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The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky (2012)
- Director
- TANADA Yuki
- Cast
- NAGAYAMA Kento, TABATA Tomoko, KUBOTA Masataka
The first feature in four years from director Tanada Yuki, who won a Best Newcomer Award from the Directors Guild of Japan in 2008. Based on a novel of the same title that won the Yamamoto Shugoro Prize, one of Japan's most prestigious literary award...
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Ninkyo helper (2012)
- Director
- NISHITANI Hiroshi
- Cast
- KUSANAGI Tsuyoshi, YASUDA Narumi, Kaho
A feature film adaptation of a television drama series that aired in 2009 and also returned as a drama special in 2011. An ex-mobster is put in charge of a group of elderly people and takes a stand against a gang with a nefarious approach to nursing ...
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Lesson of the Evil (2012)
- Director
- MIIKE Takashi
- Cast
- ITO Hideaki, NIKAIDO Fumi, SOMETANI Shota
A psychological horror film depicting the darkness lurking within everyday life, based on the eponymous novel by Naoki Prizenominated author Kishi Yusuke and brought to the screen by domestically and internationally popular director Miike Takashi (Ha...
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TOMINAGA PARK (2012)
- Director
- MORIOKA Ryu
- Cast
- SHIMAMURA Kazuhide, IIDA Kaoru, MINE Goichi
Coming-of-age drama that won the Horipro Entertainment Award at the 2011 Pia Film Festival, the gateway to success for young filmmakers. Director Morioka Ryu is in the spotlight as a film director, as a matter of course, and also as an actor. High s...
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Joyu (2012)
- Director
- TERANISHI Kazuhiro
- Cast
- NAKANO Ryoko, HAYASHI Tantan, IWASA Mayuko
A story of a young woman who strives to become an actress and grows as a person in the process, produced to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China. It was brought to the screen by Teranis...
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Be My Slave (2012)
- Director
- KAMEI Toru
- Cast
- DAN Mitsu, MAYAMA Akihiro, ITAO Itsuji
An erotic drama adapted from an SM novel of the same title by Satamishu that was once described as impossible to film due to its extremely provocative content. Its director is Kamei Toru, whose works such as DOUBLE SUICIDE ELEGY and Paradise have bee...
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FLY WITH THE GOLD (2012)
- Director
- IZUTSU Kazuyuki
- Cast
- TSUMABUKI Satoshi, ASANO Tadanobu, KIRITANI Kenta
An adaptation of Naoki Prize-winning author Takamura Kaoru's crime suspense debut novel about six wily men who attempt to steal gold bullion from the underground vault of a megabank in Osaka. Its director is Izutsu Kazuyuki, who has a proven record w...
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A Chorus of Angels (2012)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Junji
- Cast
- YOSHINAGA Sayuri, SHIBATA Kyohei, NAKAMURA Toru
A mystery released to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of major Japanese film company Toei. It is based on the mystery novel "Oufuku Shokan" (Correspondence) by Minato Kanae, whose works have been successively made into films in recen...
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The Floating Castle (2011)
- Director
- INUDO Isshin, HIGUCHI Shinji
- Cast
- NOMURA Mansai, EIKURA Nana, SATO Koichi
A live-action adaptation of an original script by Wada Ryo, whose novelization also went on to become a hit. Shot on a massive set, it presents an epic portrayal of Sengoku (Warring States) Period warlord Narita Nagachika, who fought back against a 2...
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Wecker DNS (2012)
- Director
- HATAZAWA Kazuya
- Cast
- NAKATSUKA Tomomi, MATSUHASHI Honami, KOSAKA Masato
Launched in 2001 as an indie film. First feature film version of this sci-fi action story, which has also been adapted as a TV drama and stage production. Two young female detectives from the 22nd century leap to the past to defend the correct time a...
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GUNS OF BABYLON (2012)
- Director
- AIZAWA Toranosuke
- Cast
- TOMITA Katsuya, ITO Hitoshi, TAKANO Tsuyoshi
Reunites the cast and crew from Saudade, including scriptwriter Aizawa Toranosuke. A guy involved in a sketchy line of work flees to Vietnam, where he strays into a battlefield. Shot in Japan and various countries in Southeast Asia, with the Vietnam ...
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5windows (2012)
- Director
- SETA Natsuki
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Yurika, SAITO Yoichiro, SOMETANI Shota
An ensemble drama from up-and-coming female director Seta Natsuki, who drew attention with her major studio debut feature {A Liar and a Broken Girl}. Comprised of four short movies and visuals that depict the moments when the characters who appear in...
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A Terminal Trust (2012)
- Director
- SUO Masayuki
- Cast
- KUSAKARI Tamiyo, YAKUSHO Koji, ASANO Tadanobu
An adaptation of author and lawyer Saku Tatsuki's eponymous novel by I JUST DIDN'T DO IT director Suo Masayuki. Set in a terminal care ward, this love story confronts its themes of love and death head-on. Pulmonary physician Orii (Kusakari Tamiyo) ...
