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Daft Punk & Leiji Matsumoto's INTERSTELLA 5555: THE 5TORY OF THE 5ECRET 5TAR 5YSTEM (2002)
- Director
- TAKENOUCHI Kazuhisa, NISHIO Daisuke
- Cast
- MATSUMOTO Leiji
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A Boy's Summer in 1945 (2002)
- Director
- KUROKI Kazuo
- Cast
- EMOTO Tasuku, ODA Erika, HARADA Yoshio
The story takes place in Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, in the summer of 1945 just before WWII ends. Ninth-grader Yasuo (Emoto Tasuku) evacuates Tokyo, separated from his parents, and now lives with his rigid grandfather (Harada Yoshio) and grandmo...
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Daughter from Yan'an (2002)
- Director
- IKEYA Kaoru
- Cast
- HE Haixia, WANG Luchang, HUANG Yuling
This is the first feature documentary film by veteran TV documentarian Ikeya Kaoru. Daughter from Yan'an is the crystallization of his years of activity in news gathering, starting with the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989. Under the Xia fang rusti...
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Mizue (2002)
- Director
- KONUMA Masaru
- Cast
- TODA Naho, ENDO Kenichi, KITAMURA Kazuo
Mitsuru (Endo Kenichi) goes back to his hometown of Hokkaido from Tokyo to prepare for the opening of his own soba noodle shop. One day, he's visited by Mizue (Toda Naho), who is the wife of his dead brother and also used to be Mitsuru's salsa dance ...
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WOMEN IN MIRROR (2002)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Yoshishige
- Cast
- OKADA Mariko, TANAKA Yoshiko, ISSHIKI Sae
Women in Mirror is internationally acclaimed filmmaker Yoshida Yoshishige's return to the director's chair after a 14 year absence. Yoshida's name is strongly linked with the Japanese New Wave, together with Oshima Nagisa. Kawase Ai (Okada Mariko) h...
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KAKUTO (2002)
- Director
- ISEYA Yusuke
- Cast
- ISEYA Yusuke, ITO Atsushi, TAKANO Hassei
Iseya Yusuke, who has flourished as a model and actor, makes his directorial debut with Kakuto, with internationally acclaimed filmmaker Kore-eda Hirokazu (Maboroshi, After Life) playing the role of producer for the first time. Ryo (Iseya Yusuke) is...
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The Wind Carpet (2002)
- Director
- Kamal TABRIZI
- Cast
- YAGYU Miyu, Farbod AHMADJO, Reza KIANIAN
Nakata Kinta (Mikuni Rentaro) is planning to reconstruct a legendary festival set and decorate it with a Persian rug as the centerpiece. The rug is designed by Nagai Kinue (Kudo Yuki), and will be unveiled to people at the upcoming event. However, Ki...
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CATHARSIS (2002)
- Director
- SAKAGUCHI Katsumi
- Cast
- YAMAGUCHI Miyako, MANAKO Keiji, ONOUE Hiroyuki
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KEEP ON ROCKIN' (2002)
- Director
- MOROSAWA Kazuyuki
- Cast
- OKADA Koki, IGAWA Hisashi, NONAMI Maho
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The Blessing Bell (2002)
- Director
- SABU
- Cast
- TERAJIMA Susumu, NISHIDA Naomi, SUZUKI Seijun
At a lonely, closed-down factory area, a recently laid off worker named Igarashi Satoru (Terajima Susumu) walks aimlessly in his uniform. Along the way, he gets wrapped up in various events, including the death of a yakuza in front of him; an apartme...
