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WOMEN’S DREAM OF AMAKUSA～REVITALIZING GEISHA TOWN～ (2012)
- Director
- INORI Akira
- Cast
- OTAKE Shinobu, MATSUDA Miyuki, SUGITA Kaoru
Passionate film with a social message about women venturing into community building, set in Kumamoto Prefecture's Amakusa City. Directed by Hula Girl producer Inori Akira, who brilliantly depicts the vitality of women striving to carve out a new futu...
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How Selfish I Am! (2013)
- Director
- MATSUI Daigo
- Cast
- IKEMATSU Sosuke, KUROKAWA Mei, YAMADA Maho
Ensemble drama based on an original story by CreepHyp lead vocalist Ozaki Sekaikan, directed by Afro Tanaka's Matsui Daigo. Four-part structure uses the brand new music video Kizutsukeru, as well as three previous music videos including Atashi no Mad...
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Beyond the Memories (2013)
- Director
- SHINJO Takehiko
- Cast
- NAGASAWA Masami, OKADA Masaki
Live action film adaption of Ikuemi Ryo's omnibus romance comic. A man and woman paralyzed by the deaths of people close to them comfort each other as their mutual attraction grows. Directed by Shinjo Takehiko, master of coming-of-age romances. Film...
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Nazotokinema MADAM MARMALADE NO IJYO NA NAZO SYUTUDAIHEN (2013)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Yoshihiro, TSURUTA Norio, UEDA Taiki
- Cast
- KAWAGUCHI Haruna, TAKAHATA Atsuko, YAMAZAKI Hajime
The first part of a new style of interactive movie in which viewers try to solve a mystery together with the characters as they are watching. Its three riddle-laden chapters were directed respectively by Nakamura Yoshihiro, Tsuruta Norio, and Ueda Ta...
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ARCANA (2013)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Yoshitaka
- Cast
- TSUCHIYA Tao, NAKAGAUCHI Masataka, KISHITANI Goro
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BUSHIDOU (2013)
- Director
- MIKAMI Yasuo
- Cast
- HIRA Takehiro, WAKABAYASHI Go, MEGURO Yuuki
Written, produced, directed, and edited by Mikami Yasuo. This authentic samurai film features powerful action direction by Kuze Hiroshi and was filmed entirely on location at important cultural sites and on snowy plains. Three years after the great ...
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The Human Trust (2013)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Junji
- Cast
- SATO Koichi, KATORI Shingo, MORIYAMA Mirai
Suspense film with a social message that constructs a tale based on the "M Fund," a stash hidden by the former Japanese army, reuniting Aegis director Sakamoto Junji with Fukui Harutoshi for the original story. A conman gets wrapped up in a fight rev...
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TOKYO SHUTTER GIRL (2013)
- Director
- TEZKA Macoto, KOBAYASHI Motoyuki, TERAUCHI Kotaro
- Cast
- NATSUME Aoi, TANAKA Mirei, FUJII Takemi
An omnibus film depicting the daily lives of girls who enjoy walking the streets and taking photos as members of their high school's camera club. It is comprised of three parts: Watashi wa Shata Garu (I am a Shutter Girl) by Tezka Macoto, a self-desc...
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Ikareta baby (2013)
- Director
- ASANO Yukiyasu
- Cast
- EGUCHI Aiko, OKABE Nao, AISHIRO Sayaka
Thirty-fifth film in the Youth-H series that depicts youth and sex with a super low budget using cutting-edge directors. Asano Yukiyasu, director of A DAY IN THE LIFE, compassionately depicts a clumsy heroine who is great at sex, but terrible when it...
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Daily Lives of High School Boys (2013)
- Director
- MATSUI Daigo
- Cast
- SUDA Masaki, NOMURA Shuhei, YOSHIZAWA Ryo
Feature film adaptation of manga artist Yamauchi Yasunobu‘s comic book by the same name, which has also been adapted for television. Matsui Daigo, who made his commercial feature film debut with Afro Tanaka, directs this adolescent drama exposing the...
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Kids Return: the Reunion (2013)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Hiroshi
- Cast
- HIRAOKA Yuta, MIURA Takahiro, KURASHINA Kana
Set ten years after the events of Kids Return, a 1996 coming-of-age drama directed by Kitano Takeshi, this film from director Shimizu Hiroshi depicts two former close friends going nowhere who rediscover their lust for life after a chance meeting. A...
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ABDUCTEE (2013)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Yudai
- Cast
- NUKUMIZU Yoichi, Maari, NISHINA Takashi
Iconoclastic actor Nukumizu Yoichi tries his hand at solo performance with this situation-based thriller. Directed by Yamaguchi Yudai, who won the Grand Prize at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in 2003 for Battlefield Baseball. Chi...
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GIRL IN THE SUNNY PLACE (2013)
- Director
- MIKI Takahiro
- Cast
- MATSUMOTO Jun, UENO Juri, TAMAYAMA Tetsuji
Fifth feature film from director Miki Takahiro, whose Solanin and We Were There have earned him plaudits as a master of coming-of-age romance films. Visuals bathed in gentle light depict the mysterious path that love takes for a man and woman who reu...
