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MY SUMMERTIME MAP (2012)
- Director
- FUKASAKU Kenta
- Cast
- MOTOYASHIKI Kenta, YAMAMOTO Taro, OKINA Megumi
Drama about an elementary school student trying to draw a map of his town, set in Hiroshima, a city that recovered from devastation after the war. Director Fukasaku Kenta, son of director Fukasaku Kinji, expresses the bonds between friends, family, a...
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Koisuru kamisama kojiki nyumon (2013)
- Director
- ENOMOTO Toshiro
- Cast
- KAWATSURE Hiroaki, AYANA Rei, KOTO Masahiko
Thirty-third film in the Youth-H series that depicts youth and sex with a super low budget using cutting-edge directors. Director Enomoto Toshiro joins the project for the third time, after Reunion and Earing, and delivers a humorous rendition of "Ko...
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Enoshima prism (2013)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Yasuhiro
- Cast
- FUKUSHI Sota, NOMURA Shuhei, HONDA Tsubasa
A coming-of-age film from brilliant director and accomplished screenwriter Yoshida Yasuhiro that evokes the subtleties of teenage emotions with a fresh touch. While adding a touch of science fiction, it captures the beautiful and nostalgic atmosphere...
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HOMESICK (2012)
- Director
- HIROHARA Satoru
- Cast
- KAKU Tomohiro, KANEDA Yuki, FUNASAKI Tsubasa
Director Hirohara Satoru caught the world's attention with Good Morning to the World!!, his Musashino Art University graduation film. Hirohara produced this feature-length theatrical debut with a scholarship from the Pia Film Festival. Poignant and f...
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A Boy Called H (2013)
- Director
- FURUHATA Yasuo
- Cast
- MIZUTANI Yutaka, ITO Ran, YOSHIOKA Tatsuki
Family drama based on Senoo Kappa's autobiographical novel. Highlights the bonds within a tailor's family who maintain their convictions while surviving the volatile years leading up to and following World War II. Directed by Furuhata Yasuo, known fo...
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SUNAWOTSUKANDE TACHIAGARE (2012)
- Director
- FUJISAWA Hirokazu
- Cast
- YODA Tetsuya, NISHINA Takashi, AKIZUKI Mika
Fukazawa Hirokazu, who made his directorial debut with Kyokyo Jitsujitsu in 2012, adapts a screenplay by Sakuta Hayato selected from an open call for short film scripts. The protagonist, an actor with an extreme lack of talent, is eccentrically playe...
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Akaboshi (2012)
- Director
- YOSHINO Ryohei
- Cast
- PARK Romi, Aren, Vlada
Live action film debut for the popular voice actress Park Romi, whose extensive work in anime includes Fullmetal Alchemist. She delivers an impassioned performance as a single mother who gets sucked into a cult. Directed by Yoshino Ryuhei, who got hi...
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WORK SHOP (2013)
- Director
- CHIBA Seiji
- Cast
- FURUKAWA Yuta, TOTANI Kimito, TAKIGUCHI Yukihiro
A suspenseful chamber piece following the fates of young people forced to participate in a life-threatening workshop. Writer and director Chiba Seiji specializes in suspense and action, and his previous film AVN : ALIEN VS. NINJA is set for a Hollywo...
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TALK TO THE DEAD (2012)
- Director
- TSURUTA Norio
- Cast
- KOMATSU Ayaka, KATO Kazuki, SAKURAI Yuki
Film from the Next Horror Project produced by Ichise Taka, J-horror trendsetter. Direction and screenplay by horror industry veteran Tsuruta Norio. A call girl's little brother dies, and then she finds a mobile phone app that enables communication wi...
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The After-Dinner Mysteries (2013)
- Director
- HIJIKATA Masato
- Cast
- SAKURAI Sho, KITAGAWA Keiko, SHIINA Kippei
Film adaptation of Higashigawa Tokuya's bestselling mystery novel, which took first place in the 2011 Honya Taisho (bookseller award) and has been adapted as a TV drama. Unique portrayal of a rich-girl detective and her acerbic butler, as this unusua...
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Geinin THE MOVIE (2013)
- Director
- UCHIDA Hidemi
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Sayaka, WATANABE Miyuki, YOKOYAMA Yui
A feature film starring the members of NMB48, a female idol group based in Namba, Osaka, that borrows the premise of their eponymous television series but adds an original story. It is a coming-of-age drama about "manzai" stand-up comediennes attendi...
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THE CRONE (2012)
- Director
- NAITO Eisuke
- Cast
- MIKI Honoka, KITAYAMA Shiori, GOTO Kaoru
Film from the Next Horror Project produced by Ichise Taka, J-horror trendsetter. Depicts an idol group that encounters terror, based on the urban legend of a crone who moves at lightning speed. Direction and screenplay by Naito Eisuke, who generated ...
