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Kuchisakeonna returns (2012)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Junichi
- Cast
- OOHORI Megumi, RIKUNA Yuka, KOZAWA Marina
Unique horror film with an unprecedented take on the terror of the "slit-mouthed woman," an urban legend that was all the rage in the 1970s and has been repeatedly made into films. In special split-mouth make-up, former idol group SDN48 member Oohori...
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A document film of Keiji Haino (2012)
- Director
- SHIRAO Kazuhiro
- Cast
- HAINO Keiji, Fushitsusha, TAKAHASHI Ikuro
A documentary focusing on Haino Keiji, a musician who has forged a unique career in Japan's underground scene since the 1970s, gaining him a large following at home and abroad. It gives witness to his ongoing and unrelenting quest to discover new fo...
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Soup umarekawari no monogatari (2012)
- Director
- OTSUKA Yukichi
- Cast
- NAMASE Katsuhisa, KONISHI Manami, KARIYA Yuiko
It depicts familial bonds and perspectives on life and death, as seen in the struggle of an awkward man who loses his life in a sudden accident. Hopeless office worker Shibuya Kenichi (Namase Katsuhisa) is divorced by his wife, and is also hated b...
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Let's get rhythm of the hands, Anpanman and Wonder Parasol (2012)
- Director
- SHINOHARA Toshiya
- Cast
- TODA Keiko, NAKAO Ryusei, Dreaming (TERADA Chiyo / TERADA Kayo)
An animated short film that was screened together with the feature ANPANMAN: Revive Banana Island!. Twin sister singing duo Dreaming add their voices to the guest cast in this musical depiction of the adventures of Anpanman and two sister hippopotamu...
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ANPANMAN: Revive Banana Island! (2012)
- Director
- YANO Hiroyuki
- Cast
- TODA Keiko, NAKAO Ryusei, KIMURA Yoshino
The 24th feature film based on a popular animated television series created by Yanase Takashi. With a theme of recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake, it presents a lively depiction of Anpanman's attempts to save Banana Island from peril. Its ...
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THE LIFE OF BUDORI GUSUKO (2012)
- Director
- SUGII Gisaburo
- Cast
- OGURI Shun, KUTSUNA Shioli, KUSAKARI Tamiyo
Animation adaptation of the classic work by Miyazawa Kenji, children's book author with enduring nation-wide popularity. Portrays a youth with a keen sense of honor as he deals with cold-weather damage. Original story by Miyazawa, directed by Sugii G...
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A second virgin woman,：Passing rain (2012)
- Director
- NARITA Yusuke
- Cast
- MARU Junko, KOBAYASHI Yuto, TAKAHASHI Hiroshi
A film from "Summer," the first group of works from the Love & Eros CINEMA COLLECTION 2nd season, created by filmmakers from various fields on the themes of love and sex. Depicts the relationship between a runaway youth and a married woman who bears ...
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A slightly erotic experience in actual life ：5 seconds before kiss (2012)
- Director
- TAJIRI Yuji
- Cast
- HAMADA Shoko, KASAHARA Hideyuki, OGAWA Rin
A film from "Summer," the first group of works from the Love & Eros CINEMA COLLECTION 2nd season, created by filmmakers from various fields on the themes of love and sex. Depicts a somewhat unusual love situation comprising a trio of girls and a guy....
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Farmer's wife：35 years old, her skirt flutters in the wind (2012)
- Director
- KANEDA Satoshi
- Cast
- KAMON Yoko, Katsuya, YOSHIOKA Mutsuo
A film from "Summer," the first group of works from the Love & Eros CINEMA COLLECTION 2nd season, created by filmmakers from various fields on the themes of love and sex. Erotic portrayal of the turmoil experienced by a young woman in a farming famil...
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Venus in Eros (2012)
- Director
- IMAI Takako
- Cast
- HARA Saori, Alan VINCENT, Sonoya MIZUNO
A musical with a touch of fantasy about the romantic entanglements created when sculptures fall in love. Its director is Imai Takako, whose debut short film was greeted with considerable acclaim at overseas film festivals. Deep with a forest stands a...
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Kamihate Store (2012)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Tatsuya
- Cast
- TAKAHASHI Keiko, TERAJIMA Susumu, AGATA Morio
The fiction film debut of Yamamoto Tatsuya, whose documentary Her dear old house was highly regarded both at home and abroad, and the third movie from the "Kitashirakawa-ha Eiga Geijutsu Undo" (Kitashirakawa-group film art movement), a project involv...
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Animation Maestro GISABURO (2012)
- Director
- ISHIOKA Masato
- Cast
- SUGII Gisaburo, OTSUKA Yasuo, TEZUKA Osamu
A documentary film that profiles animator Sugii Gisaburo, who has been involved in the creation of numerous masterpieces since the early days of Japanese animation. Its director is Ishioka Masato, who displayed his talent for delving into the inner l...
