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TOKYO YAMIMUSHI／Part１ (2013)
- Director
- SATO Sakichi
- Cast
- KIRIYAMA Ren, TOYOHARA Kosuke, YABE Kyosuke
Film adaptions of two volumes from Honda Yuki's violent comic book. Thrilling depiction of an unemployed youth mired in debt, as he descends into the underworld. Directed by Sato Sakichi, also known for his unique touch as a screenwriter and actor. ...
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Rice Girls (2012)
- Director
- MIHARA Mitsuhiro
- Cast
- KANAZAWA Miho, KIDO Airi, AKIZUKI Mika
A coming-of-age drama from director Mihara Mitsuhiro, who works in a wide variety of genres including comedy, drama, and horror. It offers a straightforward depiction of high school girls who belong to a cooking club in the Shonai region of Yamagata ...
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Sweet Obsession (2013)
- Director
- ISHII Takashi
- Cast
- DAN Mitsu, MAMIYA Yuki
Director Ishii Takashi adapts Oishi Kei's horror novel of the same name for film. Features familiar faces from Ishii's films, including Mamiya Yuki from Hello, My Dolly Girlfriend, Takenaka Naoto, and Ito Yozaburo, as well as an impassioned performan...
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THE DEVIL'S PATH (2013)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Kazuya
- Cast
- YAMADA Takayuki, Pierre TAKI, Lily Franky
Feature film adaptation of a non-fiction crime book that led to the capture of the real culprit. Depicts a magazine journalist exposing unsolved murders, based on accusations from an inmate on death row. The cast's impassioned performance gave the fi...
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Miss ZOMBIE (2013)
- Director
- SABU
- Cast
- KOMATSU Ayaka, TOGASHI Makoto, TEZUKA Toru
First original film in about ten years from SABU, a director regarded highly worldwide. Emotionally depicts the drama triggered by the arrival of a zombie, amidst stylish black-and-white images. Official selection for the 18th Busan International Fil...
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Out to sea (2013)
- Director
- OKUMURA Morito
- Cast
- NAHA Takashi, MATSUZAWA Takumi, TAKAYAMA Maki
A drama set in the bonito fishing town of Kuroshio in Kochi Prefecture. Against the backdrop of the magnificent local scenery, it creates a detailed illustration of the bond between a single fisherman and his mentally-disabled son. It is the director...
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ATARU-THE FIRST LOVE & THE LAST KILL (2013)
- Director
- KIMURA Hisashi
- Cast
- NAKAI Masahiro, KITAMURA Kazuki, KURIYAMA Chiaki
A feature film based on a television mystery series broadcast in 2012. A man with savant syndrome who has extraordinary powers of memory and deduction attempts to solve a difficult case that spans Japan and the United States. Grossed 350 million yen ...
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Unforgiven (2013)
- Director
- LEE Sang-il
- Cast
- WATANABE Ken, SATO Koichi, EMOTO Akira
A remake of Clint Eastwood's 1992 Academy Award-winning western that shifts its story to Japan. A heavy-hitting cast and crew was assembled, including star Watanabe Ken (Inception) and composer Iwashiro Taro (Red Cliff). In Hokkaido in the thirteent...
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Usotsuki paradox (2013)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Kota
- Cast
- MOTOYAMA Nami, MAYAMA Akihiro, TODA Rei
Director Yoshida Kota, who has built a solid reputation for abundantly humorous erotica and gained attention at home and abroad for Come as you are, adapts the popular comic of the same title. A bold and delicate evocation of the fate of a relationsh...
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Shining Besides Funny Moon (2013)
- Director
- SHIMADA Kakuei
- Cast
- KUROKAWA Mei, SAWADA Yuki, HAMAO Kyousuke
Director Shimada Kakuei, a veteran of the independent film scene, presents this unconventional mystery that boldly attempts to unite punk and S&M. It revolves around a dominatrix with highly-developed powers of deduction, and a police detective who g...
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HAMELN (2013)
- Director
- TSUBOKAWA Takushi
- Cast
- NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, BAISHO Chieko, SAKAMOTO Nagatoshi
A fantastical drama revolving around a closed school. Memories of a mountain village in Fukushima with a dwindling population are revealed together with beautiful autumn scenery. Its writer and director is Tsubokawa Takushi, whose Utsukushiki Tennen ...
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009-1 THE END OF THE BEGINNING (2013)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Koichi
- Cast
- IWASA Mayuko, KINOMOTO Minehiro, NAGASAWA Nao
Live action adaptation of the SF action adult version of "Cyborg 009," manga artist Ishinomori Shotaro's signature work. Displays violence and sexiness, the themes of the original story, with sultry scenes included with the action. Set in the near f...
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Backwater (2013)
- Director
- AOYAMA Shinji
- Cast
- SUDA Masaki, MITSUISHI Ken, TANAKA Yuko
TOKYO KOEN director Aoyama Shinji helms this adaptation of Tanaka Shinya's 146th Akutagawa Prize-winning novel. Its screenplay is by Arai Haruhiko, an industry veteran who has received numerous accolades for his works such as VIBRATOR. Winner of two ...
