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sah nohara e ikou aozorajishuhoiku no sannenkan (2011)
- Director
- KIRINO Naoko
- Cast
- HIRANO Aya
The Aozora Jishu Hoiku Nakayoshi-kai (blue sky independent childcare friends group) is an independent outdoor childcare group in Kamakura City, Kanagawa that has been active since 1985. Based in a rural valley, the children who take part play in the ...
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Kyoufu Shinbun (2011)
- Director
- OMORI Kenichi
- Cast
- Shinjiro(AAA), KONNO Narumi, SOUMA Keisuke
Film adaptation of the legendary horror manga by Tsunoda Jiro that took the 70s by storm. Directed by Omori Kenichi, the film won the top prize at the Odawara Film Festival as well as numerous other awards at film festivals in Japan. Stars Shinjiro f...
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Eclair (2011)
- Director
- KONDO Akio
- Cast
- YOSHII Hajime, Saori, ISHIDA Ayumi
An emotional drama based on an autobiographical novel by Nishimura Shigeru. The resilience of ordinary people who survived the turbulent period during and after World War II is warmly depicted from the perspective of an orphaned boy named Akio who is...
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mugonkan (2011)
- Director
- MIYAKI Tatsuo
- Cast
Anti-war documentary introducing the Museum of Silence (Mugonkan) in Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture, a museum commemorating art students who died at war. Directed by veteran documentary filmmaker Miyaki Tatsuo under the supervision of museum head Kubos...
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Three☆Points (2011)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Masashi
- Cast
- MURAKAMI Jun, AOI Sola, WATANABE Daichi
Director Yamamoto Masashi has consistently exhibi ted his except ional t alent through his uninhibited style of filmmaking and production, and he returns to his roots with this ambitious independently produced omnibus. Three stories, depicted in thre...
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kiganjo of lupin (2011)
- Director
- AKIHARA Masatoshi
- Cast
- YAMADERA Koichi, IWATA Sayuri, UDO suzuki
Director Akihara Masatoshi, who has brought many classics of Japanese literature to the silver screen such as Dazai Osamu's "The Setting Sun", has taken Maurice Leblanc's novel of the same title and adapted it as a comedy set in Japan. Popular voice ...
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Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011)
- Director
- SHINKAI Makoto
- Cast
- KANEMOTO Hisako, IRINO Miyu, INOUE Kazuhiko
Ever since his debut film Voices of a Distant Star, director Shinkai Makoto has won a huge following among young audiences for his painstaking depictions of emotional distance. Four years after 5 Centimeters per Second, he has once again assembled an...
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PEAK –The Rescuers- (2011)
- Director
- KATAYAMA Osamu
- Cast
- OGURI Shun, NAGASAWA Masami, SASAKI Kuranosuke
Based on the popular comics by Ishizuka Shinichi, this drama shines the spotlight on mountain rescue operations. Star Oguri was a big fan of the original story, and he attempts ice wall climbing and rappelling in snow-covered mountains. His genuine p...
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DIAMONDS (2011)
- Director
- FUJIN
- Cast
- TSUKINO Miyuu, OIE Kimi, Emi
Kirapojyo are an idol unit who drew attention for their cover of the Princess Princess song "Diamonds". This documentary is comprised of footage following the unit's four members, and scenes from a live performance in February 2011. In the first half...
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Pink SUBARU (2011)
- Director
- OGAWA Kazuya
- Cast
- AKRAM Telawe, LANA Zreik, MICHAL Yannai
A transnational humanistic drama set in a "car thief district" that actually exists near the Israel-Palestine border. Elzober, an Arab living in Israel, has become a widower and lives an honest life with his younger sister Aisha and his two children....
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CRAZY-ISM (2011)
- Director
- KUBOTA Shoji
- Cast
- BABA Ryoma, AN Akiko, UENOBORI Makoto
Director Kubota Shoji, whose LOST LOVE MURDER was officially selected by the Montreal World Film Festival and highly praised, has adapted his own original screenplay for this close-quarters crime suspense film. It was shot continuously over 40 hours ...
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Crayon Shin-chan Arashi wo yobu Ougon no Spy Daisakusen (2011)
- Director
- MASUI Soichi
- Cast
- YAJIMA Akiko, NARAHASHI Miki, FUJIWARA Keiji
The 19th entry in a feature film series based on "Crayon Shin-chan", a popular animated television series broadcast in countries all over the world. Its director is Masui Soichi, who provided storyboards for the 15th film in the Crayon Shin-chan seri...
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The good person (2011)
- Director
- KATO Yukihiro
- Cast
- YOKOE Tomoko, ISHIKAWA Koji, USUI Shinichi
An absurdist drama featuring unrestrained performances from an eccentric cast and bizarre plot developments. Director Kato Yukihiro has received considerable acclaim for his wildly inventive and humorous works, and has also won several awards at film...
