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Trick The Movie: Last Stage (2014)
- Director
- TSUTSUMI Yukihiko
- Cast
- NAKAMA Yukie, ABE Hiroshi, NAMASE Katsuhisa
The fourth feature film from a popular franchise that began with a late-night television series. Set in Malaysia, it follows a magician and physicist who become embroiled in a chain of unforeseen events. As the final film in the franchise, it is a cu...
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A Girl in the Apple Farm (2013)
- Director
- YOKOHAMA Satoko
- Cast
- Toki, NAGASE Masatoshi, KUDOH Youki
Director Yokohama Satoko, who won international praise for her Bare Essence of Life, depicts the emotional adolescence of a young woman in this tale set in her homeground of Aomori Prefecture. Kudoh Youki and Nagase Masatoshi from Jim Jarmusch's Myst...
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The Passion (2013)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Ryoko
- Cast
- IWASA Mayuko, FUCHIKAMI Yasushi, FURUTACHI Kanji
Director Yoshida Ryoko delivers her third commercial film with this adaptation of the same-named novel by popular author Himeno Kaoruko. The result is a rakish romance complete with laughs and nudity. Iwasa Mayuko passionately portrays the heroine wh...
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1BR～LOVEHOTEL～ (2013)
- Director
- ONISHI Hiroshi
- Cast
- YAMAGISHI Yuka, MORIYA Fumio
A comeback film and the first in two years from Kokuei, a long-running production company specializing in erotic "pink" cinema. It uses trivial conversations in a love hotel to shine a light on the subtle differences in the emotional makeup of men an...
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KOTATSU,ORANGE, AND MEOW! (2013)
- Director
- KAJINO Ryutaro
- Cast
- KIJIMA Noriko, MINAMI Yui, SAKAI Ran
The sequel to a love story based in the "yuri" lesbian romance genre. The desires of its three central characters, Kotatsu, Orange, and Meow, become entangled. Kajino Ryutaro, who directed the previous film, returns to concoct a tale of platonic love...
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Maria kyosoukyoku (2013)
- Director
- IZUCHI Kishu
- Cast
- MIZUI Maki, YOSHIOKA Mutsuo, TAKEDA Naohiro
37th film in the "Youth H" series about adolescence and love, created by cutting-edge filmmakers on a shoestring budget. Directed by Izuchi Kishu, who continues one-of-a-kind projects in the indie film world. Compellingly tells a tale of revenge by a...
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Mamedaifuku monogatari (2013)
- Director
- OKITA Shuichi
- Cast
- KIKUCHI Akiko, KURODA Daisuke, SHIGA Kotaro
A short film from director Okita Shuichi and screenwriter Maeda Shiro, known for the work on A Story of Yonosuke. This project originated from a magazine book edited by actress and model Kikuchi Akiko, and employs a heartwarming touch to depict the s...
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The Tale of Iya (2013)
- Director
- TSUTA Tetsuichiro
- Cast
- TAKEDA Rina, TANAKA Min, ONISHI Shima
A visual poem that captures the undulating peaks and ravines of the remote Iya region in Tokushima Prefecture. Shot on 35mm film, it depicts the daily lives of an elderly mountain man and his granddaughter, and conveys the nobility of living in harmo...
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Disregarded People (2013)
- Director
- SAKAKI Hideo
- Cast
- OMORI Nao, MIWA Hitomi, MIHO Jun
Unique drama variously expounding on human deeds, based on George Akiyama's comic by the same name. A homely and dissolute guy approaching middle age agonizes over losing his desire to live. Directed by Sakaki Hideo, who is also an actor. Official se...
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Tomo ni aruku (2013)
- Director
- MIYAMOTO Masaki
- Cast
- OZAWA Ryota, IRIYAMA Noriko, KAWAI Aoba
Miyamoto Masaki, who won numerous awards for his Murakami Jun-starring short film Usotsuki Yumi-chan, makes his feature directorial debut with this drama based on his own experiences. It sympathetically depicts people dealing with and overcoming diff...
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Chai Koi (2013)
- Director
- ITO Hidehiro
- Cast
- KAWASHIMA Naomi, Yi Te-Gang, KITAGAWA Shiori
Film adaptation of the erotic romance novel by Iwai Shimako, author of Too Scary, starring Kawashima Naomi. Kawashima returns to the big screen for the first time since her appearance in Maitresse 13 years ago, and delivers an intense performance of ...
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What I Long For (2013)
- Director
- KONAKA Kazuya
- Cast
- TSUCHIYA Tao, ARIMORI Narimi, SHIMIZU Fumika
Unique coming-of-age fantasy depicting the everyday experiences of the ghost of a girl who commits suicide. Veteran director Konaka Kazuya, known for the "Heisei Ultraman Series," lyrically and emotionally depicts the anguish and sorrow of people who...
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My Little Sweet Pea (2013)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Keisuke
- Cast
- HORIKITA Maki, MATSUDA Ryuhei, YO Kimiko
An abundantly humorous depiction of an anime-obsessed girl with dreams of becoming a voice actor who is forced to grow up when her estranged mother dies. Its director is Yoshida Keisuke (Cafe ISOBE). Lead actress Horikita Maki plays opposite Yo Kimik...
