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Ah! Minister! (2012)
- Director
- GORIKI Daiya
- Cast
- YAMAGUCHI Tomomitsu, KINOSHITA Houka, SAKAI Wakana
Sitcom based on the ministerial meetings where the cabinet makes their decisions, including incidents that bring real politicians to mind. Cabinet ministers debate a bizarre bill in a closed session. Rookie minister Onozuka (Yamaguchi Tomomitsu) is ...
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Endless Stage (2012)
- Director
- HAMATANI Koichi
- Cast
- FUKUTOKU Shusuke, GOTO Junpei, KUMADA Masashi
Sci-fi comedy starring the comedy duo Jaru Jaru. Warmly depicts the comedy duo as they are swept into a world where time loops endlessly. Fukutoku (Fukutoku Shusuke) and Goto (Goto Junpei)'s comedy duo Jaru Jaru has been getting more popular, and t...
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The Bridal Night & The Lotus Root (2012)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Masahiro
- Cast
- KAZAMA Morio, ASO Yumi, ICHIKAWA Yui
Family comedy based on a play by dramatist Tsuchida Hideo. The problems of a family that seems happy at first glance are gradually exposed by the eldest daughter's explosive behavior. Constructed as a drama rich in wit and pathos, utilizing many come...
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Dream In The Rising Sun (2012)
- Director
- GOBUICHI Osamu
- Cast
- Nicholas Edwards, FUKUDA Saki, YABE Taro
Nicholas Edwards, popular as the world's best foreign singer of Japanese songs, plays himself in this coming-of-age comedy. An American youth who dreams of making his debut as a singer struggles to get his big break in Japan. Director Gobuichi Osamu ...
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TABAKOI ～the love story that begins with cigarettes～ (2012)
- Director
- NAKAGAWA Michinari
- Cast
- MATAYOSHI Naoki, ENDO Kumiko, SHOJI Tomoharu
Matayoshi Naoki of the comedy duo Peace makes his debut as leading performer in this romantic comedy. A guy who is overly honest and can't tell the difference between true feelings and social niceties gets a mysterious cigarette that exposes people's...
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The Millennial Rapture (2012)
- Director
- WAKAMATSU Koji
- Cast
- TERAJIMA Shinobu, KORA Kengo, TAKAOKA Sosuke
An official selection of the 2012 Venice International Film Festival's Orizzonti section, this drama is a striking adaptation of Akutagawa Prize-winning author Nakagami Kenji's novella by uncompromising filmmaker Wakamatsu Koji. It stars Terajima Shi...
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BAD communication (2013)
- Director
- OGURI Haruhi
- Cast
- TANAKA Ryuto, NAGATA Iemori, SHIOMI Daiki
The twenty-eighth 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. Director Oguri Haruhi, who drew attention for his Toilet and Women, depicts the ...
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Dark System (2013)
- Director
- YUKI Shuji
- Cast
- TAKUNO Seiki, FURUYA Katsumi, KAMATA Yuko
In this sci-fi suspense action film, a guy whose love interest is taken by a friend struggles desperately to alter reality, and creates the diabolical machine "dark system." Combines two indie works by director Yuki Shuji. Unattractive and run-of-th...
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Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship (2012)
- Director
- MINORIKAWA Osamu
- Cast
- SHIBASAKI Ko, MAKI Yoko, TERAJIMA Shinobu
A heartwarming drama based on Masuda Miri's comic strip series. It offers a warm and tender depiction of the lives of three women in their thirties struggling with their futures, love lives, and more. Director Minorikawa Osamu gained praise for the p...
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Princess Betrayal (2012)
- Director
- IWANA Masaki
- Cast
- TAUMI Akiko, OSAWA Yuri, NANAMI Koshu
The third feature from director Iwana Masaki, who is also active as a butoh dancer. It presents a detailed depiction of the madness of war and the problems facing Japan following the Great East Japan Earthquake, via the life story of a stage actress....
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The Storyteller’s Apprentice (2012)
- Director
- KANDA Yuji
- Cast
- NOZOE Seiji, MINAMISAWA Nao, ADACHI Yumi
A heartwarming comedy set in the world of rakugo (comedic storytelling). Based on a play by theater group "Uwa no Sora: Toshiro Ichiza", it presents a lively depiction of a commotion at rakugo performance. Producer Kanda Yuji, whose works include Ub...
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REUNION (2012)
- Director
- KIMIZUKA Ryoichi
- Cast
- NISHIDA Toshiyuki, OGATA Naoto, KATSUJI Ryo
Labor of love that sincerely takes on the truth of the 3.11 disaster through in-depth research by Kimizuka Ryoichi of Nobody to Watch Over Me, based on author Ishii Kota's writing about the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in "ITAI, SHINSAI TSUNAMI NO H...
