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Save the club noon (2013)
- Director
- MIYAMOTO Moriro
- Cast
- Akainu, ANI & Robochu, ALTZ
Noon, a venerable Osaka club, was busted in April 2012 for violating Japan's law regulating entertainment establishments. This documentary covers the music event held in July of the same year by over 90 artist teams, who rallied in protest. The law r...
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Ghost in the Shell ARISE border: 2 Ghost Whispers (2013)
- Director
- TAKEUCHI Atsushi
- Cast
- SAKAMOTO Maaya, JYUKU Ikkyu, MATSUDA Kenichiro
The second film in a new animated series based on Shirow Masamune's science fiction manga "Kokaku Kidotai". With a new cast and crew, it focuses on the period prior to the formation of Public Security Section 9. The second installment in this four-pa...
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Morning,Noon,Night (2013)
- Director
- YAMASAKI Juzou
- Cast
- KUNIMURA Jun, ITAO Itsuji, YAMADERA Koichi
Free and Easy creator Yamasaki Juzou makes his long-awaited directorial debut at the age of 72. Heartwarming depiction of the ruckus stirred up by three former high school baseball players, set in Yamasaki's birthplace of Miyazaki. Stars Kunimura Jun...
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SPEC~CLOSE~REINCARNATION (SPEC～結～爻ノ篇) (2013)
- Director
- TSUTSUMI Yukihiko
- Cast
- TODA Erika, KASE Ryo, RYU Raita
The second half of the two-part conclusion to the popular franchise from TRICK The Movie director Tsutsumi Yukihiko that has encompassed a television series, specials, and feature films. A lavish array of special guests including Mukai Osamu, Oshima ...
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Tamako in Moratorium (2013)
- Director
- YAMASHITA Nobuhiro
- Cast
- MAEDA Atsuko, KAN Suon, SUZUKI Keiichi
Official selection for the 18th Busan International Film Festival. Feature-length adaptation of image visuals from Music ON! TV, the music channel. The Drudgery Train director Yamashita Nobuhiro humorously depicts the baby steps of a protagonist lazi...
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The Extreme SUKIYAKI (2013)
- Director
- MAEDA Shiro
- Cast
- IURA Arata, KUBOZUKA Yosuke, ICHIKAWA Mikako
Directorial debut from Maeda Shiro, whose diverse resume includes theater company director, author, and screenwriter. Depicts a group of four men and women who head for the ocean with a sukiyaki pot in hand, based on his novel by the same name. The w...
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PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #1 Spring of Birth (2013)
- Director
- AKITAYA Noriaki
- Cast
- ISHIDA Akira, TOYOGUCHI Megumi, TORIUMI Kosuke
A feature film based on a role-playing video game released in 2006. High schoolers who wield a special power called Persona fight a desperate battle against monsters called Shadows. Familiar voices return from the game's original cast, including star...
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The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)
- Director
- TAKAHATA Isao
- Cast
- ASAKURA Aki, KORA Kengo, CHII Takeo
The first film in fourteen years since My Neighbors the Yamadas from maestro Takahata Isao, who devised the story, wrote the script, and directed. Based on the ancient Japanese folk tale "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter", it explores its premise from a...
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LOVECRAFT GIRL (2013)
- Director
- HIRABAYASHI Katsutoshi
- Cast
- ANDO Sei, NAKAMURA Tomoya, HATORI Namiko
Romantic comedy based on a comic book by the same title. Upbeat depiction of a girl who gets a job with a company that deals with sex products for women, as she struggles with her work and love life. Directed by Hirabayashi Katsutoshi, of How to Make...
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Nazotokinema MADAM MARMALADE NO IJYO NA NAZO KAITOHEN (2013)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Yoshihiro, TSURUTA Norio, UEDA Taiki
- Cast
- KAWAGUCHI Haruna, TAKAHATA Atsuko, YAMAZAKI Hajime
The latter part of a new style of interactive movie in which viewers try to solve a mystery together with the characters as they are watching. The mystery hidden within the chapters of the first film that viewers were challenged to solve is revealed ...
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It All Began When I Met You (2013)
- Director
- MOTOKI Katsuhide
- Cast
- TAMAKI Hiroshi, TAKANASHI Rin, KIMURA Fumino
Omnibus-style portrayal of love between 10 men and women, set at Tokyo Station just before Christmas. Directed by Motoki Katsuhide of Tsuribaka Nisshi. Laden with romantic images shot on location at Tokyo Station, beautifully decorated for its centen...
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Storytellers (2013)
- Director
- SAKAI Ko, HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke
- Cast
- ITO Masako, SASAKI Ken, SATO Reiko
The third part of a trilogy focusing on the Tohoku region that is comprised of dialogues with victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Ideas on how to share experiences of the disaster with future generations, a challenge touched upon in the previ...
