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CUT (2011)
- Director
- Amir NADERI
- Cast
- NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, TOKIWA Takako, SUGATA Shun
Film by the world-renowned Iranian director Amir Naderi, shot in Japan with Japanese cast and crew. The script is also written by Aoyama Shinji, who won the Special Jury Prize at the International Film Festival Locarno for Tokyo Koen. The older broth...
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I'll Cry Tomorrow (2011)
- Director
- NAITO Makoto
- Cast
- SAITOH Takumi, SHIOMI Yukari, MUTO Shohei
An intimate drama based on an eponymous autobiographical short story by Showa period rebel author Irokawa Takehiro, whose works remain popular in Japan to this day. It is the first film in twenty-five years from director Naito Makoto, who helmed nume...
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Saudade (2011)
- Director
- TOMITA Katsuya
- Cast
- TAKANO Tsuyoshi, ITO Hitoshi, Dengaryu
A humanistic drama that captures the realities of life in Japan's regional cities, which are being hollowed out by a prolonged economic slump. Director Tomita Katsuya, a native of Kofu City in Yamanashi Prefecture, depicts the problems facing local t...
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TOKYO OASIS (2011)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Kana, NAKAMURA Kayo
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Satomi, KASE Ryo, KUROKI Haru
An intimate omnibus-style drama about people living in one corner of the vast metropolis of Tokyo. It is directed by Matsumoto Kana and Nakamura Kayo, two upcoming female filmmakers of whom great things are expected. One day, actress Toko (Kobayashi ...
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SMUGGLER (2011)
- Director
- ISHII Katsuhito
- Cast
- TSUMABUKI Satoshi, NAGASE Masatoshi, MATSUYUKI Yasuko
Violent action film based on the Smuggler comics by Manabe Shohei, a manga artist with a devoted following in Japan. Directed by Ishii Katsuhito, known for his unique visual techniques, the film features scenes of radical violence and action. Twenty...
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KARATE-ROBO ZABORGAR (2011)
- Director
- IGUCHI Noboru
- Cast
- ITAO Itsuji, FURUHARA Yasuhisa, YAMASAKI Mami
A film adaptation of a special ef fectsladen superhero television series with a cult following that was broadcast on Japanese television in the 1970s. The exploits of secret police officer Daimon Yutaka are told in two parts at different stages of hi...
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Death of a Japanese Salesman (2011)
- Director
- SUNADA Mami
- Cast
- SUNADA Tomoaki
Self-documentary depicting a father who is told that he has little time left to live. Director Sunada Mami is an emerging talent who trained under directors Kore-eda Hirokazu and Iwai Shunji, and makes her debut with this film. Produced by Kore-eda. ...
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Hayabusa (2011)
- Director
- TSUTSUMI Yukihiko
- Cast
- TAKEUCHI Yuko, NISHIDA Toshiyuki, TAKASHIMA Masahiro
Moving drama about Japan's space probe that accomplished great deeds in being the first to bring back sample material from an astral body beyond the earth's gravitational field. Depicts the passion of the people involved, who were undeterred by succe...
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Love Strikes! (2011)
- Director
- ONE Hitoshi
- Cast
- MORIYAMA Mirai, NAGASAWA Masami, ASO Kumiko
Romantic comedy based on the popular comic that made such a big impact that the title became a buzz word. Depicts a young man who suddenly becomes attractive to the opposite sex, as he searches fortrue love. This film was released after the highly ac...
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The Youth of Theater "Moulin Rouge Shinjukuza" (2011)
- Director
- TANAKA Juhkou
- Cast
- ASHITA Matsuko, NAKAMURA Kimihiko, MISAKI Chieko
Documentary film that traces the history of the theater Moulin Rouge Shinjukuza, where the foundation of modern Japanese enter tainment industry was laid. The film examines the theater's path through stage reenactments and valuable interviews of peop...
