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OBA, THE LAST SAMURAI (2011)
- Director
- HIRAYAMA Hideyuki
- Cast
- TAKENOUCHI Yutaka, Sean McGOWAN, INOUE Mao
Toward the end of the Pacific War, Imperial Japanese Army Captain Oba Sakae managed to confound the 45,000-strong U.S. forces on Saipan with a band of only fourty-seven soldiers. Based on Don Jones' "Oba, the Last Samurai: Saipan 1944-45", a novelise...
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Gene Waltz (2011)
- Director
- OTANI Kentaro
- Cast
- KANNO Miho, TANABE Seiichi, OMORI Nao
Film adaptation of the same-titled bestseller authored by Kaido Takeru, whose has seen many of his medical mysteries, including Team Batista no Eiko, turned into films. Directed by Otani Kentaro, who also directed . Kanno Miho, who appeared in Perman...
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Memories of Family (2011)
- Director
- MURAKAMI Masahiro
- Cast
- MATSUMOTO Yasunori, FUKUEN Misato, TAKAGI Wataru
Made a splash not only for simultaneously rolling out the thirteen-episode TV series and feature film, but also as the industry's first anime for senior citizens. Warmly depicts the passion for making goods at a local factory and the bonds among fami...
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Love of 24 years old (2011)
- Director
- NAKAMACHI Saku
- Cast
- Anri, FUJISAWA Digo, KUSANO Ini
Up-and-coming director Nakamachi Saku handled planning, producing and scriptwriting. This love story wistfully depicts a solitary, unpleasant woman as she loses her virginity. Kanai Aya, an idol formerly popular amongst the otaku crowd, changed her n...
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DOCUMENTARY of AKB48 - to be continued (2011)
- Director
- KANCHIKU Yuri
- Cast
- AKB48
AKB48, the girl group that boasts fans of every stripe throughout the country. Documentary covering events in 2010 for these girls, who made their big break not as idols, but as "stars you can actually go and meet." Mainly features interviews of the ...
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ISHI NO FURU OKA = Rock Falling Hill = (2011)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Yohei
- Cast
- FURUKAWA Yuta, SASAKI Yoshihide, NAKAJIMA Airi
This black comedy depicts two youths who do their best to deal with a calamity in their village. Second feature by Takahashi Yohei, who also does music videos and commercial films. Ango village gets rained on by rocks instead of rain after being curs...
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Kaikyo o tsunagu hikari Tmamushi to shojo to nikkan rekisi roman (2011)
- Director
- INUI Hiroaki
- Cast
- IRIYA Mai, NISHIOKA Tokuma, CHOI Gwang Woong
Japan-Korea co-produced documentary tracking the restoration of the so-called Tamamushi (or Jewel Beetle) Shrine, a roughly 1400-year-old ornamentation. Director Inui Hiroaki has been following the Tamamushi Shrine since completing Spirits of Wood an...
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Hard life murasaki no seishun koi to kenka to tokkofuku (2011)
- Director
- SEKI Kenji
- Cast
- TERASHIMA Saki, KATAOKA Shinwa, AKIYAMA Rina
Director Seki Kenji initiated this adaptation of the autobiography of Takahashi Sueko, a legendary female bike gang leader during the 1990s. Terashima Saki, who won the Monaco International Film Festival's Best Actress award for her performance in Ci...
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WANKO - The Story of Me, My Family and My Dog (2011)
- Director
- NAKAE Isamu
- Cast
- SATO Ryuta, ASO Kumiko, HASHINO Ryunosuke
A touching family movie based on a true story that was featured on "Kyo no Wanko" (Today's Dog), a popular segment in a Fuji Television news magazine show. Set during the volcanic eruption on the island of Miyakejima in August 2000, it is an unwaveri...
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ANDALUCIA (2011)
- Director
- NISHITANI Hiroshi
- Cast
- ODA Yuji, KUROKI Meisa, TODA Erika
The second film featuring the character of diplomat Kuroda Kosaku, who has also been the subject of a television series. This time our hero, an agent in the Japanese Foreign Ministry's anti-terrorism unit, gets caught up in an international financial...
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PRINCESS TOYOTOMI (2011)
- Director
- SUZUKI Masayuki
- Cast
- TSUTSUMI Shinichi, AYASE Haruka, OKADA Masaki
A fantasy set in a parallel world, adapted from Makime Manabu's Naoki Prize-nominated novel. It comically depicts the revelation of a secret regarding the successor to the Toyotomi clan that has been kept for 400 years by the people of Osaka, and how...
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Hankyu Railway ― A 15-minute Miracle (2011)
- Director
- MIYAKE Yoshishige
- Cast
- NAKATANI Miki, TODA Erika, MIYAMOTO Nobuko
A heart-warming ensemble drama based on the short story collections of Arikawa Hiro. Set around the Hankyu Imazu train line in Hyogo that takes only fifiteen minutes to travel from start to finish, it warmly captures vignettes from the lives of the p...
