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Hello, My Dolly Girlfriend (2013)
- Director
- ISHII Takashi
- Cast
- EMOTO Tasuku, SASAKI Kokone
Director Ishii Takashi, who earned international acclaim for pursuing a unique kind of sexuality in films like A Night in Nude, adapts his own short comic from 1992 for film. Fantasy depicting the peculiar interaction between a geeky guy who is into ...
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REAL (2013)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Kiyoshi
- Cast
- SATOH Takeru, AYASE Haruka
A sci-fi mystery boldly adapted from Inui Rokurou's bestselling novel. In order to save his comatose girlfriend, a young man uses a special apparatus to enter her subconscious mind. Kurosawa Kiyoshi, who built his reputation in the horror genre, trie...
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TOKYO HALLOWEEN NIGHT (2013)
- Director
- OKADA Mari
- Cast
- KIMURA Yuki, SHIBAKI Takeru, TATSUMI Tomoaki
Included in the 5th screening lineup themed on "tears," from the Momo Matsuri collective that produces and screens films by female directors. Directed by Okada Mari, whose previous work was selected for the 2006 Yubari International Fantastic Film Fe...
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LIBRARY WARS (2013)
- Director
- SATO Shinsuke
- Cast
- OKADA Junichi, EIKURA Nana
A live-action adaptation of one of bestselling author Arikawa Hiro's most famous works, which has already been made into manga and animated television series. It depicts the battles of a self-defense organization that protects freedom of reading, as ...
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Jellyfish Eyes (2013)
- Director
- MURAKAMI Takashi
- Cast
- SUEOKA Takuto, ASAMI Himeka, KUBOTA Masataka
The debut feature film directed by internationally active modern artist Murakami Takashi. It is a science-fiction fantasy on an atypical scale that combines live action with over 1,000 computer graphics-enhanced shots to depict the relationship betwe...
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Steins;Gate Déjà vu IN THE LOAD AREA (2012)
- Director
- WAKABAYASHI Kanji
- Cast
- MIYANO Mamoru, HANAZAWA Kana, SEKI Tomokazu
A feature film continuation of an animated television series based on a popular science fiction video game with a mysterious world view and an unpredictable plotline. It depicts a university student who happens to invent a tool that has global reperc...
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AURA KOGA MARYUIN’S LAST WAR (2013)
- Director
- KISHI Seiji
- Cast
- SHIMAZAKI Nobunaga, HANAZAWA Kana
A feature-length animated film based on a novel by Tanaka Romeo. Director Kishi Seiji also helmed another adaptation of Tanaka's work, the animated television series {Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita}. Sato Ichiro (voice: Shimazaki Nobunaga) has just ma...
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TRAVELERS (2013)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Koichi
- Cast
- NAGASAWA Nao, KINOSHITA Ayumi, TAKAYAMA Yuko
A science-fiction action film starring actresses from "super sentai" (costumed superhero) TV series. To crack down on heinous interdimensional crimes, a policewoman attached to a special unit crosses over to a parallel world. Director Sakamoto Koichi...
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Endless Stage (2012)
- Director
- HAMATANI Koichi
- Cast
- FUKUTOKU Shusuke, GOTO Junpei, KUMADA Masashi
Sci-fi comedy starring the comedy duo Jaru Jaru. Warmly depicts the comedy duo as they are swept into a world where time loops endlessly. Fukutoku (Fukutoku Shusuke) and Goto (Goto Junpei)'s comedy duo Jaru Jaru has been getting more popular, and t...
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TABAKOI ～the love story that begins with cigarettes～ (2012)
- Director
- NAKAGAWA Michinari
- Cast
- MATAYOSHI Naoki, ENDO Kumiko, SHOJI Tomoharu
Matayoshi Naoki of the comedy duo Peace makes his debut as leading performer in this romantic comedy. A guy who is overly honest and can't tell the difference between true feelings and social niceties gets a mysterious cigarette that exposes people's...
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Dark System (2013)
- Director
- YUKI Shuji
- Cast
- TAKUNO Seiki, FURUYA Katsumi, KAMATA Yuko
In this sci-fi suspense action film, a guy whose love interest is taken by a friend struggles desperately to alter reality, and creates the diabolical machine "dark system." Combines two indie works by director Yuki Shuji. Unattractive and run-of-th...
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GARO and the Wailing Dragon (2012)
- Director
- AMEMIYA Keita
- Cast
- KONISHI Ryosei, KUBOTA Yuki, AOI Anna
The second feature film to spring from a popular tokusatsu (special effects-laden science fiction) television series. Its depiction of the desperate struggle of a Makai Knight thrown into a parallel world has a stronger element of fantasy than other ...
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SADO TEMPEST (2012)
- Director
- John WILLIAMS
- Cast
- EGUCHI Noriko, HENMI Yasunori "JITTERBUG", HONDA Hirotaro
Unique fantasy that incorporates the traditional culture of Sado with the "Tempest," said to be Shakespeare's final work. A rock singer exiled to Sado for criticizing the government expands his musical horizons after encountering Noh and demon drummi...