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When You Wish Upon a Star (2011)
- Director
- KAWANO Koji
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Aoi, YAMASHITA Rio, KODAMA Kinuyo
Coming-of-age story based on the comic of the same title by Hara Hidenori. Kotaro (Nakamura Aoi) gets held back a year at a Tokyo prep school and transfers to a high school in Toyama Prefecture, where his distant relatives reside. Depressed after los...
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Paper Balloon (2011)
- Director
- HIROHARA Satoru, SANADA Kohei, YOSHIKAWA Ryo
- Cast
- OOGO Suzuka, MORIOKA Ryu, MASUKI Ako
An omnibus of short films made by students at the Tokyo University of the Arts' Graduate School of Film and New Media. Based on the work of prominent Japanese playwright Kishida Kunio, it has four directors including Hirohara Satoru, whose Good Morni...
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Maho shojo o wasurenai (2011)
- Director
- HORI Teiichi
- Cast
- TAKAHASHI Ryuki, TANIUCHI Risa, USUI Masahiro
Fantastical coming-of-age drama that delivers a live-action adaptation of the youth-oriented light novel by Shinana Yasuyuki, with a cast of the same generation as the fan base. Set in Fukuoka, the film refreshingly depicts true-to-life relationships...
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Citizen Police 69 (2011)
- Director
- HONDA Ryuichi
- Cast
- SAKAI Toshiya, HAYAMI Akari, HARA Saori
An adaptation of the eponymous manga by Yanagisawa Kimio (Tokumei Kakaricho Tadano Hitoshi). Character actor Sakai Toshiya, known for his mild-mannered personality, gives an extraordinary performance as a nondescript and timid middle-aged man who tra...
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THE KUNOICHI -Ninja Girl- (2011)
- Director
- CHIBA Seiji
- Cast
- TAKEDA Rina, KOGA Mitsuki, MIMOTO Masanori
Action-packed historical drama dealing with female ninjas, directed by ninja-genre master Chiba Seiji. Stars national karate champion Takeda Rina, and uses magnificent fight scenes to depicts the mettle of a heroine who battles for the dignity of wom...
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Nana to Kaoru (2011)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Atsushi
- Cast
- TOCHIHARA Rakuto, NAGASE Maho, SOMEYA Toshiyuki
A school drama about a rather dangerous liaison between high schoolers discovering the pleasures of SM, based on the popular manga by Amazume Ryuta. This live-action adaptation is brought to the screen by director Shimizu Atsushi, who has developed a...
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Mobile Suit Gundam UC episode 3: The Ghost of Laplace (2011)
- Director
- FURUHASHI Kazuhiro
- Cast
- UCHIYAMA Koki, FUJIMURA Ayumi, SHIMONO Hiro
Third installation of the six-part animation adaptation of a section from the novel version of MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM UNICORN by Fukui Harutoshi, who also authored original stories like Aegis. Numerous violent battles over the forbidden Laplace's Box unf...
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Macross Frontier the Movie -Sayonara no Tsubasa- (2011)
- Director
- KAWAMORI Shoji
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Yuichi, ENDO Aya, NAKAJIMA Megumi
The conclusion to the story begun in the animated science fiction film {Macross Frontier The Movie: The False Songstress}. Taking place three months after the events of that film, it is packed full the Macross series' customary songs, battle scenes, ...
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Sekai no dokonidemo aru basyo (2011)
- Director
- OMORI Kazuki
- Cast
- KUMAKURA Isao, MARUYAMA Yuko, SAKATA Teppei
An ensemble comedy set in an unorthodox mental institution. With a cast featuring the entire membership of popular theater troupe Super Eccentric Theater, it presents a lively depiction of the slapstick antics of men and women of various ages who hav...
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This one thing I do (2011)
- Director
- YAMADA Hisako
- Cast
- MURAKAMI Hiroaki, KUDOH Youki, ICHIKAWA Emiya
A biographical drama portraying the life of Tomeoka Kosuke, a philanthropist who devoted his life to the reform of delinquent youths during the Meiji Period. It touches on his way of life, and how his pain at seeing children driven to commit crimes a...
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Ｒessha daikosin the movie Shinkansendaishugo (2011)
- Director
- Cast
- TOKUNAGA Reiko, NAGAFUCHI Yukitoshi, NONAKA Ai
The second film in a series featuring children's favorite trains. Animated characters present footage of bullet trains from all over Japan in action, as well as production lines, maintenance, preservation and more, and also pose quiz questions. The n...
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Merisan no denwa (2011)
- Director
- MIHARA Mitsuhiro
- Cast
- SAAYA, KIKUCHI Ayaka, NAGASAWA Nao
A high school horror co-starring gravure idol Saaya and Kikuchi Ayaka of pop idol group AKB48. People who receive a phone call from a girl who calls herself Mary die mysterious deaths one after another... This urban legend, well-known among young peo...
