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199 Results
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LIVE FOREVER (2002)
- Director
- IMADA Satoshi
- Cast
- KODAMA Yuji, SUZUKI Tokiji, ASAI Ai
A year after leprosy sufferers won a decisive victory in their lawsuit claiming years of unconstitutional treatment by the government, over 250 people still live in a sanatorium in Gunma's Kusatsu Town. One of the leaders of the movement to seek lega...
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Hayate: Basement Fight (2004)
- Director
- TAKEDA Naoki
- Cast
- MATSUDA Satoshi, OTANI Mitsuho, YOSHIOKA Takeshi
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Mr. Kumagai's Lighting School (2004)
- Director
- WADA Makoto
- Cast
- KUMAGAI Hideo, KOIZUMI Kyoko
A documentary on veteran film lighting technician, Kumagai Hideo, whose illustrious career spans half a century. After joining Daiei's Kyoto studio and working as a lighting assistant for directors including Mizoguchi Kenji, Kumagai switched to Nikk...
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FRONTIER DREAM (2004)
- Director
- MATSUSHIMA Tetsuya
- Cast
- KITAMURA Kazuki, TOMITA Yasuko, KAZAMA Toru
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Kusanoran (2004)
- Director
- KOYAMA Seijiro
- Cast
- OGATA Naoto, FUJITANI Miki, SUGIMOTO Tetta
In 1918 in Hokkaido, an elderly man on his deathbed calls for his wife and eldest son, and begins to tell them the story of his life for the first time. His real name is Inoue Denzo, a key figure in the Chichibu rebellion of 1884, and he had fled to ...
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Legendary Crocodile, Jake and His Fellows (2002)
- Director
- INUDO Isshin
- Cast
- ICHIKAWA Mikako, MATSUO Suzuki, TSUKAMOTO Shinya
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Zero (2003)
- Director
- IDE Yoshifusa
- Cast
- SUGIURA Taiyo, TAKANO Hassei, HENMI Emiri
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OUT (2002)
- Director
- HIRAYAMA Hideyuki
- Cast
- HARADA Mieko, BAISHO Mitsuko, MUROI Shigeru
Based on the bestselling mystery by Kirino Natsuo, which drew attention for its story of a group of housewives' crimes and the raw descriptions of the women dismembering corpses. Masako (Harada Mieko), Yoshie (Baisho Mitsuko), Kuniko (Muroi Shigeru)...
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SABU (2002)
- Director
- MIIKE Takashi
- Cast
- FUJIWARA Tatsuya, TSUMABUKI Satoshi, TABATA Tomoko
Miike Takashi once worked as assistant director to Imamura Shohei and Onchi Hideo. Since his debut in 1995, he has continued to shoot films at an astonishingly high pace, demonstrating his skills, regardless of genre, with films like Dead or Alive an...
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The Sea Watches (2002)
- Director
- KUMAI Kei
- Cast
- SHIMIZU Misa, TONO Nagiko, NAGASE Masatoshi
A period love story directed by Kumai Kei, who made a loyal adaptation of a script left behind by the late Kurosawa Akira. Oshin (Tono Nagiko) works in a brothel in Fukagawa, Edo. One night she falls in love with a young samurai (Yoshioka Hidetaka), ...
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Oriume (2001)
- Director
- MATSUI Hisako
- Cast
- HARADA Mieko, YOSHIYUKI Kazuko, Tommys' MASA
After depicting an elderly couple's quiet life in Yukie, director Matsui Hisako follows an old woman who sticks out amidst the fast-paced rhythm of young people's lives. Masako (Yoshiyuki Kazuko) paints oil paintings in the park, watched over by Tom...
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Doing Time (2002)
- Director
- SAI Yoichi
- Cast
- YAMAZAKI Tsutomu, KAGAWA Teruyuki, TAGUCHI Tomorowo
Gun-crazy Hanawa (Yamazaki Tsutomu) lands a three-year sentence for illegal possession of an unlicensed firearm and other crimes, and finds himself in jail. There, surrounded by a motley assortment of colorful characters, he finds a harsh life govern...
