These are eight films you shouldn’t miss from the Japanese Film Festival which will take place Online (available in 27 countries for Free) from June 5 until July 3, 2024.

Note: Some films may not be accessible in your country. Please go to https://jff.jpf.go.jp/watch/jffonline2024/ for more information.

ANIME SUPREMACY! by Yoshino Kohei – Japan | 2022 – 128 minutes

A newcomer to the anime industry works and competes to create the best and most popular anime. (Mubi)

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Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Brunei, Cambodia, Egypt, France, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam

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Baby Assassins by Yugo Sakamoto – Japan | 2021 – 95 minutes

Chisato and Mahilo are two high school girls who are about to graduate. They also happen to both be highly skilled assassins. When the organization they work for orders them to share a room, the relationship between turns sour. (Mubi)

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Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Brunei, Cambodia, Egypt, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Mainland China, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand

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BL Metamorphosis by Kariyama Shunsuke – Japan | 2022 – 118 minutes

Yuki, a 75-year-old woman lonely after the death of her husband, comes across a “Boys’ Love” manga in the bookstore one day and buys it out of curiosity. This catches the attention of one of the bookstore clerks, Urara, a shy 17-year-old high school student with no friends. (Mubi)

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Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Brunei, Cambodia, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Laos, Mainland China, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, United States, Vietnam

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Father of the Milky Way Railroad by Narushima Izuru – Japan | 2023 – 128 minutes

Miyazawa Masajiro owns and runs a pawn shop for generations. His first son is Miyazawa Kenji and his daughter is Miyazawa Toshi. Kenji is supposed to take over the pawn shop as the first son, but he refuses to take over the store. Masajiro is soft on his son. Meanwhile, Toshi is smart and wise. (Mubi)

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Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Brunei, Cambodia, Egypt, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam

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I am What I am by Tamada Shinya – Japan | 2022 – 104 minutes

Kasumi doesn’t know what love is and she doesn’t have any feeling of romance. Due to her sister’s marriage, her mother arranged a formal marriage arrangement without her permission. At the meeting, she met a man who is just seeking friend. (Mubi)

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Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Brunei, Cambodia, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, United States, Vietnam

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I Go Gaga: Welcome Home, Mom by Nobutomo Naoko – Japan | 2022 – 101 minutes

Director Naoko Nobutomo chronicling the enduring love, resilience and struggles of her nonagenarian parents as her mother’s Alzheimer’s-related dementia gradually worsens. (IMDB)

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Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Brunei, Cambodia, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Mainland China, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam

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My Broken Mariko by Tanada Yuki – Japan | 2022 – 85 minutes

Shiino one day finds out that her best friend Mariko has committed suicide. After snatching Mariko’s urn from her abusive father, Shiino heads to Marigaoka Cape, a place Mariko always wanted to go. (Mubi)

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Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Brunei, Cambodia, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Mainland China, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, United States, Vietnam

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Single8 by Konaka Kazuya – Japan | 2023 – 113 minutes

After seeing Star Wars for the first time in the summer of 1978, high schooler Hiroshi can’t stop thinking about the film’s famous opening shot of a Star Destroyer entering the frame. This obsession eventually leads him to propose making a film with his classmates for their summer group project. (Mubi)

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Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Brunei, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Mainland China, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam

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For more information, please visit: https://jff.jpf.go.jp/watch/jffonline2024/