a Beautiful Bouquet" Film Partners

Comedy, Opening Film

We’re Broke, My Lord!

Canberra - Selling fast

Opening Night

A little fish in a deep sea of debt

©2023 "WE'RE BROKE, MY LORD!" Film Partners

Adventure, Fantasy

GHOSTBOOK おばけずかん

When there’s a will, there’s a wish

©2022 "GHOSTBOOK" Film Partners

Comedy

Yudo: The Way of the Bath

Canberra - Sold out

Sydney - Sold out

The bathhouse: where dreams are steamed to perfection

©︎2023 YUDO Film Partners

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