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GARO and the Wailing Dragon (2012)
- Director
- AMEMIYA Keita
- Cast
- KONISHI Ryosei, KUBOTA Yuki, AOI Anna
The second feature film to spring from a popular tokusatsu (special effects-laden science fiction) television series. Its depiction of the desperate struggle of a Makai Knight thrown into a parallel world has a stronger element of fantasy than other ...
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A Story of Yonosuke (2012)
- Director
- OKITA Shuichi
- Cast
- KORA Kengo, YOSHITAKA Yuriko, IKEMATSU Sosuke
A coming-of-age drama based on a serialized newspaper novel by Yoshida Shuichi. It nostalgically depicts the interactions between a good-natured young man and his friends, while interweaving the past and present. The lead roles are played by Kora Ken...
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A Chair on the Plains (2013)
- Director
- NARUSHIMA Izuru
- Cast
- SATO Koichi, TSUMABUKI Satoshi, KICHISE Michiko
A drama that presents a detailed depiction of the emotions of adults standing at crossroads in their lives, based on the book by Akutagawa Prize-winning author Miyamoto Teru. REBIRTH director Narushima Izuru carried out an extended full-scale shoot f...
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SADO TEMPEST (2012)
- Director
- John WILLIAMS
- Cast
- EGUCHI Noriko, HENMI Yasunori "JITTERBUG", HONDA Hirotaro
Unique fantasy that incorporates the traditional culture of Sado with the "Tempest," said to be Shakespeare's final work. A rock singer exiled to Sado for criticizing the government expands his musical horizons after encountering Noh and demon drummi...
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Capturing Dad (2012)
- Director
- NAKANO Ryota
- Cast
- WATANABE Makiko, YANAGI Elisa, MATSUBARA Nanoka
The feature-length debut by Ryota Nakano who won Best Director at the 2012 SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL for the film. A family drama centered around two sisters go to visit their father who left home after divorcing their mother fourteen...
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Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row Inmate (2012)
- Director
- SAITO Junichi
- Cast
- NAKADAI Tatsuya, KIKI Kirin, AMANO Shizuo
Drama based on the true story of Okunishi Masaru, who was imprisoned in 1961 as the perpetrator in the Nabari poisoned wine incident in Mie Prefecture, and has insisted on his innocence for over five decades. Tokai TV, which produced a judiciary docu...
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The Sound of Light (2011)
- Director
- YAMASAKI Juichiro
- Cast
- FUJIHISA Yoshitomo, MORI Eri, MASAGO Takeshi
An official selection of the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival's Japanese Eyes section and numerous other film festivals. Filmmaker Yamasaki Junichiro, who is also involved in farming in Okayama Prefecture's Maniwa City, depicts the struggles of...
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Mameshiba Ichiro futen no Shibajiro (2013)
- Director
- KAMEI Toru
- Cast
- SATO Jiro, MINAMISAWA Nao, TAKAHASHI Hiroshi
Third feature film in the "Mameshiba" series depicting the bonds between a thirty-something guy who lacks gainful employment and his beloved miniature Shiba dog. Directed by Kamei Toru, who made a stir with his sensual film {Be My Slave} and directed...
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Own Night with a Shooting Star/ FUN FAIR (2012)
- Director
- MARIKO Tetsuya
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Takeshi, Soon Jenney, Azman Hassan
An installment in an omnibus film from three up-and-coming directors who depict "small miracles" that happen to Japanese living in Southeast Asia. NINIFUNI director Mariko Tetsuya presents a comedic depiction of the misadventures of a trio who all sp...
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Own Night with a Shooting Star/News Lounge at 25 (2012)
- Director
- TOMINAGA Masanori
- Cast
- Moody KATSUYAMA, ABE Mari, MORIMATSU Takenori
An installment in an omnibus film from three up-and-coming directors who depict "small miracles" that happen to Japanese living in Southeast Asia. Comedian Moody Katsuyama, who became popular for his "let it slide from right to left" gag, shows a new...
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Own Night with a Shooting Star/ Chiang Rai Girl (2012)
- Director
- TOMITA Katsuya
- Cast
- KAWASE Yohta, Ai, Susitraphon Nutchari
An installment in an omnibus film from three up-and-coming directors who depict "small miracles" that happen to Japanese living in Southeast Asia. Director Tomita Katsuya, whose Saudade won the Golden Montgolfiere in the 2011 Festival of the Three Co...
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The Brain Man (2013)
- Director
- TAKIMOTO Tomoyuki
- Cast
- IKUTA Toma, MATSUYUKI Yasuko, EGUCHI Yosuke
Violence mystery about an enigmatic "brain man," who has outstanding intelligence and strength, but utterly lacks human emotions. Directed by Takimoto Tomoyuki, renowned for dramas like The Investigation Game and IKIGAMI: The Ultimate Limit, screenpl...
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Hoshi’s Long day (2013)
- Director
- IMAOKA Shinji
- Cast
- ARAI Takeshi, MIZUI Maki, SATO Hiroshi
The twenty-seventh 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. Imaoka Shinji, director of the third film in the series, returns for this tale ...