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How to Make a Penguin Pair (2012)
- Director
- HIRABAYASHI Katsutoshi
- Cast
- KOIKE Eiko, Wang Chuan-Yi, FUKAMI Motoki
The Penguin husband-wife team, whose restaurant on Ishigaki Island is the source for the Ishigaki Island chili oil that inspired the hit product "edible chili oil." Heartwarmingly depicts the development of chili oil, international marriage, and the ...
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The Land of Hope (2012)
- Director
- SONO Sion
- Cast
- NATSUYAGI Isao, OTANI Naoko, MURAKAMI Jun
A socially-conscious drama from Sono Sion COLD FISH , Himizu , who is currently one of Japan's most sought-after directors at film festivals around the world. Set in a fictional Japanese town, it depicts a family whose lives are torn apart by a nucle...
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A Road Stained Crimson (2012)
- Director
- NONO Tetsuhiko
- Cast
- ARAI Hirofumi, MURAKAMI Jun, NIINOBU Ryomei
Hard-boiled movie starring numerous iconoclastic actors including Arai Hirofumi of The Matsugane Potshot Affair, as well as Taguchi Tomorowo and Murakami Jun. Former THEE MICHELLE GUN ELEPHANT member Chiba Yusuke makes his film score debut, getting t...
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A song I remember (2011)
- Director
- SUGITA Kyoshi
- Cast
- KANEKO Takenori, ISHIZAKA Yuri, MASUNO Koichi
A drama about a lonely young man who devotes himself to protecting a girl. An official selection of the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival's Japanese Eyes section, and director Sugita Kyoshi's feature debut. One day, a woman is killed by an onco...
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The End of the Puberty (2011)
- Director
- KIMURA Shoko
- Cast
- WAGATSUMA Miwako, SAITO Yoichiro, SATSUKAWA Aimi
Feature film directorial debut by newcomer Kimura Shoko, born in 1986. Unique film with wacky and pop ideas that employs Kimura's hand-drawn illustrations and videogame music-esque sound effects, and winner of the Jury Prize at the Hong Kong Internat...
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Bakaleya High School (2012)
- Director
- KUBOTA Takashi
- Cast
- MORIMOTO Shintaro, MATSUMURA Hokuto, SHIMAZAKI Haruka
Feature film version of the late-night drama featuring upcoming top idols. The merger of a ruffian boy's high school with a classy girl's high school sets off a whole new ruckus. Like the TV show, the film also features numerous young members of the ...
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Alice in Fatland (2012)
- Director
- MATSUKUNI Mika
- Cast
- WAKI Tomohiro, KIZAKI June, BANDO Takumi
Romantic drama depicting the comical love triangle of a diffident gay guy and female high school student who fall in love with the same teacher. Debut film by 26-year-old female director Matsukuni Mika, whose ascent is highly anticipated. Gay guy Al...
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CHAT NOIR LUCY (2012)
- Director
- KAMEI Toru
- Cast
- TSUKAJI Muga, YASU Megumi, OMASA Aya
Feature film adaptation of the TV drama featuring black cats in the lead. Sheds light on the life of the protagonist's father, who is deceased in the TV show, and gives a heartwarming depiction of the relationship between a timid fortuneteller and tw...
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OUTRAGE BEYOND (2012)
- Director
- KITANO Takeshi
- Cast
- BEAT Takeshi, NISHIDA Toshiyuki, MIURA Tomokazu
Violent action sequel starring Beat Takeshi, directed by Kitano Takeshi. Rough-and-tumble portrayal of a fierce power struggle between east and west yakuza crime syndicates, interweaving police conspiracy. Official selection for competition at the Ve...
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I Have to Buy New Shoes (2012)
- Director
- KITAGAWA Eriko
- Cast
- NAKAYAMA Miho, MUKAI Osamu, KIRITANI Mirei
Three-day love story directed and written by Kitagawa Eriko, known as the "goddess of romantic dramas." Romantic depiction of the relationship between a man and woman who meet in Paris, shot entirely on location in France. Produced by filmmaker Iwai ...
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Until the Break of Dawn (2012)
- Director
- HIRAKAWA Yuichiro
- Cast
- MATSUZAKA Tori, KIKI Kilin
A heartwarming fantasy adapted from the eponymous novel by Naoki Prize-winning author Tsujimura Mizuki. A young man becomes an apprentice "Tsunagu," an emissary who can reunite the living with the dead for one time only, and grows through learning ab...
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Teyan Days (2011)
- Director
- KO Mei
- Cast
- TOMA Sora, YUKI Ryoichi, KAMON Yoko
Heart-felt movie set in the closing years of the Edo period. Two samurai enemies heal their wounds at the same infirmary. Collaborative project between Toho Gakuen Media Training College and Edo Wonderland Nikko Edomura, helmed by young director Ko M...