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THE ETERNAL ZERO (2013)
- Director
- YAMAZAKI Takashi
- Cast
- OKADA Junichi, MIURA Haruma, INOUE Mao
Wartime drama based on TV writer Hyakuta Naoki's debut novel. Delves into the tragedy of a Kamikaze pilot who died during World War II, as seen through the eyes of his presentday grandson. Directed by Yamazaki Takashi of ALWAYS -Sunset on Third Stree...
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"A Band Rabbit" and a Boy (2013)
- Director
- SUZUKI Takuji
- Cast
- KAWASAKI Kosei, MIYAZAKI Masaru, YAMADA Maho
A musical drama adapted from Nakazawa Kei's eponymous novel by The Wife of Gegege director Suzuki Takuji. It presents a heartfelt depiction of junior high school students devoted to brass band music. Children were cast from Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Pref...
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A Tale of Samurai Cooking - A True Love Story (2013)
- Director
- ASAHARA Yuzo
- Cast
- UETO Aya, KORA Kengo, YO Kimiko
Funaki Dennai laid the foundations for Kaga clan cuisine in the Edo Period as a "kitchen samurai" who prepared food for the nobility. This heartwarming drama depicts the internal affairs of the Kaga clan from the perspective of a woman who marries Fu...
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ASK THIS OF RIKYU (2013)
- Director
- TANAKA Mitsutoshi
- Cast
- ICHIKAWA Ebizo, NAKATANI Miki, ISEYA Yusuke
A historical tapestry based on the Naoki Prize-winning novel by Yamamoto Kenichi. It retraces the life of Sen no Rikyu, who perfected the tea ceremony in the Azuchi Momoyama period and sacrificed himself for his aesthetic sense. Its dignified and dis...
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Sunk into the Womb (2013)
- Director
- OGATA Takaomi
- Cast
- IZAWA Emiko, TSUCHIYA Kino, TSUCHIYA Eiki
Real-life drama that unflinchingly looks at how a single mother ends up neglecting her children, based on an actual incident in Osaka, where two children died from neglect in 2010. Third film by cutting-edge director Ogata Takaomi, whose Body Tempera...
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No Beginning, No End (2013)
- Director
- ITO Shunya
- Cast
- TANAKA Min, ISHIHARA Rin, KUBIKUKURI Takuzo
Eiga Kantoku tte Nanda!'s Ito Shunya and Tanaka Min, actor and world-renowned dancer, join forces for this challenging film that weaves together a heretofore unknown visual world. Dancing in the nude, Tanaka delivers a spirited performance about his ...
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Morning,Noon,Night (2013)
- Director
- YAMASAKI Juzou
- Cast
- KUNIMURA Jun, ITAO Itsuji, YAMADERA Koichi
Free and Easy creator Yamasaki Juzou makes his long-awaited directorial debut at the age of 72. Heartwarming depiction of the ruckus stirred up by three former high school baseball players, set in Yamasaki's birthplace of Miyazaki. Stars Kunimura Jun...
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SPEC~CLOSE~REINCARNATION (SPEC～結～爻ノ篇) (2013)
- Director
- TSUTSUMI Yukihiko
- Cast
- TODA Erika, KASE Ryo, RYU Raita
The second half of the two-part conclusion to the popular franchise from TRICK The Movie director Tsutsumi Yukihiko that has encompassed a television series, specials, and feature films. A lavish array of special guests including Mukai Osamu, Oshima ...
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Tamako in Moratorium (2013)
- Director
- YAMASHITA Nobuhiro
- Cast
- MAEDA Atsuko, KAN Suon, SUZUKI Keiichi
Official selection for the 18th Busan International Film Festival. Feature-length adaptation of image visuals from Music ON! TV, the music channel. The Drudgery Train director Yamashita Nobuhiro humorously depicts the baby steps of a protagonist lazi...
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The Extreme SUKIYAKI (2013)
- Director
- MAEDA Shiro
- Cast
- IURA Arata, KUBOZUKA Yosuke, ICHIKAWA Mikako
Directorial debut from Maeda Shiro, whose diverse resume includes theater company director, author, and screenwriter. Depicts a group of four men and women who head for the ocean with a sukiyaki pot in hand, based on his novel by the same name. The w...
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LOVECRAFT GIRL (2013)
- Director
- HIRABAYASHI Katsutoshi
- Cast
- ANDO Sei, NAKAMURA Tomoya, HATORI Namiko
Romantic comedy based on a comic book by the same title. Upbeat depiction of a girl who gets a job with a company that deals with sex products for women, as she struggles with her work and love life. Directed by Hirabayashi Katsutoshi, of How to Make...
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Nazotokinema MADAM MARMALADE NO IJYO NA NAZO KAITOHEN (2013)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Yoshihiro, TSURUTA Norio, UEDA Taiki
- Cast
- KAWAGUCHI Haruna, TAKAHATA Atsuko, YAMAZAKI Hajime
The latter part of a new style of interactive movie in which viewers try to solve a mystery together with the characters as they are watching. The mystery hidden within the chapters of the first film that viewers were challenged to solve is revealed ...