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Helter Skelter (2012)
- Director
- NINAGAWA Mika
- Cast
- SAWAJIRI Erika, OMORI Nao, TERAJIMA Shinobu
SAKURAN director Ninagawa Mika's live-action adaptation of the eponymous manga by Okazaki Kyoko, a creator of shojo (young girls) manga with a devoted fanbase, utilizes brilliantly colored visuals in depicting the descent of an outwardly perfect but ...
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Dreams for Sale (2012)
- Director
- NISHIKAWA Miwa
- Cast
- MATSU Takako, ABE Sadawo, TANAKA Rena
An richly evocative drama about a couple who lose everything in a fire and attempt to make a fresh start by swindling others. Its director is Nishikawa Miwa, whose SWAY and Dear Doctor were screened at numerous film festivals around the world. Marr...
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The Samurai That Night (2012)
- Director
- AKAHORI Masaaki
- Cast
- SAKAI Masato, YAMADA Takayuki, ARAI Hirofumi
A suspenseful drama from Akahori Masaaki, playwright for popular theater troupe THE SHAMPOO HAT, who adapted his own play that was nominated for the 52nd Kishida Kunio Drama Award. It uses a unique storytelling style to depict a man's descent into ma...
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I'M FLASH! (2012)
- Director
- TOYODA Toshiaki
- Cast
- FUJIWARA Tatsuya, MATSUDA Ryuhei, NAGAYAMA Kento
A mysterious drama revolving around the leader of a religious cult, his bodyguard, and a beautiful woman of unknown identity and motivations who suddenly appears on the scene. Internationally-acclaimed director Toyoda Toshiaki evokes the characters' ...
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AFTER SCHOOL MIDNIGHTERS (2012)
- Director
- TAKEKIYO Hitoshi
- Cast
- YAMADERA Koichi, TAGUCHI Hiromasa, TOMATSU Haruka
An animated feature born from media creator Takekiyo Hitoshi's "After School Midnighters" series of CG shorts. An anatomical model and a skeleton form a duo and wreak late-night havoc at an elementary school in this frenetic comedy. Kunstlijk (voice...
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My Departure (2012)
- Director
- MAEDA Tetsu
- Cast
- MAEKAWA Kiyoshi, SAKAI Wakako, YAMADA Yu
Drama depicting two men and a woman, each with their own issues, who head for Fukui, and their maturity and rejuvenation through travel. Numerous famous attractions in Fukui appear, including Maruoka Castle and the Asakura Family Ruins. Recently ret...
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Yu no e no machi ni (2012)
- Director
- HOSHINO Yoshiyuki
- Cast
- YUZUKI Ayami, SHISHIDO Kai, BABA Ryoma
Drama about a girl who doesn't know her biological mother and her rediscovery of family bonds that she'd lost sight of. Portrays complex human relationships with a heart-warming touch, while frequently interweaving the customs and local culture of Uc...
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The defender of death-row convicts (2012)
- Director
- SAITO Junichi
- Cast
- YASUDA Yoshihiro
Lawyer Yasuda Yoshihiro has given legal counsel to defendants in many heinous cases that have resulted in the death penalty, including Aum Shinrikyo leader Asahara Shoko. This substantial documentary raises questions about Japan's judiciary through Y...
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OLO (2012)
- Director
- IWASA Hisaya
- Cast
- OLO, Momo Chenga, Lhamo Tso
A documentary that follows three years in the life of a young boy named Olo, who came to India from Tibet at the age of six seeking asylum. Director Iwasa Hisaya, known for his film {Nemure Mitsu}, delicately captures the boy's longing for his homela...
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Beyond the oneday story of 2PM & 2AM (2012)
- Director
- OMICHI Shoichi
- Cast
- 2PM, 2AM
Up-close and personal documentary of the 10-member band Oneday, comprised of the two popular K-pop groups 2PM and 2AM. Starts with the genesis of these two contrasting groups born from the same talent TV show, and takes us behind the scenes for JYP N...
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Balloon relay (2012)
- Director
- FUJIMURA Kyohei
- Cast
- KARIYA Yuiko, OKUBO Shotaro, Minami
Third project from D-MAP, the program supporting young directors through a partnership between United Cinema and SKIPCITY Sai-No-Kuni Visual Plaza. Coming-of-age slapstick comedy by young director Fujimura Kyohei. The quirky ruckus of colorful charac...
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Ichi tasu ichi wa ichi ichi (2012)
- Director
- YAZAKI Hitoshi
- Cast
- KITA Yoko, AWASHIMA Zuimaro, MATSUBAYASHI Urara
Second production from the Eiga24ku workshop, which aims to nurture filmmakers and achieve local development. Director Yazaki Hitoshi, whose slender oeuvre includes internationally and domestically praised films like {March comes in like a lion} and ...
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Korista the movie (2012)
- Director
- NAKAJIMA Takashi
- Cast
- SOS, KINO
A feature film produced as a spinoff of "Korista", a popular infotainment show focusing on South Korean stars that is screened on satellite television network Entermeitele. This documentary closely follows SOS, a group based in Tokyo's Shin-Okubo dis...
