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Futari no season (2012)
- Director
- IZUCHI Kishu
- Cast
- SAWAKI Yukie, ISOBE Yasuhiro, SENDA Takuya
The twenty-third entry in the "Youth H" series, which produces works with a strong auterist approach that focus on coming-of-age and sexual themes. Its director is Izuchi Kishu, who continues to work on his own distinctive creations in the independen...
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Fukidamari no Onna (2012)
- Director
- ANDO Bon
- Cast
- KATO Azusa, MATSUI Riko, OSAKA Nodoka
The twenty-fourth entry in the "Youth H" series, which produces works with a strong auterist approach that focus on coming-of-age and sexual themes. Female erotic videomaker Ando Bon depicts the lifestyles and sex lives of women who are stuck in a pr...
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The Chasing world 5 (2012)
- Director
- ASATO Mari
- Cast
- INOUE Masahiro, NAKAMA Risa, ASARI Yosuke
Horror film depicting people who get caught in a wanton game, based on a story of the same title by popular author Yamada Yusuke. Trilogy in which parts 3 and 4 also take place simultaneously, and the stories unfold with different characters over a t...
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The Chasing world 4 (2012)
- Director
- ASATO Mari
- Cast
- ARAI Atsushi, SAGARA Itsuki, MIKI Honoka
Horror film depicting people who get caught in a wanton game, based on a story of the same title by popular author Yamada Yusuke. Trilogy in which parts 3 and 5 also take place simultaneously, and the stories unfold with different characters over a t...
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The Chasing world 3 (2012)
- Director
- ASATO Mari
- Cast
- YAMAZAKI Kento, KISHIDA Tatsuya, YAMAYA Kasumi
Horror film depicting people who get caught in a wanton game, based on a story of the same title by popular author Yamada Yusuke. Trilogy in which parts 4 and 5 also take place simultaneously, and the stories unfold with different characters over a t...
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HOTARU THE MOVIE: IT'S ONLY A LITTLE LIGHT IN MY LIFE (2012)
- Director
- YOSHINO Hiroshi
- Cast
- AYASE Haruka, FUJIKI Naohito
A movie adaptation of a hugely popular television series based on Hiura Satoru's manga. Its massive female fanbase helped it to become a 1.8 billion yen-grossing box office hit. The story picks up two years after the marriage of Hotaru (Ayase Haruka)...
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Welcome Home, HAYABUSA 3D (2012)
- Director
- MOTOKI Katsuhide
- Cast
- FUJIWARA Tatsuya, Anne, MIURA Tomokazu
A drama for family viewing that follows the voyage of space probe Hayabusa, which was widely reported around the world. It depicts the exploits of the project team and the emotional journey of their families, while also recreating Hayabusa's achievem...
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Blood-C: The Last Dark (2012)
- Director
- SHIOTANI Naoyoshi
- Cast
- MIZUKI Nana, NOJIMA Kenji, HASHIMOTO Ai
The first feature-length film in the "Blood" series that has gained attention in Japan and abroad for the inspired visual motif of its protagonist, a young girl clad in school uniform who wields a Japanese sword. Popular all-female comic artist group...
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A Letter to Momo (2012)
- Director
- OKIURA Hiroyuki
- Cast
- MIYAMA Karen, Yuka, NISHIDA Toshiyuki
A heartwarming animated fantasy from Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade director Okiura Hiroyuki that was seven years in the making. With the assistance of key animation supervisor Ando Masashi (Spirited Away), Okiura presents a richly expressive depiction of...
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Rainbow Fireflies (2012)
- Director
- UDA Kounosuke
- Cast
- TAKEI Akashi, KIMURA Ayumi, NITTA Kaito
Animation adaptation of the novel by Kawaguchi Masayuki, which made a splash as an online novel. A boy from the present-day world travels back in time to 1977 and spends a summer in a village fated to be flooded by a dam. Director Uda Konosuke of the...
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Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage: Echo of Heart (2012)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Junji
- Cast
- FUKUEN Misato, TANO Asami, KANEMOTO Hisako
Fourth crossover work for this transformation animation, which is popular amongst young girls. With a focus on the five "Smile Precure!" members from the TV show's seventh heroins, successive Precure join forces to fight evil. For the first time in ...
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Kotsutsubo (2012)
- Director
- NAGAE Jiro
- Cast
- MATSUBARA Natsumi, YOKOYAMA Rurika （Idoling!!!）, MIYAZAKI Rina
Nagae Jiro of Kokkuri-san fame directs this film adaptation of the eponymous novel by Yamada Yusuke, who enjoys big following among young people. This school horror film stars numerous popular idol group talents, including AKB48's Matsubara Natsumi a...