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THE SECRET FLUTE GARO SIDE STORY (2013)
- Director
- OHASHI Akira
- Cast
- SATO Yasue, MATSUYAMA Mary, TSUDA Kanji
The second spin-off film to originate from a popular tokusatsu (special effects-laden science fiction) television series. It follows the exploits of two fan favorite Makai Priestesses, and reveals the outcome of a battle that took place in the backgr...
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THE CHERRY ORCHARD (2012)
- Director
- TOGASHI Shin
- Cast
- SAITO Emi, SAKUMA Toshihiko, SUGAWARA Hiromi
Director Togashi Shin, whose Ano sora wo oboeteru won the Grand Prix at the 2008 Kinotayo Film Festival in France, helms this short drama about familial bonds set in his home prefecture of Yamagata. Most of its cast, including lead actress Saito Emi,...
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Cult (2012)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Koji
- Cast
- ABIRU Yu, IWASA Mayuko, IRIKI Mari
Film from the Next Horror Project produced by Ichise Taka, J-horror trendsetter. Direction and screenplay by Shiroishi Koji, who excels at mockumentary horror films. Chillingly bizarre phenomena keep happening on location for a psychic television sho...
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The Flower of Shanidar (2012)
- Director
- ISHII Gakuryu
- Cast
- AYANO Go, KUROKI Haru, KARIYA Yuiko
Romantic drama by director Ishii Gakuryu, formerly known as Ishii Sogo, who came out with the feature film Isn't Anyone Alive? after a decade-long hiatus. Nurtured over a 7-year period, this challenging work breaks with his past style and pioneers ne...
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ADA re:vengeance PART2 (2013)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Koji
- Cast
- SENGOKU Minami, SATO Ayano, SAGARA Itsuki
The second half of a horror-suspense duology written and directed by Shiraishi Koji, one of Japan's leading horror filmmakers whose works include The Slit-Mouthed Woman. Pop idols from Tower Records label T-Palette Records bravely engage in brutal mu...
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ADA re:vengeance PART1 (2013)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Koji
- Cast
- SENGOKU Minami, SATO Ayano, SAGARA Itsuki
The first half of a horror-suspense duology written and directed by Shiraishi Koji, one of Japan's leading horror filmmakers whose works include The Slit-Mouthed Woman. Pop idols from Tower Records label T-Palette Records engage in bloody and highly ...
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The Ultimate Dilemma (2013)
- Director
- KANEKO Shusuke
- Cast
- SUGA Kenta, TAKETOMI Seika, KINOMOTO Minehiro
A feature film compiled from a DVD trilogy about a horrific game of survival. Kaneko Shusuke (DEATH NOTE) directs this harrowing psychological drama featuring a young cast that includes Suga Kenta from the ALWAYS -Sunset on Third Street series. On t...
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UNDER THE NAGASAKI SKY (2013)
- Director
- HYUGAJI Taro
- Cast
- KITANO Kie, INAMORI Izumi, YAGIRA Yuya
Film adaptation of an original story from Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum Director and Akutagawa Prize winner Seirai Yuichi, directed by Hyugaji Taro, who made the live-action version of Grave of the Fireflies. Depicts the fateful encounter between a dau...
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SHIN・S to M (2013)
- Director
- SHUN
- Cast
- MIYAUCHI Tomomi, KADENA Reon, IDA Kunihiko
The second feature film based on Murao Mio's erotic suspense manga. It presents a richly sensuous depiction of a fierce love-and-hate battle between a woman with an abnormal lust for revenge and a deadbeat man in her sights. Makoto (Ida Kunihiko) ba...
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my father's mistress (2012)
- Director
- SAKODA Kousuke
- Cast
- KONO Tomomi, IZUMI Miwako, ASAOKA Megumi
The debut feature film from director Sakoda Kousuke, who won acclaim at film festivals in Japan and abroad for his works including short film Kono Mado, Mukogawa. It marks his return to directing after three years spent dealing with depression. It pa...
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Jin Jin (2013)
- Director
- YAMADA Daiki
- Cast
- DAICHI Yasuo, KOMATSU Misaki, SATO B-saku
A drama devised by and starring actor Daichi Yasuo. Set in the famous "picture book town" of Kembuki in Hokkaido, it depicts human kindness and familial bonds. Winner of the Audience Award and Public People Award at the Yubari International Fantastic...
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Beautiful New Bay Area Project (2013)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Kiyoshi
- Cast
- MITA Mao, EMOTO Tasuku, MORISHITA Jinsei
A beautiful Yokohama harbor worker engages in fierce battle with brawny male opponents. It is an action film directed by Kurosawa Kiyoshi with a student crew of Tokyo University of the Arts at the request of the Hong Kong International Film Festival....
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Bye Bye, Marrano (2013)
- Director
- KIM Yunsu
- Cast
- MIYAMOTO Gyo, SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko, HARA Yumiko
A graduate work by film students at Tokyo University of the Arts. A young man stuck in a rut runs away is welcomed into a strange commune. Rather than becoming an escapist comedy, it builds a multilayered world. After his employer goes bankrupt and ...