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OSHIN (2013)
- Director
- TOGASHI Shin
- Cast
- HAMADA Kokone, UETO Aya, INAGAKI Goro
Feature film adaptation of the NHK television series that gained worldwide popularity in the 1980s. Depicts the verve of a girl in the Meiji period who is apprenticed at the age of seven, focusing on episodes from her childhood, based on a woman's di...
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Bonnosokubosatsu (2013)
- Director
- ANDO Bon
- Cast
- TAKEUCHI Yukino, ICHIKI Yuko, TOMITA Jun
Thirty-fourth film in the Youth-H series that depicts youth and sex with a super low budget using cutting-edge directors. Ando Bon, director of Fukidamari no Onna from the same series, poignantly depicts the unhappy fate of a heroine born with a stat...
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The High School SAMURAI BOY –Battle of HIROMI- (2012)
- Director
- MIYASAKA Takeshi
- Cast
- TAKEUCHI Riki, Kanna, KURAHA Saya
A feature film adaptation of the straight-to-video movie {Hiromi-kun! Zenkoku Sobancho e no Michi}, in which an extremely mature-looking high schooler played by Takeuchi Riki gets involved in numerous brawls in order to become the toughest juvenile d...
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FLY, DAKOTA, FLY! (2013)
- Director
- ABURATANI Seiji
- Cast
- HIGA Manami, KUBOTA Masataka, EMOTO Akira
A drama based on a true incident that occurred in the aftermath of World War II. It depicts a friendship that transcends national borders between the crew of a British Air Force plane that makes an emergency landing on Sado Island and the local resid...
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Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi (2013)
- Director
- OKUDA Eiji
- Cast
- ANDO Sakura, EMOTO Tasuku, WADA Sohkoh
The fifth directorial effort and the first in around six years from film director and actor Okuda Eiji. This drama, set before and after the Great East Japan Earthquake, offers a delicate depiction of a man and woman forced to leave their hometown in...
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R100 (2013)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Hitosi
- Cast
- OMORI Nao, DAICHI Mao, TERAJIMA Shinobu
The fourth film from director Matsumoto Hitoshi. This distinctive comedy offers an amusing and surreal depiction of the bizarre experiences of a man who joins an illicit club. Screened at the Toronto International Film Festival 2013. Katayama (Omori...
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The House of Rising Sun (2013)
- Director
- OTA Takafumi
- Cast
- NAMIKI Shiro, SAITO Tomoko, HIRASAWA Izumi
Drama about a family's transformation after encountering a nuclear accident. Strawberry Fields director Ota Takafumi completed this film over an eighteen-month period, with all of the production expenses covered through donations. Appearance by Yamam...
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The Road Less Travelled (2013)
- Director
- FURUMAYA Tomoyuki
- Cast
- SANO Gaku, SUGITA Kaoru, SHIMADA Kyusaku
An adaptation of the eponymous novel by popular author Kitagawa Yasushi, directed by Furumaya Tomoyuki who has displayed his aptitude for coming-of-age movies with works such as Bushido Sixteen. It features a diverse cast that includes Sano Gaku in h...
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Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2012)
- Director
- SONO Sion
- Cast
- KUNIMURA Jun, TSUTSUMI Shinichi, NIKAIDO Fumi
A labor of love for director Sono Sion, who revised a script he wrote twenty years ago and finally brought it to the screen. It presents a frenetic and sometimes ultraviolent depiction of yakuza and amateur filmmakers working together to make a movie...
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Like Father, Like Son (2013)
- Director
- KORE-EDA Hirokazu
- Cast
- FUKUYAMA Masaharu, ONO Machiko, MAKI Yoko
Popular actor Fukuyama Masaharu Suspect X (2008) takes on his first role as a father, under the direction of Kore-eda Hirokazu Nobody Knows(2004). It questions the definition of a true family through a story about children swapped at birth. Winner of...
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The Apology King (2013)
- Director
- MIZUTA Nobuo
- Cast
- ABE Sadawo, INOUE Mao, TAKENOUCHI Yutaka
Sixth film from director Mizuta Nobuo, who also directs TV dramas. He teams up with screenwriter Kudo Kankuro for this comedy, which humorously examines Japan's unique culture of apologizing. Tokyo Apology Center "apologist" Kuroshima (Abe Sadawo) r...
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TOKYO YAMIMUSHI／Part2 (2013)
- Director
- SATO Sakichi
- Cast
- KIRIYAMA Ren, TOYOHARA Kosuke, YABE Kyosuke
Film adaptions of two volumes from Honda Yuki's violent comic book. A youth entrenched in black-market finance turns to credit card fraud. Masked-hero "Kamen Rider W" star Kiriyama Ren breaks new ground in crime drama. Kato (Kiriyama), who has been ...