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Voices from the Waves Shinchimachi (2013)
- Director
- SAKAI Ko, HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke
- Cast
A companion piece to Voices from the Waves Kesennuma that forms half of the second installment in a documentary trilogy on the Tohoku region, co-directed by Sakai Ko and Hamaguchi Ryusuke. It captures dialogues between closely-linked people in accord...
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Voices from the Waves Kesennuma (2013)
- Director
- SAKAI Ko, HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke
- Cast
A companion piece to Voices from the Waves Shinchimachi that forms half of the second installment in a documentary trilogy on the Tohoku region, co-directed by Sakai Ko and Hamaguchi Ryusuke. Through numerous interviews, they concentrate on the exper...
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Life On The Edge (2013)
- Director
- OTSURU Gitan
- Cast
- SASAKI Kokone, YUE Takeyuki, KUBOTA Yuki
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There's Nothing to Be Afraid of (2013)
- Director
- SAITO Hisashi
- Cast
- TAKAO Sakiko, YOSHIOKA Mutsuo, OKABE Nao
Stage actress Takao Sakiko and Yoshioka Mutsuo, whose diverse career spans erotic "pink cinema" and major productions, give naturalistic performances as a childless couple in this stark portrayal of the anxiety and loneliness lurking below the surfac...
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THE KINGDOM OF DREAMS AND MADNESS (2013)
- Director
- SUNADA Mami
- Cast
After drawing attention for her debut Death of a Japanese Salesman, director Sunada Mami reveals the current state of animation product ion house Studio Ghibli through focusing on the light and dark permeating its daily activities. Miyazaki Hayao an...
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Shinokubo Story (2013)
- Director
- FUJIWARA Kenichi
- Cast
- LEE Gun Woo, KIM Se Yong, CHAE Jin Seok
A coming-of-age drama set in the Shin-Okubo district of Tokyo, known as a mecca for fans of South Korean-style entertainment. It presents an amiable depiction of the struggles of five young men who dream of becoming stars. The members of K-pop group ...
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Again (2013)
- Director
- KANAI Junichi
- Cast
- YOSHIKURA Aoi, YAGIRA Yuya, ASAKA Mayumi
Romance dealing with date rape that marks the commercial debut of director Kanai Junichi. Beautiful imagery captures the emotional pain of a girl struggling with conflicting emotions, and a boy who ends up hurting her physically and emotionally. Sele...
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Pecoross' Mother and Her Days (2013)
- Director
- MORISAKI Azuma
- Cast
- IWAMATSU Ryo, AKAGI Harue, HARADA Kiwako
Veteran director Morisaki Azuma's adaptation of Okano Yuichi's essay manga following the daily life of a nebbish son and his dementia-stricken mother. Its talented cast includes Iwamatsu Ryo, Harada Kiwako, and 89-year-old Akagi Harue in her first st...
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A Sparkle of Life (2013)
- Director
- SOTOYAMA Bunji
- Cast
- YOSHIYUKI Kazuko, TAKARADA Akira, YAMAMOTO Gaku
Director Sotoyama Bunji, who won five awards including Best Short Film at the 2011 Monaco Film Festival for his depiction of love between an elderly couple in On This Side, returns to the theme of old age. Yoshiyuki Kazuko gives a vivid performance a...
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Jinx!!! (2013)
- Director
- KUMAZAWA Naoto
- Cast
- Hyomin, SHIMIZU Kurumi, YAMAZAKI Kento
In this romance, popular K-POP group T-ARA member Hyomin transforms into a Korean exchange student who teaches Japanese college students all about love. From Me to You director Kumazawa Naoto depicts love with a touch of pathos about the different pe...
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The Shining Kids - The Next Nursery Schools in Japan - (2013)
- Director
- TSUTSUI Katsuhiko
- Cast
- Children of Ringo-no-ki Nursery School, SHIBATA Aiko, AOYAMA Makoto
Documentary about new approaches to childcare by the team that made Under the Wind Little Creatures' Life, Grass' Life, Objects' Life. Yokohama's "Ringo no Ki" provides childcare that is sensitive to children's emotions. "Mori no Yochien Piccolo" in ...
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Seiza (2013)
- Director
- OKU Shutaro
- Cast
- KURODA Ikuyo, PRIOVILLE Fabien, URABE Fusako
Romance depicting love between an illegal immigrant and a deaf-mute woman, in black-and-white without dialogue. Stars internationally recognized dancer Kuroda Ikuyo and Prioville Fabien. Directed by Oku Shutaro, whose film Cain's Descendant was selec...
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KEN&MARY:The Asian Truck Express (2013)
- Director
- FUKASAKU Kenta
- Cast
- TAKENAKA Naoto, Hu Bing, KITANO Kie
A comedy in which a middle-aged trading company employee gets involved in a series of predicaments as he attempts to put a stop to his expatriot daughter's wedding. Director Fukasaku Kenta's filmography spans horror, drama, and a wide array of other ...
