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GACHI-BAN WORST MAX (2012)
- Director
- MOTOKI Takashi
- Cast
- KUBOTA Masataka, Suzunosuke, OZAKI Nana
Fourteenth instillation in this violent action series about a delinquent youth. A straight-shooting ruffian lets his anger loose at the vileness of a young loan shark. Directed by Motoki Takashi, who has handled numerous films in the series. Hayato ...
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One Nation's Tale (2012)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Masashi
- Cast
- IMAOKA Shinji, KANO Kota, KOJIMA Yoi
One of five films to emerge from the first year of the Cinema Impact hands-on filmmaking course produced by director Yamamoto Masashi, featuring the participation of thirteen up-and-coming directors. Yamamoto himself helms this depiction of fifty yea...
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HEARTACHE (2012)
- Director
- FUKASAKU Kenta
- Cast
- KAWAKAMI Shizuko, Joey, TOYODA Yu
One of five films to emerge from the first year of the Cinema Impact hands-on filmmaking course produced by director Yamamoto Masashi and featuring the participation of 13 up-and-coming directors. All of the films had to shoot in two different locati...
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People of Choo Choo Town (2012)
- Director
- SUZUKI Takuji
- Cast
- ARIMOTO Yukino, OKAZAKI Miya, SUWA Nobuhiro
One of five films to emerge from the first year of the Cinema Impact hands-on filmmaking course produced by director Yamamoto Masashi, featuring the participation of thirteen up-and-coming directors. This ensemble piece set in the fictional "Choo Cho...
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Passing through the Woods (2012)
- Director
- ZEZE Takahisa
- Cast
- ARIMUNE Mariko, ARIMOTO Yukino, ITO Nozomi
One of five films to emerge from the first year of the Cinema Impact hands-on filmmaking course produced by director Yamamoto Masashi and featuring the participation of 13 up-and-coming directors. All of the films had to shoot in two different locati...
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2.11 (2012)
- Director
- OMORI Tatsushi
- Cast
- ANRAKU Masashi, ICHIHASHI Yuko, ITO Nozomi
One of five films to emerge from the first year of the Cinema Impact hands-on filmmaking course produced by director Yamamoto Masashi and featuring the participation of 13 up-and-coming directors. All of the films had to shoot in two different locati...
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THE WASTELAND (2012)
- Director
- TSURISAKI Kiyotaka
- Cast
Third documentary directed by corpse photographer-cum-visual creator Tsurisaki Kiyotaka, following up on his previous films OROZCO THE EMBALMER and JUNK FILMS the collected short shockumentaries of Tsurisaki Kiyotaka. Director Tsurisaki has a career ...
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Hi-Zai (2012)
- Director
- FUKUNAGA Shuhei, IZUO Masahiro
- Cast
- OCHIAI Motoki, TOMOSAKA Rie, FUKAMI Motoki
Screened at the 4th Okinawa International Movie Festival. This ensemble drama, set at popular Okinawan commerical complex Depot Island, revolves around six men and women from different walks of life whose destinies gradually begin to intersect. A y...
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Hitori kakurenbo shin tosidensetsu (2012)
- Director
- TORII Yasutake
- Cast
- NONAKA Misato, AYUKAWA Taiyo, KAECHI Momoko
Third installation in the horror series starring idols, this one themed on "solo hide and seek," a séance technique famous as an urban legend. Must-see for the speed-packed portrayal of terror, and unexpected plot twists. AKB48 member Nonaka Misato m...
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Till Death Do Us Part -Nananka- (2012)
- Director
- MATSUMURA Kiyohide
- Cast
- TOYONAGA Toshiyuki, FUJIE Reina, AWANE Makoto
The second film in an action series following the fates of a doomed man and woman. The female lead is played by Fujie Reina of globally popular idol group AKB48. Nitta Reira (Fujie) is undergoing treatment at Inaba Clinic, a small hospital in the c...
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Till Death Do Us Part -Colorless Blue- (2012)
- Director
- MATSUMURA Kiyohide
- Cast
- KYAN Yutaka, NOMIZU Iori, SEKI Tomokazu
The first film in an action series following the fates of a man and woman who bear deep emotional scars and darkness within them. Kyan Yutaka, a member of popular rock band Golden Bomber, takes his first starring role in a film. Japanese-Chinese Me...
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"Mo iikai" Three laws about leprosy (2012)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Ichiro
- Cast
- USAMI Osamu, HATANO Kentaro, SOGANO Kazumi
Documentary that comprehensively traces Japan's policy to eliminate Hansen's disease patients based on the testimony of 22 interested parties from Japan and Korea. Japan has forcibly isolated Hansen's disease patients in sanatoriums for roughly 100 ...