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Fujimi 2-chome Philharmonic Orchestra: Cold Front Conductor (2012)
- Director
- KANEDA Satoshi
- Cast
- TAKASAKI Shota, ARAI Yusuke, IWATA Sayuri
Film adaptation of long-time best selling boys' love novel by Akizuki Ko. The popular good-looking youths from the musical "The Prince of Tennis" give powerful performances in a violent bedroom scene. Also a must-see for the pop-style direction, and ...
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Kekkokamen shinsei(reborn) (2012)
- Director
- KASAKI Nozomu
- Cast
- KISHI Aino, TODA Rei
Live-action adaptation of the comic book of the same title by Nagai Go, featuring a nearly nude heroine who punishes an abusive teacher. Starring Kishi Aino, the sultry actress who has appeared in adult videos and photo spreads. Sparta Academy is the...
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Gachiban super max (2012)
- Director
- GONNO Hajime
- Cast
- KUBOTA Masataka, Suzunosuke, KONNO Narumi
Thirteenth episode in the popular action series that got its start in 2008. A youth who has arrived in Tokyo to prove himself to be the toughest delinquent gets tangled up in a Yankees feud in a provincial city, and a frenzied battle unfolds. The fig...
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Wu Yi, the smallest baby panda in the world (2012)
- Director
- SHIOHAMA Masayuki
- Cast
- HASEGAWA Jun, TOKUYAMA Cheg
A documentary that follows the growth of an extremely premature baby panda. It is compiled from a vast amount of footage that chronicles the efforts of its breeders and sheds light on the ecology of pandas, which are regarded as having a low fertilit...
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BEYOND THE WORLD .hack//The Movie 3D (2012)
- Director
- MATSUYAMA Hiroshi
- Cast
- SAKURABA Nanami, MATSUZAKA Tori, TANAKA Kei
The first 3D animated feature film in the ".hack" franchise, a multimedia project that revolves around a series of video games. Incidents that occur in a global internet video game begin to cross over into the real world. Character planning is handle...
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ALWAYS -Sunset on Third Street- 3 (2012)
- Director
- YAMAZAKI Takashi
- Cast
- YOSHIOKA Hidetaka, TSUTSUMI Shinichi, Koyuki
The third installment in a popular comedy-drama series following the lives of residents of a Tokyo neighborhood, this time taking place in 1964. Shot using the same 3D system as James Cameron's Avatar, it vividly evokes the vitality of the times by i...
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THERMAE ROMAE (2012)
- Director
- TAKEUCHI Hideki
- Cast
- ABE Hiroshi, UETO Aya, KITAMURA Kazuki
An adaptation of Yamazaki Mari's popular manga, which has won both the 2010 Manga Taisho (Cartoon Grand Prize) and the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for Best Short Work. Abe Hiroshi and the rest of its cast of talented actors with sharply sculpted face...
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LIAR GAME -REBORN- (2012)
- Director
- MATSUYAMA Hiroaki
- Cast
- MATSUDA Shota, TABE Mikako, ASHIDA Mana
The second feature film adaptation of a bestselling manga about genius scam artists engaging in intense battles of wits to win massive jackpots. Its hugely thrilling story is based on an episode from the manga that was said to be the most difficult t...
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Sensei onaka itai desu (2012)
- Director
- FUKAI Asako
- Cast
- NONAKA Anri, IIJIMA Hideyuki, KAWAKAMI Youichirou
The twenty-first entry in the "Youth H" series, which produces works with a strong auterist approach that focus on coming-of-age and sexual themes, is also the first made by a female director. In her first lead role in a film, sexy actress Nonaka Anr...
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The Life of Wolf (2012)
- Director
- NAITO Takatsugu
- Cast
- KUMANO Shinya, HOSHINO Miho, NIIO Kiriko
The tenth entry in the second season of the "Youth H" series, which produces works with a strong auterist approach that focus on coming-of-age and sexual themes. This amusing and moving road movie follows a young man suffering from a broken heart who...
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Puppy Oldman (2012)
- Director
- MAENO Tomoya
- Cast
- SAOTOME Bach, GAN Kyotaro, OKITA Anri
The ninth entry in the second season of the "Youth H" series, which produces works with a strong auterist approach that focus on coming-of-age and sexual themes. Its writer and director is Maeno Tomoya, who won a Special Jury Prize and the Cinegar Aw...
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RYUJIN MABUYER THE MOVIE (2012)
- Director
- SANO Tomoki
- Cast
- YAMADA Shintaro, ISSA, FUKUMOTO Judy Sachiko
A feature film adaptation of a superhero television show broadcast in Okinawa. It humorously depicts the adventures of an offbeat hero who doesn't vanquish his enemies, and incorporates Okinawan history, culture, and dialect. Its cast features an arr...
