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Japan in a day (2012)
- Director
- Philip MARTIN, NARITA Gaku
- Cast
A documentary produced as a Japanese version of the 2011 film LIFE IN A DAY. Hollywood virtuoso Ridley Scott acted as supervising producer, and footage of Japan shot in the twelve months following the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11th 2011 wa...
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Wecker DNS (2012)
- Director
- HATAZAWA Kazuya
- Cast
- NAKATSUKA Tomomi, MATSUHASHI Honami, KOSAKA Masato
Launched in 2001 as an indie film. First feature film version of this sci-fi action story, which has also been adapted as a TV drama and stage production. Two young female detectives from the 22nd century leap to the past to defend the correct time a...
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GUNS OF BABYLON (2012)
- Director
- AIZAWA Toranosuke
- Cast
- TOMITA Katsuya, ITO Hitoshi, TAKANO Tsuyoshi
Reunites the cast and crew from Saudade, including scriptwriter Aizawa Toranosuke. A guy involved in a sketchy line of work flees to Vietnam, where he strays into a battlefield. Shot in Japan and various countries in Southeast Asia, with the Vietnam ...
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5windows (2012)
- Director
- SETA Natsuki
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Yurika, SAITO Yoichiro, SOMETANI Shota
An ensemble drama from up-and-coming female director Seta Natsuki, who drew attention with her major studio debut feature {A Liar and a Broken Girl}. Comprised of four short movies and visuals that depict the moments when the characters who appear in...
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NAGARE the stream (2012)
- Director
- MURAKAMI Hiroyasu
- Cast
Documentary following two elderly people over a decade as they engage in surveying and preserving the living creatures in Nakatsu River, which flows through Kanagawa Prefecture. Won an award from MEXT at the 53rd Science and Technology Film/Video Fes...
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SMILE PRETTY CURE! -THE MOVIE- PANIC IN FAIRY TALE LAND! (2012)
- Director
- KURODA Narumi
- Cast
- FUKUEN Misato, TANO Asami, KANEMOTO Hisako
A feature film based on season nine of the Pretty Cure animated television series for young girls about a group of transforming heroines. An evil scheme to destroy the world of picture books is resisted by five girl warriors in this spectacular colla...
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009 Re:Cyborg (2012)
- Director
- KAMIYAMA Kenji
- Cast
- MIYANO Mamoru, ONO Daisuke, TAMAGAWA Sakiko
Filmed in stereoscopic 3D and scored by Kenji Kawai (Ghost in the Shell), 009 Re:Cyborg is an adult and thought-provoking take by director Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C.) on a world-famous graphic novel by Shotaro Ishinomori. In 2013, t...
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Resident Evil: Damnation (2012)
- Director
- KAMIYA Makoto
- Cast
- Matthew Mercer, Dave Wittenberg, Melinda Lee
Sequel to the CG anime movie Resident Evil: Degeneration, based on the globally popular Japanese videogame. Tells the story of an Eastern European civil war escalated by bio-organic weapons, centered around Leon, a character who has a passionate fan ...
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A Terminal Trust (2012)
- Director
- SUO Masayuki
- Cast
- KUSAKARI Tamiyo, YAKUSHO Koji, ASANO Tadanobu
An adaptation of author and lawyer Saku Tatsuki's eponymous novel by I JUST DIDN'T DO IT director Suo Masayuki. Set in a terminal care ward, this love story confronts its themes of love and death head-on. Pulmonary physician Orii (Kusakari Tamiyo) ...
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Reviving Recipes (2012)
- Director
- WATANABE Satoshi
- Cast
A documentary that shines a light on "heirloom vegetables" handed down through generations in Yamagata Prefecture. Its director is locally-bred Watanabe Satoshi, who also focused on Yamagata in his previous film Hijiori, Cure Resort. "Heirloom vege...
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Strains of Odyssey (2012)
- Director
- OGURI Kenichi
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Kenichiro, KOBAKEN and Friend's orchestra, IKEDA Riyoko
A documentary observing a year and a half in the life of conductor Kobayashi Kenichiro, who turned seventy in 2010. It presents a painstaking study of a moving concert put on by Kobayashi's orchestra which added 31 disabled performers to its ranks. ...
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How to Make a Penguin Pair (2012)
- Director
- HIRABAYASHI Katsutoshi
- Cast
- KOIKE Eiko, Wang Chuan-Yi, FUKAMI Motoki
The Penguin husband-wife team, whose restaurant on Ishigaki Island is the source for the Ishigaki Island chili oil that inspired the hit product "edible chili oil." Heartwarmingly depicts the development of chili oil, international marriage, and the ...