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AKKO-CHAN: The Movie (2012)
- Director
- KAWAMURA Taisuke
- Cast
- AYASE Haruka, OKADA Masaki
A live-action adaptation of Akatsuka Fujio's girl's manga (which also became a popular animated television series), featuring a brand-new story. A precocious 10-year-old elementary school girl is transformed into a 22-year-old university student by a...
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Gareki to radio (2012)
- Director
- UMEMURA Taro, TSUKAHARA Kazunari
- Cast
- People of Minamisanriku
A documentary focusing on a radio station that came into being around two months after the Great East Japan Earthquake. It records the daily lives of people living in the disaster-hit areas, and their gradual steps toward recovery. FM Minasan (every...
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Utae machigwa (2012)
- Director
- NITTA Yoshitaka
- Cast
- ARASHIRO Kame, TAKARA Tamiko, KAMIJI Misako
Documentary about residents of a shopping district in Okinawa Prefecture's Naha City. Records the volunteers who strive to revitalize the market with "music" as their keyword. Feature film directorial debut for Nitta Yoshitaka. At a time when the ho...
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Rurouni Kenshin (2012)
- Director
- OTOMO Keishi
- Cast
- SATOH Takeru, TAKEI Emi, KIKKAWA Koji
A live-action adaptation of Watsuki Nobuhiro's sword-action manga that has sold a total of over 57 million copies, been translated in 23 countries, and also inspired an animated series. A slight and mild-mannered young man who was once an assassin wo...
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DEAREST (2012)
- Director
- FURUHATA Yasuo
- Cast
- TAKAKURA Ken, TANAKA Yuko, SATO Koichi
An official selection of the 36th Montreal World Film Festival. This road movie, which reunites Poppoya director Furuhata Yasuo and star Takakura Ken, gently depicts meetings and farewells between various people through the prism of a couple's deep l...
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UVERworld documentary the song (2012)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Teppei
- Cast
- UVERworld
A documentary on UVERworld, a five-piece rock band that made its major label debut in 2005. As well as powerful performance scenes, it features plenty of downtime footage showing the members as they truly are and also touches upon their approach to m...
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Finding Refuge in Ishinomaki (2012)
- Director
- FUJIKAWA Keizo
- Cast
Documentary shot at an elementary school that served as an emergency shelter after the March 11, 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Director Fujikawa Keizo lived on location for about six months, and draws out the genuine emotions of the disaster vi...
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Ashura he no michi (2012)
- Director
- KATAOKA Shuji
- Cast
- Hakuryu, OZAWA Hitoshi, INOUE Mikoto
Action film co-starring Hakuryu and Ozawa Hitoshi, stars who epitomize the villain role in Japan. Director Kataoka Shuji has released numerous yakuza films. Former army hitman Wolf (Hakuryu) gets contracted to assassinate a big shot who controls Jap...
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Gekijoban Fairy Tail hoo no miko (2012)
- Director
- FUJIMORI Masaya
- Cast
- KAKIHARA Tetsuya, HIRANO Aya, KUGIMIYA Rie
The first animated feature film based on Mashima Hiro's popular Kodansha Manga Award-winning manga FAIRY TAIL about the adventures of young men and women who can use magic. Mashima was involved in the production of the film, which features numerous d...
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Fuji Students (2012)
- Director
- NOMURA Gakuya
- Cast
- NAKASATO Haru, MIYAGI Toyoko, MIYAGI Kikuko
Documentary about students from Sekitoku Girl's High School who cared for wounded soldiers during the Battle of Okinawa at the close of the Pacific War. The bitter experiences of these girls who survived with minimal wartime deaths comes to life thro...
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The Kirishima Thing (2012)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Daihachi
- Cast
- KAMIKI Ryunosuke, HASHIMOTO Ai, OHGO Suzuka
Directed by Yoshida Daihachi, whose FUNUKE Show Some Love, You Losers! was an official selection of the Cannes Film Festival's Critic's Week, The Kirishima Thing is an adaptation of Asai Ryo's bestselling novel. It became an extraordinarily long-runn...
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My Melody (2012)
- Director
- OKUBO Masao
- Cast
- SAKUMA Rei, TAKEUCHI Junko, MAEDA Noboru
After seeing how happy My Melody and Ruby are that the Jewelpet movie is about to begin, Kuromi gets jealous and starts drawing her own picture on the movie poster, planning to take over the movie! Afterwards, feeling pleased with herself, Kuromi goe...
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Jewelpet The Princess of Sweets Land (2012)
- Director
- SAKURAI Hiroaki
- Cast
- ASHIDA Mana, SAITO Ayaka, HIRANO Aya
Ruby and friends visit Jewel Land's neighboring kingdom, Sweets Land, in order to celebrate Princess Mana's birthday with a dance. While preparation for the party goes on, however, a huge mysterious gummy falls down from the sky! What appears from wi...
