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Osamu Tezuka's Buddha (2011)
- Director
- MORISHITA Kozo
- Cast
- YOSHINAGA Sayuri, SAKAI Masato, KANZE Kiyokazu
An animated adaptation of the classic manga by TEZUKA Osamu that could be described as his life's work, taking ten years to complete in the longest-running serialization of his career. Set at a time when the founder of Buddhism was only a young boy w...
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Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)
- Director
- MIIKE Takashi
- Cast
- ICHIKAWA Ebizo, Eita, MITSUSHIMA Hikari
Miike Takashi's samurai epic is the first-ever 3D film to be selected to screen in competition at the Cannes International Film Festival. This adaptation of Takiguchi Yasuhiko's novel "Ibun Ronin-ki," also the inspiration for Kobayashi Masaki's 1962 ...
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Silent Place in the real World (2010)
- Director
- YUI Suguru
- Cast
In the north of Kawasaki, rapid urbanization has transformed the living environment. In this human-interest documentary, we look at the lives of the local farmers who even today continue to defend the traditions and culture of the region. The directo...
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Nihon no ichiban nagai natsu (2010)
- Director
- KURAUCHI Hitoshi
- Cast
- KIBA Katsumi, IKEUCHI Mansaku, KIMURA Midoriko
A documentary drama describing a historic dialogue on how the war was ended, held among wartime government and military high officials for the first time after the war. Cultural figures representing Japan play the roles of dialogue attendees, adding ...
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Hiroshima Pyongyang (2009)
- Director
- ITOH Takashi
- Cast
- LEE Kye-son, SHINYA Eiko
A documentary tracing the lives of atomic bomb survivors living in North Korea, with a focus on women who were exposed to radiation through the bombing in Hiroshima and currently live in North Korea. Director Itoh Takashi, a veteran photo journalist,...
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FURUSATO WORLD HERITAGE SITES VIEWED FROM SPACE (2010)
- Director
- KUSAKA Hiromi
- Cast
- UCHIDA Kyara, Youssif WAEL, Matt RAYWARD
A documentary featuring satellite images and 3D images of world and cultural heritage sites captured by high-performance cameras based on an original story. Multiple world heritage sites in the world are discussed from the viewpoint of local children...
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HOLY ISLAND (2010)
- Director
- HANABUSA Aya
- Cast
- Everybody in IWAISHIMA
A documentary produced by Motohashi Seiichi, director of Alexei and the Spring (Alexei to Izumi) and directed by up-and-comer Hanabusa Aya. The film quietly depicts how locals live their daily lives in Iwaishima, Kaminoseki-cho of Yamaguchi Prefectur...
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Livespire Musashi (2010)
- Director
- NINAGAWA Yukio
- Cast
- FUJIWARA Tatsuya, KATSUJI Ryo, SUZUKI Anne
One of the Livespire series by Sony Corporation, which provides digital imaging, production/distribution of plays and other theater performances. Screenplay by Inoue Hisashi, directed by Ninagawa Yukio, and starring Fujiwara Tatsuya. Superb staff and...
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Livespire Anjin English Samurai (2010)
- Director
- Gregory DORAN
- Cast
- ICHIMURA Masachika, Owen TEALE, FUJIWARA Tatsuya
A historic drama based on a true story. One of the Livespire series by Sony Corporation, which provides digital imaging, production/distribution of plays and other theater performances. The leading Japanese musical actor Ichimura Masachika and a youn...
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Hetalia Axis Powers The Movie -Paint it, White- (2010)
- Director
- Bob SHIRAHATA
- Cast
- NAMIKAWA Daisuke, YASUMOTO Hiroki, TAKAHASHI Hiroki
The first theatrical version of the popular anime series, Hetalia: Axis powers (original manga series by Himaruya Hidekazu.) Using characters that embody the Axis characteristics based on their culture and history, such as jovial Italy, austere Germa...
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Chandmani (2009)
- Director
- KAMEI Takeshi
- Cast
- Davaasuren, Davaajav, Zaya
A road movie about two young men on their way to the village of Chandmani, birthplace of "Khoomii," a traditonal Mongolian singing technique. Enthralled by traditional Mongolian music and Khoomii, director Kamei Takeshi ventures into Mongolia to crea...
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Hana no Ato (2009)
- Director
- NAKANISHI Kenji
- Cast
- KITAGAWA Keiko, KOMOTO Masahiro, MIYAO Shuntaro
Based on a short story by noted historical novelist Fujisawa Shuhei, many of whose works have been made into films, including Twilight Samurai (Tasogare Seibei), which was nominated for an Academy Award. Unasaka domain, northeastern Japan -- the Edo ...
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BANYUKI from “GEKI ×CINE” (2010)
- Director
- INOUE Hidenori
- Cast
- KAMIKAWA Takaya, INAMORI Izumi, SAOTOME Taichi
The first of the GEKI × CINE (Gekishine) series in which a live performance is digitally shot and released in movie theaters. Theater company Gekidan Shinkansen brings us a period action piece using "The Count of Monte Cristo" theme with spectacular ...
