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Friends (2013)
- Director
- ENDO Mikihiro
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Takeshi, MATSUMOTO Hana, OBA Yusuke
A graduate work by film students at Tokyo University of the Arts. An actor who plays characters in accordance with requests from clients begins to devise a terrorist plot with a high school girl. It received praise for its dramatic subject matter rev...
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Kanagawa University of the Arts Visual Concept Planning Department (2013)
- Director
- SAKASHITA Yuichiro
- Cast
- IIDA Kaoru, KASAHARA Chihiro, MAENO Tomoya
A graduate work by film students at Tokyo University of the Arts. It presents a cynical depiction of a cover-up of a theft within a university and the subsequent strife it causes, and abundantly realistic portrayals of a professor and his troublemaki...
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JUKAI - Mount Fuji Suicide Forest (2013)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Hideya
- Cast
- ITAKURA Toshiyuki, TSUTSUMISHITA Atsushi, Kitaro
A drama featuring comedy duo Impulse in their first leading roles. Yamaguchi Hideya, who won the documentary competition special jury prize at the 35th Seattle International Film Festival's Golden Space Needle Awards for {Manhole Children}, directed ...
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GOGO♂ike-men5 (2013)
- Director
- FUKUYAMA Sakurako
- Cast
- Dong Hyun, Jung Min, Young Min
An adaptation of a popular novel that started out as an e-book and also became a video game, starring South Korean boy group Boyfriend in their first starring vehicle. A romantic free-for-all ensues over a ditsy young woman. Sasai Eisuke, an internat...
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GFP BUNNY (2012)
- Director
- TSUCHIYA Yutaka
- Cast
- KURAMOCHI Yuka, WATANABE Makiko, FURUTACHI Kanji
Controversial film based on a murder attempt that really happened. Directed by indies film hero Tsuchiya Yutaka, who has earned international acclaim for genre-bending films like PEEP "TV" SHOW. Honored with the Best Picture Award in the 25th Tokyo I...
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NINJA KIDS!!! Summer Mission Impossible (2013)
- Director
- TASAKI Ryuta
- Cast
- KATO Seishiro, HAYASHI Roi, SHINGETSU Juri
The second live-action adaptation (made two years after the first film) of Amako Soubei's comedy manga for children that has also become an animated series for national broadcaster NHK. Students at a school for ninja throw themselves into an adventur...
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BUSHIDO MAN (2013)
- Director
- TSUJIMOTO Takanori
- Cast
- KOGA Mitsuki, YAMAGUCHI Yoshiyuki, MIZUNO Miki
An independent action film about duelling martial arts masters that features a diverse range of combat disciplines including kung fu, swordfighting, and nunchaku. Premiered at the 2013 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. Toramaru (Koga Mit...
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Moon dream (2013)
- Director
- Bobby OLOGUN, MIYANO Keiji
- Cast
- Bobby OLOGUN, MINAMISAWA Nao, MUSAKA Naomasa
The starring and directorial debut of television personality Bobby Ologun, credited under his actual name Konda Bobby. It presents a heartwarming depiction of a young African man's life in Japan, and reflects many of Ologun's real-life experiences. ...
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Princess Sakura: Forbidden Pleasures (2012)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Hajime
- Cast
- HINAMI Kyooko, AOKI Munetaka, ASAMI Yuma
Novel period drama directed by Hashimoto Hajime, whose genre-crossing productions include "The Detective Is in the Bar" series. Unfolds with action and sensual scenes, themed on Sakura Hime Azuma Bunsho by Kabuki/kyogen author Tsuruya Nanboku IV. Da...
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Midsummer's Equation (2013)
- Director
- NISHITANI Hiroshi
- Cast
- FUKUYAMA Masaharu, YOSHITAKA Yuriko, KITAMURA Kazuki
Second film adaptation of Higashino Keigo's "Galileo" story, in which Fukuyama Masaharu plays genius physicist Yukawa Manabu. Snakes and Earrings star Yoshitaka Yuriko plays the female detective who teams up with the protagonist. Directed by Nishitan...
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(just like)Starting Over (2013)
- Director
- GOTO Toshihiro
- Cast
- KATAYAMA Ryo, NARISAWA Yuko, HIDAKA Yuria
The thirty-second entry in the "Youth H" series, which produces works in a variety of genres from up-and-coming filmmakers that focus on coming-of-age and sexual themes. Its director is Goto Toshihiro, who continues to make films set in Niigata inclu...
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SHADY (2012)
- Director
- WATANABE Ryohei
- Cast
- mimpi*β, OKAMURA Izumi, ISHIDA Gota
A feature-length film written, independently produced, and directed by 24-year-old student Watanabe Ryohei, who also writes scripts for television dramas and stage productions, and directs commercials.It delicately depicts the strange friendship betw...
