TodoiF continues to provide streaming service specializing in Japanese independent films since June 2022. We are pleased to announce the launch of our subscription service beginning May 2023. You can enjoy the new service for $4.99 per month or $49.99 per year. The three new releases this month are “Closet”, “Arano”, and “And Again We are Going Up”. In addition, “NOISE,” which has only been available in Asia excluding Japan, is now available in response to audience demand. The film can be viewed from anywhere except Japan, France, Dom-Tom, Monaco, Benelux, and Switzerland.
Later this month, we will start streaming Asato Watanabe's A Dobugawa Dream, which was selected to Raindance Film Festival 2019.
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In addition to streaming Japanese independent films, todoiF supports filmmakers by creating English subtitles, selecting appropriate overseas film festivals, and submitting to those film festivals on their behalf.
Streaming site: https://streaming.todoifilms.com
NEW RELEASE FILMS
Closet
Year: 2020
Genre: Drama
Director: Takehiro Shindo
Writer: Aya Sawada
Cast: Yosuke Minokawa, Aino Kuribayashi, Iku Arai, Shinji Ozeki
Synopsis:
In the high-pressure insomniac world of modern Tokyo exists a niche service ? a rented arm in which to lay one's head, a warm body to cuddle with. This is the asexual, but intimate industry of “Soine” ? literally, “sleeping together.”
“Jin,” a man with a troubled heart and past, finds as much respite as his clients as he slowly eases into the unique trade, meeting with a colorful array of people all searching for intimacy in their otherwise isolated lives.
The film has been acclaimed at film festivals around the world, including in the U.S., Europe, and other countries.
Arano
Year: 2020
Genre: Romance
Director & Writer: Tomofumi HASEGAWA
Producer: Hitomi MAKI
Cast: Hitomi MAKI, Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Yu MASHIMA, Harumi SHUHAMA, Takehiko FUJITA, Miki NARUSE
Synopsis:
Fuko Nonomiya, a 25-year-old part-time worker, was asked by her classmate Alan Otani, a member of the art club, to pose for him with a project in the winter of his second year of high school. She still remembers a sense of climax she felt for unknown reasons at that time. A misunderstanding by her homeroom teacher who found Fuko fainting at the end of her climax led to Alan's expulsion from school. Since then, she has not seen him. After eight years, she's unable to forget what happened that day. She visits Alan and compels him to draw her as the model once again, but…
And Again We are Going Up
Year: 2019
Genre: Mystery
Director & Editor: Teppei Isobe
Screenplay: Jiro Matsuda, Yoshihiko Taniguchi, Teppei Isobe
Producer: Misato Namba
Cast: Misato Namba, Takuma Jogu, Hayato, Ainosuke, Hiroki Nomura, Ai Kashima, Kazuhito Shirokihara, Mai Matsumoto
Synopsis:
Kaede, Ryota, Mana, Asahi, Haruka, Soshi, and Tatsumi were friends in high school. When they turned 22 years old, the six of them get together to visit their alma mater. They stop by the library and find a book on séance techniques, and then begin to perform “Kagome” necromancy. Kaede, who is the least enthusiastic, has a secret between her and Tatsumi, who died before graduation.
FILM WITH EXPANDED STREAMING REGION
NOISE
Year: 2018
Genre: Drama
Director & Writer: Yusaku Matsumoto
Starring: Kokoro Shinozaki, Urara Anjo, Kohsuke Suzuki, Kentaro Kishi, Takashi Nishina, Kenji Kohashi, Hiroshi Fuse, Yuki Kitagawa, Sakura Kawasaki, Nozomi Manaka, Suzu Hyuga
Synopsis:
Ten years have passed from the Akihabara massacre. A pop star whose mother was killed in the incident, a teenager who left her home to Akihabara, a delivery boy who turns his directionless anger to the city: this is a story about the people striving to grasp the string of hope within the darkness surrounding the city, the incident, and the people.
Matsumoto's current film, Winny, is now in theaters in Japan and a smash hit.
