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Greenhorn (2012)
- Director
- SATO Toshiki
- Cast
- ITO Takeshi, MASAKI Sawa, SAKURAI Takuya
The twenty-sixth entry in the "Youth H" series, which produces works in a variety of genres from up-and-coming filmmakers that focus on coming-of-age and sexual themes. Pink (softcore) film maestro Sato Toshiki directs this ensemble drama about irres...
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Odayaka (2012)
- Director
- UCHIDA Nobuteru
- Cast
- SUGINO Kiki, SHINOHARA Yukiko, YAMAMOTO Takeshi
Official selection for the 17th Busan International Film Festival. Director Uchida Nobuteru, highly acclaimed for Love Addiction, depicts two women who lose their peace of mind due to the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Tokyo-suburb resident Saeko (S...
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Joker game (2012)
- Director
- WATANABE Takafumi
- Cast
- KITAHARA Rie, TAKATSUKI Sara, KOIKE Yui
School drama themed on the card game "old maid." Director Watanabe Takafumi, who depicted the youth of hoodlums in Slackers 2, thrillingly portrays the fates of high school students wrapped up in a life-or-death survival game. Prefectural prep schoo...
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I’M COMING TO GET YOU (2012)
- Director
- CHIBA Seiji
- Cast
- MORITA Suzuka, MOMOSE Misaki, HIJII Mika
Omnibus horror film based on the collection of real-life scary stories by horror writer Hirayama Yumeaki, recipient of the 13th Haruhiko Oyabu Award. Five stories depict the terror lurking in everyday life. Directed by Chiba Seiji, known for AVN: ALI...
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The Tang of LEMON (2012)
- Director
- KATASHIMA Ikki
- Cast
- KAN Hanae, ARIMORI Narimi, AYANO Go
Love-hate drama focusing on warped mother-daughter relationships. Graphically portrays of the fierce conflicts between two mother-daughter pairs, dealing with "borderline personality disorder" distinguished by catastrophic behavior. Director Takashim...
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Love Okinawa at Henoko, Takae, Futenma (2012)
- Director
- FUJIMOTO Yukihisa, KAGEYAMA Asako
- Cast
A documentary that follows protest movements in Okinawa, from the maritime interception operation at Henoko in 2004 to the forced deployment of Osprey aircraft in October of 2012. Its directors are Fujimoto Yukihisa and Kageyama Asako, who focused on...
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Pink Lady Woman cannot stand it (2012)
- Director
- UENO Takahiro
- Cast
- YABE Miho, NISHI Koichiro, SAGANE Masahiro
An entry in the third "Love & Eros CINEMA COLLECTION 2nd" film series "Winter", featuring works with themes of love and lust. It depicts a romance between a housewife who was once a heroine in a superhero team television series, and a man who played ...
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Wife's lover (2012)
- Director
- KODAMA Yoshihisa
- Cast
- HAYAMA Reiko, SHIBAKI Takeru, NARITA Risa
An entry in the third "Love & Eros CINEMA COLLECTION 2nd" film series "Winter", featuring works with themes of love and lust. A housewife troubled by her husband's adultery and her daughter's rebellious ways indulges in a relationship with her daught...
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I could die Be in love for 100 years (2012)
- Director
- ENOMOTO Toshiro
- Cast
- MORISHITA Kurumi, SHIMOJO Atomu, HANDA Sasa
An entry in the third "Love & Eros CINEMA COLLECTION 2nd" film series "Winter", featuring works with themes of love and lust. This love story presents an erotic depiction of a woman's strange experiences after she ceases to age as the result of an ac...
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The Ear Cleaner (2012)
- Director
- HORIUCHI Hiroshi
- Cast
- SAKURAGI Rina, NAKATA Akira, HIROSAWA So
A drama that presents a lively depiction of a woman plagued with unexplainable hearing problems who begins to look at herself in a new light when she starts working at an ear-cleaning parlor. Using ears as a motif, director Horiuchi Hiroshi delicatel...
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JUDGEMENT (2012)
- Director
- TSUJIOKA Masato
- Cast
- YOKOKAWA Koji, HORIKOSHI Nori, OSHIMA Hironari
A suspense drama from Tsujioka Masato, who won considerable international acclaim for his previous film {DIVIDE}. It tells the story of a man who is imprisoned and forced to kill people he knows in order to save himself. Former boxer Machimura (Yok...
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Chasing Santa Claus (2012)
- Director
- IWABUCHI Hiroki
- Cast
A documentary from {A Permanent Part-time in Distress} director Iwabuchi Hiroki that presents a fantastical view of Christmas 2011 in Miyagi Prefecture's Sendai City, the first since the Great East Japan Earthquake. Through footage of Christmas event...