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The Ravine Of Goodbye (2013)
- Director
- OMORI Tatsushi
- Cast
- MAKI Yoko, ONISHI Shima, SUZUKI Anne
Drama that depicts a sensual world under the sway of a peculiar worldview, based on author Yoshida Shuichi's novel of the same name. Director Omori Tatsushi has received high acclaim abroad for works including The Whispering of the Gods. Awarded the ...
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Crying 100 Times ~Every Raindrop Falls~ (2013)
- Director
- HIROKI Ryuichi
- Cast
- OKURA Tadayoshi, KIRITANI Mirei, TOMOSAKA Rie
Pure romance based on author Nakamura Ko's bestselling novel of the same name. Uses a delicate touch to movingly depict the love between a youth who loses his memory and a girl afflicted by terminal illness. Broke 150 million yen in box office receip...
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Hello, My Dolly Girlfriend (2013)
- Director
- ISHII Takashi
- Cast
- EMOTO Tasuku, SASAKI Kokone
Director Ishii Takashi, who earned international acclaim for pursuing a unique kind of sexuality in films like A Night in Nude, adapts his own short comic from 1992 for film. Fantasy depicting the peculiar interaction between a geeky guy who is into ...
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nonmetal night (2012)
- Director
- NAKATA Kei
- Cast
- TSUKAMOTO Airi, AKIYAMA Shintaro, FUNAKI Ikki
A coming-of-age drama in black and white inspired by a true story and directed by Nakata Kei, who has helmed numerous highly entertaining works. It captures the intersecting fates of people on the streets of a subdued Shibuya after the Great East Jap...
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Far Away, So Close (2013)
- Director
- NAGASAWA Masahiko
- Cast
- KURASHINA Kana, NAKANO Yuta, KANA
Nagasawa Masahiko delivers his first feature film since Faraway Heaven, which he directed 5 years ago, with this adaptation of screenwriter-cum-author Inukai Kyoko's novel by the same name. Music supervised by director Iwai Shunji, whose internationa...
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Sangoranger (2012)
- Director
- NAKAMAE Yuji
- Cast
- AOYAGI Sho, TANAKA Kei, SASAKI Nozomi
Drama about the ruckus stirred up by daring rangers who protect nature. Aoyagi Sho from Konshin, officially invited to the 36th Montreal World Film Festival, delivers an impassioned performance as the protagonist. Okinawa Prefecture's Ishigaki Islan...
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It’s a Beautiful Day (2013)
- Director
- ASAKURA Kayoko
- Cast
- KIM Kko-bbi, OHATA Nanako, KITAMURA Akihiro
Slasher film starring Kim Kkhobbi, known for Breathless. Asakura Kayoko constructs a gory inferno with her feature directorial debut. The story revolves around a single night when Japanese and Korean exchange students in America are attacked by blood...
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A PALE WOMAN (2013)
- Director
- TSUNEMOTO Takuaki
- Cast
- KIM Kko-bbi, OSHINARI Shugo, NAKAGAWA Anna
Crime drama with the heroine played by Kim Kkobbi, who earned international acclaim in the Korean film {Breathless}. Set in Osaka's underworld, the story follows the obsessiveness of a woman who tries to save her first love, who has fallen into darkn...
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Blindly in Love (2013)
- Director
- ICHII Masahide
- Cast
- HOSHINO Gen, Kaho, HIRAIZUMI Sei
Warm-hearted love story that gained popularity through word of mouth. A clumsy and introverted 35-year-old virgin guy falls in love for the first time in his life, with a blind woman. Direction and screenplay by Ichii Masahide. City hall employee Ke...
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FRUITS OF FAITH (2013)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Yoshihiro
- Cast
- ABE Sadawo, KANNO Miho, IKEUCHI Hiroyuki
A touching film based on a true story about the hardships endured by a farmer who attempts to cultivate apples organically. Its director is Nakamura Yoshihiro, who rose to prominence with The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker and...
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A Captivating Murder (2013)
- Director
- OIKAWA Takuro
- Cast
- MIURA Takahiro, Natsuna, TSUDA Shoko
A live-action mystery adapted from author Abiko Takemaru's manga by Oikawa Takurou, a dynamic director who also helms television drama series and plays. This chamber piece follows a young man who may or may not have committed murder as he attempts to...
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Dawn of a Filmmaker: The Keisuke Kinoshita Story (2013)
- Director
- HARA Keiichi
- Cast
- KASE Ryo, TANAKA Yuko, HAMADA Gaku
Live action debut from Hara Keiichi, known for films including Colorful, which won the Audience Award and Special Distinction prize at the 51st Annecy International Animated Film Festival. Produced to commemorate the centennial of the birth of Kinosh...
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REAL (2013)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Kiyoshi
- Cast
- SATOH Takeru, AYASE Haruka
A sci-fi mystery boldly adapted from Inui Rokurou's bestselling novel. In order to save his comatose girlfriend, a young man uses a special apparatus to enter her subconscious mind. Kurosawa Kiyoshi, who built his reputation in the horror genre, trie...