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HUNTER×HUNTER THE MOVIE: Phantom Rouge (2012)
- Director
- SATO Yuzo
- Cast
- HAN Megumi, ISE Mariya, FUJIWARA Keiji
An adventure-laden animated film that is the first feature adaptation of the popular manga by Togashi Yoshihiro, currently serialized in manga magazine Weekly Shonen Jump. It reveals a hitherto unknown incident that motivated the story's key characte...
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Patema Inverted (2013)
- Director
- YOSHIURA Yasuhiro
- Cast
- FUJII Yukiyo, OKAMOTO Nobuhiko, OOHATA Shintaro
In a dark, cramped underground world of tunnels, Patema goes into ‘the danger zone' and finds a vast open space filled with a ghostly reflected light.Meanwhile above ground, Age is not a good fit with his land of ‘Aiga', ruled by...
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The Boy Inside (2012)
- Director
- MAEDA Tetsu
- Cast
- SUDA Masaki, MATSUZAKA Tori, AIBA Hiroki
Coming-of-age drama that delivers a live-action adaptation of Yamada Naito's manga of the same title. Depicts the dangerous borderline between adults and children through the relationships between a boy who awakens from a long coma and his friends. D...
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SPY GIRL MISSION CORD２ (2012)
- Director
- GOTO Kenji
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Shizuka, HIKITA Saya, OTSUKA Mae
The second feature film in an action-packed series in which gravure idols take on secret spy missions. It takes place inside a scientific research institute that suddenly ceases to respond to outside communications, and follows the adventures of the ...
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GRAFFREETER TOKI (2012)
- Director
- FUJIWARA Kenichi
- Cast
- SAITO Yuki, TSUDA Kanji, SUDO Ryota
A film adaptation of a play inspired by Itagaki Keisuke's martial arts manga "Grappler Baki". A shopping arcade in a working-class Tokyo neighborhood filled with Baki fans comes under threat when an unscrupulous corporation tries to take over. Featur...
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Venus in Eros (2012)
- Director
- IMAI Takako
- Cast
- HARA Saori, Alan VINCENT, Sonoya MIZUNO
A musical with a touch of fantasy about the romantic entanglements created when sculptures fall in love. Its director is Imai Takako, whose debut short film was greeted with considerable acclaim at overseas film festivals. Deep with a forest stands a...
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Empty (2012)
- Director
- KUSANO Shogo
- Cast
- SHIMIZU Naoya, TAIRA Airi, MIURA Masaki
A drama about a lonely boy with the power to teleport himself who comes to reconsider his existence through an encounter with another person. It is the commercial directorial debut of Kusano Shogo, who shot it against the beautiful natural backdrop o...
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Munch no sakebi (2012)
- Director
- HAYAMA Yoichiro
- Cast
- NAKANO Atsushi, AYANO, AKANUMA Yura
Coming-of-age drama depicting the tragic love and heartache of a young man who was born looking exactly like the man in Munch's famous painting "The Scream." Directed by Hayama Yoichiro, scriptwriter for the Chibi Maruko-chan anime. Don't miss the pr...
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HESO MORI (2011)
- Director
- IRIYA Tomomi
- Cast
- NAGASHIMA Toshiyuki, WATANABE Ikkei, ISHIMARU Kenjiro
Fantasy that takes place in Echizen City, Fukui Prefecture, known as the origin of traditional Japanese paper making. Men who as children found the time tunnel known as "heso," or bellybutton, scramble to protect its secrets. Warmly depicts male fri...
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FLY! (2011)
- Director
- KONDO Masahiro
- Cast
- KOYABU Kazutoyo, AIBU Saki, NUKUMIZU Yoichi
Comedic drama depicting the friendship of an earthling and alien, who are both unpopular with girls. Brings a human interest story straight from downtown Osaka to a fantastic premise. Script by Ueda Makoto and Yamawaki Yui of the popular theatrical g...
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RAMOTRIP (2012)
- Director
- MIMA Akihiro, IMAHASHI Takashi, MATSUO Kenta
- Cast
- KOJIMA Fujiko, SHIMADA Kyusaku, KATSUMURA Masanobu
Nakajima Ramo realized his unique sense of humor in a wide range of genres, including novels, music and theater. This unique film combines the techniques of fiction and documentary to trace the steps of Nakajima, who died suddenly in 2004. The fictio...
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Dragon Age -Dawn of the Seeker (2012)
- Director
- SORI Fumihiko
- Cast
- KURIYAMA Chiaki, TANIHARA Shosuke, GACKT
Animation adaptation of the videogame that became a worldwide hit, featuring violent action filled with scenes of bloodshed. Directed by Sori Fumihiko, who was handpicked by the producer. The distinctive voice cast includes Kuriyama Chiaki of {Kill B...
