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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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MINNADE TEASOBI ANPANMAN TO ITAZURAOBAKE (2013)
- Director
- HIMAKI Yuji
- Cast
- TODA Keiko, NAKAO Ryusei
An animated film that invites the audience to participate and clap along while watching. It follows the escapades of three mischievous ghosts. Screened together with Fly! Handkerchief of hope. Deroron, Dororon, and Zuroron amuse themselves by scarin...
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Fly! Handkerchief of hope (2013)
- Director
- YANO Hiroyuki
- Cast
- TODA Keiko, NAKAO Ryusei, MOTOKARIYA Yuika
The 25th film in the popular animated franchise that celebrated its 25th year on television in 2013. It presents a heartwarming depiction of a tiny boy elephant's gradual growth through his friendship with Anpanman. Its story is provided by manga cre...
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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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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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Yasai no Yosei Quize Gekijo (2013)
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- Cast
A feature version of an animated television series based on a picture book by illustrator Amano Yoshitaka. The everyday lives of vegetable pixies living in a New York kitchen is cutely rendered by watercolor-style 3D computer animation. It is an eve...
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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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Glass of Mask Desuga (2013)
- Director
- TANI Azuma
- Cast
- NAKANE Kumiko, NAKANE Kumiko, SHIRAISHI Haruka
Gag anime feature film that spoofs "Glass Mask," the popular comic by Miuchi Suzue. The characters veer wildly from the original storyline as they put their wham-bang shenanigans on display. Legendary spy Tsukikage Chigusa a.k.a. "the Moon (voice: N...
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Senkaku rock (2013)
- Director
- SONODA Hideto
- Cast
- TOKMA, FUKUZAWA Houyou
A documentary about territorial rights to the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. It is directed by Sonoda Hideto, whose background includes helming commercials. On September 18th 2012, one week after the Japanese government nationalized the Senk...
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Muneoism ai to kyoso no 13nichikan (2013)
- Director
- KANEKO Yu
- Cast
- SUZUKI Muneo, MATSUYAMA Chiharu, SATO Masaru
A documentary that closely follows Diet member Suzuki Muneo and has been described as the second in a series on Japanese politics by director Kaneko Yu, who profiled a neo-rightist organization in Belgrade 1999. It presents a detailed behind-the-scen...
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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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Ghost in the Shell ARISE border: 1 Ghost Pain (2013)
- Director
- KISE Kazuchika
- Cast
- SAKAMOTO Maaya, JYUKU Ikkyu, MATSUDA Kenichiro
The first film in a new animated series based on Shirow Masamune's science fiction manga "Kokaku Kidotai". It depicts the origin of anti-cyber crime unit Public Security Section 9. Popular science fiction author Ubukata Tow provides the screenplay. ...
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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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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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DANCE EARTH -BEAT TRIP- (2013)
- Director
- SATO TETSUYA
- Cast
- EXILE USA, EXILE MATSU
Feature film rendition of the "DANCE EARTH" project launched in 2008 by USA, member of the popular dance and performance group EXILE. This documentary follows the project's travels as it connects the world through dance. Dancer USA visits 7 countrie...
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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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Inochi o tanoshimu Yoko to gan no 2nenkan (2013)
- Director
- Cast
- WATANABE Yoko, KONDO Makoto, ANMINO Hiroyuki
In-depth documentary about Watanabe Yoko, who decided to forgo cancer drugs under the guidance of physician Kondo Makoto, author of "Dear Patient, Don't Fight with Cancer." Structured and shot by Sasaki Yumi and Matsubara Akira, creators of social do...
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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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Returning their Gaze – Animals of the Great Earthquake (2013)
- Director
- SHISHIDO Daisuke
- Cast
- ABE Tomoko, OKADA Hisako, YOSHIZAWA Masami
Second documentary showing the current reality of animals in Japan. Captures the harsh realities besetting disaster victims and animals after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, including a couple who lose their beloved dog to the tsunami, a man who s...