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SP The Motion Picture II (2011)
- Director
- HATANO Takafumi
- Cast
- OKADA Junichi, KAGAWA Teruyuki, MAKI Yoko
The second feature film in a conspiracy-laden suspense action series about V.I.P. protection. Following the television series, the first film, and a television special, this final instalment follows a crack security police team who put their lives on...
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PATISSERIE Coin de rue (2011)
- Director
- FUKAGAWA Yoshihiro
- Cast
- EGUCHI Yosuke, AOI Yu, TODA Keiko
An emotional drama involving delicious desserts. A cake maker's daughter from Kagoshima travels to Tokyo to find her boyfriend and take him back with her, but begins to look at herself in a new light when she meets a legendary former patissier. The n...
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1778 Stories of Me and My Wife (2011)
- Director
- HOSHI Mamoru
- Cast
- KUSANAGI Tsuyoshi, TAKEUCHI Yuko, TANIHARA Shosuke
A film inspired by the lives of science fiction writer Mayumura Taku, known for works such as {The Aimed School}, and his wife Etsuko, who died of colorectal cancer in 2002. It warmly depicts a husband who writes a short story every day for five year...
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Shiawase no taiko o hibikasete INCLUSION (2011)
- Director
- OGURI Kenichi
- Cast
- ZUIHODAIKO
A humanistic documentary focusing on the members of Japanese drum group Zuiho Taiko - who overcame their mental disabilities to accomplish the impressive feat of taking second place at the Tokyo International Taiko Contest - and their families. Its d...
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GANTZ PERFECT ANSWER (2011)
- Director
- SATO Shinsuke
- Cast
- NINOMIYA Kazunari, MATSUYAMA Kenichi
The final instalment of the two-part film adaptation of Oku Hiroya's sci-fi action manga. Departing from its source material which is still in serialization, it arrives at a conclusion written specially for the film. Its bold depiction of two young m...
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GANTZ (2011)
- Director
- SATO Shinsuke
- Cast
- NINOMIYA Kazunari, MATSUYAMA Kenichi
The first half of a two-part adaptation of Oku Hiroya's sci-fi action manga. Two young men who should be dead are summoned by a mysterious sphere called "Gantz" that forces them to battle bizarre enemies called "aliens". Its stylish images fuse live-...
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Soreike! Anpanman: Save Cocolin and a Miracle Star (2011)
- Director
- YANO Hiroyuki
- Cast
- TODA Keiko, NAKAO Ryusei, MATSUYUKI Yasuko
The twenty-third season for the theatrical release of Soreike! Anpanman, starring the beloved character created by Yanase Takashi. This moving work conveys to children the importance of sincerity, while dealing with the topic of food, the departure p...
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DETECTIVE CONAN: Quarter of Silence (2011)
- Director
- SHIZUNO Kobun
- Cast
- TAKAYAMA Minami, YAMAZAKI Wakana, KOYAMA Rikiya
Film commemorating the fifteenth anniversary of Aoyama Gosho's hit animation Detective Conan. Directed by newcomer Shizuno Kobun under the directorial supervision of Yamamoto Yasuichiro, who has helmed the series since the eighth film. The highlight ...
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OGAWA NO HOTORI -AT RIVER'S EDGE- (2011)
- Director
- SHINOHARA Tetsuo
- Cast
- HIGASHIYAMA Noriyuki, KIKUCHI Rinko, KATSUJI Ryo
Live-action rendition of the period novella "Hole of Darkness" by Fujisawa Shuhei, also known for the story The Twilight Samurai. Thoughtfully depicts the sorrows of a samurai anguishing between honor and love, interspersed with spectacular sword fig...
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THAT'S THE WAY!! (2011)
- Director
- SATO Eimei
- Cast
- ASANO Tadanobu, HORIKITA Maki, ABE Tsuyoshi
Akatsuka Fujio, king of gag comics who passed away in 2008 after creating numerous masterpieces like "The Genius Bakabon" and "Osomatsu-kun" that elicited laughter around the world. Biographical film that delves into this daring persona based on reco...
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WASAO (2011)
- Director
- NISHIKORI Yoshinari
- Cast
- YAKUSHIMARU Hiroko, KIKUYA Wasao
Wasao, an Akita dog in Aomori Prefecture that became famous as an ugly-yet-cute dog from a traveller's blog. Heartwarming drama starring Wasao himself turns part of the life of this former stray into an original story. Setsuko (Yakushimaru Hiroko), w...
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NARUTO THE MOVIE "Blood Prison" (2011)
- Director
- MURATA Masahiko
- Cast
- TAKEUCHI Junko, TERASOMA Masaki, SONOZAKI Mie
The eighth feature film springing from the animated television series that follows the adventures of a ninja outcast, based on Kishimoto Masashi's manga which is phenomenally popular both in Japan and overseas. The screenplay is by mystery writer Hig...
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Legend of The Millennium Dragon (2011)
- Director
- KAWASAKI Hirotsugu
- Cast
- ONO Kensho, ISHIHARA Satomi, NAKAMURA Shido
Tendo Jun (voice: Ono Kensho) is a junior high school student living in Kyoto. One day on his way home from school he is pursued by a mysterious demon that appears out of the blue. He wanders into an old temple, where he gets help from the monk Genun...