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moon overflowing (2002)
- Director
- SAKAMAKI Ryota
- Cast
- OKAMOTO Yukiko, KAWAMOTO Kenji, MEGURO Maki
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Summer Nude (2002)
- Director
- IIZUKA Ken
- Cast
- NONAMI Maho, FURUYA Yoichi, IMAI Masayuki
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Battlefield Baseball (2002)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Yudai
- Cast
- SAKAGUCHI Taku, ITO Atsushi, SAKAKI Hideo
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SIBERIAN EXPRESS 3 (2002)
- Director
- Mike MIZUNO
- Cast
- MITA Yoshiko, UTSUI Ken, MIZUNO Haruo
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Ju-On The Grudge (2002)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Takashi
- Cast
- OKINA Megumi, ITO Misaki, UEHARA Misa
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KARAOKE TERROR (2002)
- Director
- SHINOHARA Tetsuo
- Cast
- MATSUDA Ryuhei, HIGUCHI Kanako, ANDO Masanobu
Murakami Ryu's best-selling, but controversial novel (originally serialized in the publication Playboy), was adapted by Shinohara Tetsuo, who has displayed his talent in various genres of film. Featuring young and attractive actors such as Matsuda Ry...
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ANOTHER BATTLE/CONSPIRACY (2002)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Hajime
- Cast
- TAKAHASHI Katsunori, WATANABE Ken, KOBAYASHI Nenji
The twelfth in the well-known series of yakuza films originated by Fukasaku Kinji, and the directorial debut of Hashimoto Hajime. After a lieutenant in the Oda yakuza clan is murdered, sworn brothers Yahagi Tetsuyuki (Takahashi Katsunori) and Fujima...
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DOPPELGÄNGER (2002)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Kiyoshi
- Cast
- YAKUSHO Koji, NAGASAKU Hiromi, Yusuke SANTAMARIA
Kurosawa Kiyoshi made this film almost simultaneously with his other work, bright future. Hayasaki Michio (Yakusho Koji) is exploring the possibilties of artificial human bodies, but his research isn't going well. One day, his doppelganger appears i...
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No One's Ark (2002)
- Director
- YAMASHITA Nobuhiro
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Hiroshi, KOTERA Tomoko, YAMAMOTO Takeshi
Sakai Daisuke and his girlfriend Shimada Hisako have failed at selling a smelly health drink named Akajiru in Tokyo, amassing five million yen in debts. In order to recover financially, they retreat to Daisuke's island hometown. They plan to get help...
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Hana (2002)
- Director
- NISHITANI Shinichi
- Cast
- OSAWA Takao, EMOTO Akira, MAKISE Riho
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Her Island, My Island (2002)
- Director
- ISOMURA Itsumichi
- Cast
- KIMURA Yoshino, OHSUGI Ren, OTANI Naoko
Kono Kuriko (Kimura Yoshino), who works at a publishing company in Tokyo, goes back to her hometown to inform everyone of her marriage to cameraman Mitsuo (Murakami Jun). Her father, Shuzo (Osugi Ren) and her mother, Yasuko (Otani Naoko) live on the ...
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Pretty Women (2002)
- Director
- WATANABE Takayoshi
- Cast
- AWAJI Keiko, NISHIDA Naomi, KISHIBE Ittoku
"Tomoshibi-kai (The Dim Light Club)" is an informal social group for elder ladies. The members spend their days in boredom after having retired from mainstream life. They have to put together something for the citizen's fest, but nobody has any idea ...
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Bokunchi - My House (2002)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Junji
- Cast
- MIZUKI Arisa, YAMOTO Yuma, TANAKA Yuki
Kyoko (Ohtori Ran), mother of Itta and Nita, comes back home to Suihei Island after a long absence. This time she's there to introduce the two young boys to their big sister, Kanoko (Mizuki Arisa). All three are born of different fathers and this is ...
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Hotel Hibiscus (2002)
- Director
- NAKAE Yuji
- Cast
- KURASHITA Honami, YO Kimiko, TAIRA Tomi
Hotel Hibiscus has only one guest room. At the hotel, 9-year-old Mieko (Kurashita Honami) lives happily with her father (Teruya Masao), her mother (Yo Kimiko), her grandmother (Taira Tomi) and half brother and sister. On her way home from school, Mie...
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RESURRECTION (2002)
- Director
- SHIOTA Akihiko
- Cast
- KUSANAGI Tsuyoshi, TAKEUCHI Yuko
The latest film from director Shiota Akihiko, whose Harmful Insect was selected for the competition section at the 2001 Venice Film Festival. In a Japanese city, people are coming back from the dead exactly as they were in life - a resurrection phen...