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SWORD OF DESPERATION (2010)
- Director
- HIRAYAMA Hideyuki
- Cast
- TOYOKAWA Etsushi, IKEWAKI Chizuru, KIKKAWA Koji
A film adaption of one of Fujisawa Shuhei's novels about the suffering of a master swordsman whose fate takes unpredictable turns, from his Kakushi Ken (Hidden Blade) series that is set in various periods of Japanese history, on which films like The ...
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KUMO NO HYOSHIMAI (2010)
- Director
- Cast
- BANDO Tamasaburo, BANDO Mitsugoro, ONOE Shoroku
This is the 11th film in the Cinema Kabuki series that shows Kabuki performances filmed with HD cameras on digital screens in film theaters. This was one of the farewell performances, the last before the Kabukiza theater was closed for rebuilding. Ba...
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THE LAST RONIN (2010)
- Director
- SUGITA Shigemichi
- Cast
- YAKUSHO Koji, SATO Koichi, SAKURABA Nanami
A sequel to the "Chushingura" story that usually ends with the suicides of the forty-seven samurai, the film features two splendid actors, Yakusho Koji who starred in 13 Assassins (Jusannin no Shikaku), and Sato Koichi, who starred in Nobody to Watch...
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Abacus And Sword (2010)
- Director
- MORITA Yoshimitsu
- Cast
- SAKAI Masato, NAKAMA Yukie, MATSUZAKA Keiko
A film adaptation of the book by Isoda Michifumi, in which he paints a picture of life in the final days of the Tokugawa shogunate, based on his painstaking analysis of the household accounts left behind by a low ranking samurai. Director Morita Yosh...
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Leonie (2010)
- Director
- MATSUI Hisako
- Cast
- Emily MORTIMER, NAKAMURA Shido, HARADA Mieko
Matsui Hisako, director of Yukie and Oriume, scripts and directs a film on the life of Leonie Gilmour, mother of the world-renowned sculptor, Isamu Noguchi, based on his biography. Assembling established producers and cast members from the American f...
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The Lightning Tree (2010)
- Director
- HIROKI Ryuichi
- Cast
- OKADA Masaki, AOI Yu
A love story based on the period novel of the same name by Mary Weather. In the crisp, clear mountains, a troubled young man from the shogunate family falls in love with a young girl who was abducted as an infant and raised in the wild. Hiroki Ryuich...
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Thirteen Assassins (2010)
- Director
- MIIKE Takashi
- Cast
- YAKUSHO Koji, YAMADA Takayuki, ICHIMURA Masachika
A modern remake of Kudo Eiichi's 1963 period movie of the same title. In his trademark over-the-top-style, Miike Takashi delivers relentless violence, as the thirteen samurai take on an army of 300 in the last battle scene which runs for a whopping ...
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HANJIRO (2010)
- Director
- IGARASHI Sho
- Cast
- ENOKI Takaaki, AKIRA, SHIRAISHI Miho
A historical drama on the life of Nakamura Hanjiro, later known as Kirino Toshiaki, a samurai from Satsuma who played a part in the Meiji Restoration alongside Saigo Takamori and others. Lead actor Enoki Takaaki, born in Kagoshima and trained in trad...
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Caterpillar (2010)
- Director
- WAKAMATSU Koji
- Cast
- TERAJIMA Shinobu, ONISHI Shima, YOSHIZAWA Ken
A sensational war drama from director Wakamatsu Koji, the mastermind behind United Red Army (Jitsuroku Rengosekigun Asama-sanso e no michi), that unabashedly depicts a husband and wife gone wrong by war. Terajima Shinobu won the Silver Bear for Best ...
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Arrietty (2010)
- Director
- YONEBAYASHI Hiromasa
- Cast
- SHIDA Mirai, KAMIKI Ryunosuke, MIURA Tomokazu
A Studio Ghibli animation based on Mary Norton's children's novels, "The Borrowers," set in modern day Japan. A story of a budding love between a boy and a tiny girl who must not let her existence be known by humans. 14-year-old Arrietty (voice: Shid...
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Kotsunagi--Iriai, the Commons in Japan (2009)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Kazuo
- Cast
This documentary was the winner of a Bunka-cho Film Award in 2010. In the mountains of Kotsunagi in the northern region of Iwate prefecture, a long legal battle was fought over the right of commons (the right to enter the mountains to collect firewoo...
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Okoru Saigyo (2009)
- Director
- OKISHIMA Isao
- Cast
- OKISHIMA Isao, ISHIYAMA Tomomi
Having worked in a wide range of fields from children's TV animation scripts to 'pink' films, independent auteur Okishima Isao directs and stars in this documentary. Upon hearing that the walkway along the Tamagawa Aqueduct, one of his favorite spots...