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Uchi no hara no uchi (2013)
- Director
- IWASHITA Chikako
- Cast
- MATSUNAGA Nagisa, OHKOUCHI Nanako, UDA Takaki
The eighth film from the Tollywood Studio Project, founded on the concept of commercial film production by students. With a fresh touch, it depicts the journey to independence of a young woman who hides her emotions. Director Iwashita Chikako, who wa...
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R-18 Women’s Fiction Prize vol.2 JELLYFISH (2013)
- Director
- KANEKO Shusuke
- Cast
- OTANI Mio, HANAI Rumi, KAWATA Hiroki
Film adaptation of a finalist for the 11th R-18 Women's Fiction Prize, which solicits novels about sex by female authors. This romance brings a sensitive touch to the story of inexperienced love between two high school girls. Miyashita Yuki (Otani M...
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the moment girls (2012)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Kento
- Cast
- KATAOKA Kanako, KOMURO Yura, KATSUMURA Mika
Coming-of-age road movie produced and distributed by students majoring in content business at Bunkyo Gakuin University. Deals with life and death through the journey of two girls dealing with illness. Direction and screenplay by commercial veteran Sh...
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Soul flower train (2013)
- Director
- NISHIO HIroshi
- Cast
- HIRATA Mitsuru, Marin, Sayoko
First theatrically released film by director Nishio Hiroshi, whose indie film National Anthem earned praise from the likes of Kurosawa Kiyoshi. Depicts a peculiar mishmash of humanity in Osaka based on a short comic by manga artist Robin Nishi, whose...
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ZENTAI (2013)
- Director
- HASHIGUCHI Ryosuke
- Cast
- NAKAJIMA Ayumu, SHINOHARA Atsushi, NARUSHIMA Touko
An offbeat omnibus comedy featuring six short films that emerged from a workshop led by creator, writer, and director Hashiguchi Ryosuke, whose Like Grains of Sand won awards including the 25th International Film Festival Rotterdam's Tiger Award (gra...
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Japan's Tragedy (2012)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Masahiro
- Cast
- NAKADAI Tatsuya, KITAMURA Kazuki, OMORI Akemi
A drama based on a real-life incident involving pension fraud. It exposes the darkness in a society in which people are cut adrift, as seen in the tragic existence of a father with three months left to live and his depression-stricken son who lives o...
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Summer's End (2012)
- Director
- KUMAKIRI Kazuyoshi
- Cast
- MITSUSHIMA Hikari, AYANO Go, KOBAYASHI Kaoru
An adaptation of the eponymous novel by Setouchi Jakucho, a bestselling author and Buddhist nun in her nineties. For this adult romance, director Kumakiri Kazuyoshi reteams with Jim O'Rourke after their first cooperation for "Sketches of Kaitan City"...
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Messiah sikkoku no sho (2013)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Hiroki
- Cast
- HAMAO Kyousuke, OTA Motohiro, MATSUDA Ryo
A dark fantasy from director Yamaguchi Hiroki, whose first theatrically-released film Hellevator: The Bottled Fools was selected by numerous film festivals overseas. Inspired by Takadono Madoka's popular novel, it depicts the growth of a group of you...
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TIME SCOOP HUNTER: The Movie (2013)
- Director
- NAKAO Hiroyuki
- Cast
- KANAME Jun, Kaho, UESHIMA Ryuhei
A feature film adaptation of a history-themed educational television series with a mockumentary touch in which a journalist from the future travels through time. Its director is Nakao Hiroyuki, who also helmed episodes of the TV version. The Time Sc...
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Sadako 3D 2 (2013)
- Director
- HANABUSA Tsutomu
- Cast
- TAKIMOTO Miori, SETO Koji, OSAWA Itsumi
Installation in the popular horror "Ring" series authored by Suzuki Koji. Follows the curse of Sadako, J-horror heroine par excellence, set 5 years after the previous Sadako 3D. Created a stir with an unprecedented screening stunt linking the film wi...
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shame hair morning set gyunyu haru (2013)
- Director
- SATO Toshiki
- Cast
- HIRATA Mitsuru, MIZUMOTO Kanako, ITO Takeshi
Pink film veteran Sato Toshiki, whose unique perspective has gained him a devoted following, directs this drama that illuminates the sorrow of a middle-aged man. Through a blend of memories of a first love and erotic and surreal episodes and depictio...
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Schoolgirl Complex (2013)
- Director
- ONUMA Yuichi
- Cast
- MORIKAWA Aoi, KADOWAKI Mugi, KONDO Maaya
A coming-of-age drama inspired by photobook "Schoolgirl Complex" that captured the vulnerable and provocative aspects of high school girls. Director Onuma Yuichi evokes the ever-changing emotional states of young women. Students at Kibogaoka Girls H...