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Ripples (2002)
- Director
- NAGAO Naoki
- Cast
- TADANO Miako, MATSUZAKA Keiko, TOYOKAWA Etsushi
Nagao Naoki, also active in the TV ad and music video field, directs his third feature, following Tetto Musashino-Sen. Natsui Inako (Tadano Miako) works for the city government as a water quality analyst. At the spa inn she visits for research tests...
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The Declaration of War (2001)
- Director
- SEJI Rodo
- Cast
- FURUYA Ikko, NATSUYAGI Isao, SUGIMOTO Tetta
A submarine under an unknown flag runs aground off the coast of the Japan Sea. Men clad in combat uniform emerge from the surfaced submarine, and disappear into the night. With the capture of one of the crew members, it is revealed that this is an in...
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Shooting Stars in the Twilight (2001)
- Director
- TOMIOKA Tadafumi
- Cast
- ISHIBASHI Renji, TOBA Jun, ITAYA Yuka
A mature romantic drama based on the original comic story by Hirokane Kenshi, a socially-committed comic writer, and produced under his supervision. Hiromi (Toba Jun) works in a posh French restaurant. One day, he meets an ordinary-looking old man (...
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The Choice of Hercules (2002)
- Director
- HARADA Masato
- Cast
- YAKUSHO Koji, UZAKI Ryudo, AMAMI Yuki
In February 1972, five members of the Japanese Red Army lock themselves up in a mountain lodge in Karuizawa called Asama Sanso, taking the wife of its proprietor hostage. Sassa Atsuyuki (Yakusho Koji) of the National Police Agency is put in charge by...
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Mr. Rookie (2002)
- Director
- ISAKA Satoshi
- Cast
- NAGASHIMA Kazushige, TSURUTA Mayu, HASHIZUME Isao
It's baseball season in the year 200X, and the professional team Hanshin Tigers is doing very well, thanks to the masked pitcher, Mister Rookie, a sudden star on the scene. The mysterious player is actually just an ordinary salaryman, Ohara Koji (Nag...
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Woman of Water (2002)
- Director
- SUGIMORI Hidenori
- Cast
- UA, ASANO Tadanobu, OGAWA Mayumi
The first film starring UA, one of Japan's leading female singers. The story is structured by comparing the characters in the film to the four elements of the universe in Greek natural philosophy: fire, water, wind and earth. Ryo (UA) is called the ...
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Through the Night (2002)
- Director
- KIM Su-Jin
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Taro, FUBUKI Jun, KIKI Kirin
A Japan-Korea co-production directed by Kim Su-Jin, a known actor and the leader of the theater company Shinjuku Ryozanpaku. It's 1958, and Yoshio (Yamamoto Taro) returns home to the Korean shantytown near the ruins of Osaka's arsenal, an area bombe...
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1980 (2003)
- Director
- KERA (Keralino SANDOROVICH)
- Cast
- TOMOSAKA Rie, INUYAMA Inuko, AOI Yu
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2002nen no Natsuyasumi - Dokyumento Sharasouju (2003)
- Director
- MATSUE Tetsuaki
- Cast
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COSMIC RESCUE (2003)
- Director
- SATO Shinsuke
- Cast
- MORITA Go, MIYAKE Ken, OKADA Junichi
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DEAD END RUN (2003)
- Director
- ISHII Sogo
- Cast
- ISEYA Yusuke, NAGASE Masatoshi, ASANO Tadanobu
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river (2003)
- Director
- SUZUI Takayuki
- Cast
- OIZUMI Yo, YASUDA Ken, SATO Shigeyuki
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ROUND 1 (2002)
- Director
- YAMADA Daiki
- Cast
- HATAKEYAMA Takanori, SONG Sun-Mi