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The Land of Hope (2012)
- Director
- SONO Sion
- Cast
- NATSUYAGI Isao, OTANI Naoko, MURAKAMI Jun
A socially-conscious drama from Sono Sion COLD FISH , Himizu , who is currently one of Japan's most sought-after directors at film festivals around the world. Set in a fictional Japanese town, it depicts a family whose lives are torn apart by a nucle...
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Theatre 2 (2012)
- Director
- SODA Kazuhiro
- Cast
- HIRATA Oriza
Second half of the two-part documentary focusing on the creative site for the Seinendan Theater Company, headed by the world-renowned Japanese playwright Hirata Oriza. Directed by the hot documentary filmmaker Soda Kazuhiro, who has won awards at fil...
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Theatre 1 (2012)
- Director
- SODA Kazuhiro
- Cast
- HIRATA Oriza
First half of the two-part documentary focusing on the creative site for the Seinendan Theater Company, headed by the world-renowned Japanese playwright Hirata Oriza. Directed by the hot documentary filmmaker Soda Kazuhiro, who has won awards at film...
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FUSE -MEMOIRS of the HUNTER-GIRL (2012)
- Director
- MIYAJI Masayuki
- Cast
- KOTOBUKI Minako, MIYANO Mamoru, MIYAMOTO Kanako
An animated adaptation of Naoki Prize-winning author Sakuraba Kazuki's period fantasy novel "Fuse: Gansaku Satomi Hakkenden." Its director is Miyaji Masayuki, who worked as an assistant on {Spirited Away}. Beautiful pastel-colored visuals trace the r...
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Nuclear Nation (2012)
- Director
- FUNAHASHI Atsushi
- Cast
The town of Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture has grown in symbiosis with the Fukushima No.1 nuclear plant. This documentary is a record of nine months in the lives of its people, who faced a emergency situation that required the entire town to evacuate...
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A Road Stained Crimson (2012)
- Director
- NONO Tetsuhiko
- Cast
- ARAI Hirofumi, MURAKAMI Jun, NIINOBU Ryomei
Hard-boiled movie starring numerous iconoclastic actors including Arai Hirofumi of The Matsugane Potshot Affair, as well as Taguchi Tomorowo and Murakami Jun. Former THEE MICHELLE GUN ELEPHANT member Chiba Yusuke makes his film score debut, getting t...
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Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie Part 2: Eternal (2012)
- Director
- MIYAMOTO Yukihiro
- Cast
- YUKI Aoi, SAITO Chiwa, MIZUHASHI Kaori
Second part of the feature film adaptation that compiles all 12 episodes from the TV anime popular for its cute character design, unique story world, and unpredictable plotline, and which has received numerous honors, including the Japan Media Arts F...
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Bakaleya High School (2012)
- Director
- KUBOTA Takashi
- Cast
- MORIMOTO Shintaro, MATSUMURA Hokuto, SHIMAZAKI Haruka
Feature film version of the late-night drama featuring upcoming top idols. The merger of a ruffian boy's high school with a classy girl's high school sets off a whole new ruckus. Like the TV show, the film also features numerous young members of the ...
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Tough it out: One Year After the 2011 Great Sanriku Tsunami (2012)
- Director
- MORIOKA Norito
- Cast
Everyday life in the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake cannot be adequately conveyed by using words such as "bonds of friendship" and "hope." This documentary stays focused on that which television does not usually show us: a true pic...
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Alice in Fatland (2012)
- Director
- MATSUKUNI Mika
- Cast
- WAKI Tomohiro, KIZAKI June, BANDO Takumi
Romantic drama depicting the comical love triangle of a diffident gay guy and female high school student who fall in love with the same teacher. Debut film by 26-year-old female director Matsukuni Mika, whose ascent is highly anticipated. Gay guy Al...
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CHAT NOIR LUCY (2012)
- Director
- KAMEI Toru
- Cast
- TSUKAJI Muga, YASU Megumi, OMASA Aya
Feature film adaptation of the TV drama featuring black cats in the lead. Sheds light on the life of the protagonist's father, who is deceased in the TV show, and gives a heartwarming depiction of the relationship between a timid fortuneteller and tw...
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The Mystical Laws (2012)
- Director
- IMAKAKE Isamu
- Cast
- KOYASU Takehito, FUJIMURA Ayumi, HIRAKAWA Daisuke
Feature-length anime by IRH Press. Following on the tails of Final Judgement(live action), this second film prophesizing the near future depicts Japan in the 2020s tormented by invasions from other countries. Delivers a majestic sci-fi action story, ...
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Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie Part 1: Begginings (2012)
- Director
- MIYAMOTO Yukihiro
- Cast
- YUKI Aoi, SAITO Chiwa, MIZUHASHI Kaori
First part of the feature film adaptation that compiles all 12 episodes from the TV anime popular for its cute character design, unique story world, and unpredictable plotline, and which has received numerous honors, including the Japan Media Arts Fe...