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FASHION STORY -Model- (2012)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Sayaka
- Cast
- HONDA Tsubasa, KAGAMI Seira, KAWAKITA Mayuko
Coming-of-age story depicting the daily lives of fashion models. Delves into the heroines' struggles behind the glamorous fashion shoots, as they worry about their future and fret over love. The cast features numerous working models, and the script i...
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Nanashi no jujika (2012)
- Director
- KUBO Naoki
- Cast
- KAMIO Yuu, MATSUO Reiko, KOBAYASHI Satoshi
Suspense action film based on a proposal by former kick boxer Kobayashi Satoshi, who also stars in the movie. Mikami (Kamio Yu) runs a professional wrestling shop, but struggles under a load of debt. He wants to escape his plight and get rich quick,...
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Where Does Love Go? ～Tentatively Titled～ (2012)
- Director
- KIMURA Bunyo
- Cast
- MAEKAWA Asako, JITSUNASHI Satoru
The second film from director Kimura Bunyo, whose debut feature Goodbye received considerable praise at home and abroad. Its story is inspired by former Aum Shinrikyo member Hirata Makoto, who was involved in criminal acts perpetrated by the cult and...
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Heart beat (2012)
- Director
- ASANUMA Naoya
- Cast
- ISHIBASHI Anna, IIJIMA Hideyuki, ISHINO Yoko
A film starring Ishibashi Anna who won an award for best newcomer at the 2008 Yokohama Film Fesitival for her performance in Your Friends. Director Asanuma Naoya, who took second place at the 3rd TSS Short Movie Festival, presents this refreshing and...
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Nippon no Misemonoyasan (2012)
- Director
- OKUTANI Yoichiro
- Cast
- Oo-tora freak show's people
Documentary focusing on the freak show, a type of popular culture in Japan dating from the Muromachi period. Director Okutani Yoichiro, who was honored with a Special Mention at the 2011 Yamagata Documentary International Film Festival's New Asian Cu...
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The Cat that Lived a Million Times (2012)
- Director
- KOTANI Tadasuke
- Cast
- SANO Yoko, WATANABE Makiko, FENG Yan
Sano Yoko, who was wrote extensively as a picture book author and essayist, and passed away in 2010 due to cancer. Without showing her face, this documentary records the final stage of her life after being told that she had little time remaining to l...
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A Pupa (2012)
- Director
- MIURA Junko
- Cast
- KINOSHITA Ai, KINOSHITA Yoko, KINOSHITA Miho
A documentary that follows fourteen years in the life of a young woman who has ceased to attend school. It offers an insight into the inner struggles of the estimated 120,000 children of elementary and junior high school age around Japan who have sto...
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BLUE EXORCIST THE MOVIE (2012)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Atsushi
- Cast
- OKAMOTO Nobuhiko, FUKUYAMA Jun, HANAZAWA Kana
Feature film adaptation of the TV anime based on the popular comic that has sold over 9 million copies. Depicts a high school student who is the son of Satan, but follows in the footsteps of his adoptive father to become an exorcist, and overcomes di...
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Eiga kaiketsu Zorori da da da daiboken (2012)
- Director
- IWASAKI Tomoko
- Cast
- YAMADERA Koichi, AIKAWA Rikako, KUMAI Motoko
A feature film adaptation of the animated television series based on Hara Yutaka's series of books for children. A wisecracking, mischievous fox embarks on a journey to search for treasure and dives into a grand adventure. As well as being a comical ...
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The Castle of Crossed Destinies (2012)
- Director
- KANEKO Fuminori
- Cast
- SAKAI Masato, KANNO Miho, ONO Machiko
A grand historical drama adapted from Yoshinaga Fumi's offbeat manga that is also a sequel to O-OKU -The Women of the Inner Palace-. Set in a fictional version of the Edo Period (1603-1868) where the societal roles of men and women have been switched...
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G’mor evian! (2012)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Toru
- Cast
- ASO Kumiko, OIZUMI Yo, MIYOSHI Ayaka
A family drama based on the eponymous novel by Yoshikawa Toriko. An unwed mother who was once a punk rocker, her sensitive teenage daughter, and a musician returned from a wandering journey overseas are tied by a strong family bond. Punk rock is one ...
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ONE PIECE FILM Z (2012)
- Director
- NAGAMINE Tatsuya
- Cast
- TANAKA Mayumi, NAKAI Kazuya, OKAMURA Akemi
The latest feature film based on the animated sea-bound adventure television series popular around the world. Creator Oda Eichiro acts as supervising producer for the first time in three years for this powerful depiction of the exploits of a team of ...
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HUMANOID MONSTER BEM (2012)
- Director
- KARIYAMA Shunsuke
- Cast
- KAMENASHI Kazuya, Anne, SUZUKI Fuku
A feature film adaptation of a television series that aired in autumn of 2011, based on an animated television series first broadcast in 1968 about the trials and tribulations of three benevolent humanoid monsters who dream of becoming human. Its str...