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Kantoku Shikkaku (2011)
- Director
- HIRANO Katsuyuki
- Cast
- HAYASHI Yumika, OGURI Fumiyo, Company MATSUO
Personal documentary in which director Hirano Katsuyuki records his feelings about former lover Hayashi Yumika, an actress who appeared in numerous adult films and passed away at the young age of thirty-four. Produced by the director Anno Hideaki, wh...
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In His Chart (2011)
- Director
- FUKAGAWA Yoshihiro
- Cast
- SAKURAI Sho, MIYAZAKI Aoi, KANAME Jun
Medical drama based on the debut novel by practicing physician Natsukawa Sosuke. The film gives a penetrating look at problems with healthcare in Japan's provinces through the personal growth of an honest young doctor. Also acclaimed as the film soun...
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BUNNY DROP (2011)
- Director
- SABU
- Cast
- MATSUYAMA Kenichi, Karina, ASHIDA Mana
A heartwarming tale based on Unita Yumi's popular manga. An ordinary office worker, twenty-seven and single, ends up raising a six-year-old girl. She is played by acting prodigy Ashida Mana, a first grade elementary schooler who was ubiquitous in the...
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The Sketch of Mujo (2011)
- Director
- OMIYA Koichi
- Cast
A documentar y film that captures the realities of life in the regions hit by the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11th, 2011. Director Omiya Koichi is a veteran documentarist, and his previous work TADAIMA ~I'm home, a place for everyone won The...
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Tamashii o Nigiri Tsubushita Otoko (2011)
- Director
- MAEDA Mankichi
- Cast
- YUKI Shoji, MIMOTO Masanori, KATSURA Yume
Film adaptation of the play Kurage-so by the theatrical group of the same name, which drew huge crowds to The Pocket in Tokyo's Nakano ward. Co-directed by Maeda Mankichi, who founded the troupe, and Yuki Shoji, who also appears in the film. Nakagawa...
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Magic and Loss (2011)
- Director
- LIM Kah Wai
- Cast
- SUGINO Kiki, KIM Kko-bbi, YANG Ik-june
A dreamlike drama produced by and starring Sugino Kiki, a rising star in the independent film world. Two women who meet on a mysterious resort island become captivated by its allure and venture into an ethereal realm. It is the second feature directe...
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RANGER (2011)
- Director
- TAGUCHI Kiyotaka
- Cast
- KASHII Shoto
A documentary that painstakingly follows gruelling ranger training program operated by Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force. Its director is Taguchi Kiyotaka, who is known for the special effects-enhanced "Gehara", "Ultra Zone", and the "Onryoto" series...
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Messiah (2011)
- Director
- KANEKO Shusuke
- Cast
- ARAI Atsushi, INOUE Masahiro, KINOMOTO Minehiro
A spy action film that began as an audio play on CD and has subsequently been adapted into both a novel and manga. It depicts a young male government spy who infiltrates a high school and struggles to choose between fulfilling his mission and friends...
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TEKKEN Blood Vengeance (2011)
- Director
- MOURI Yoichi
- Cast
- SAKAMOTO Maaya, MATSUOKA Yuki, MIYANO Mamoru
3DCG animation adaptation of the Japanese fighting videogame series that has shipped over 40 million copies worldwide, following up on the animated and live action films. The heroine is a master of Chinese martial arts, whose fate becomes intertwined...
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Your Song (2011)
- Director
- SHIBAYAMA Kenji
- Cast
- KAKU Tomohiro, YAMAGUCHI Naomi, Nahana
A love story depicting friendship between a young man and woman, directed by newcomer Shibayama Kenji under the guidance of film director Shinohara Tetsuo. It stars Kaku Tomohiro, a regular cast member in Iwai Shunji's works, and model Yamaguchi Naom...
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Sleep Jumper (2011)
- Director
- ISHIZAKA Atsushi
- Cast
- TAKASHIMA Tetsuwo, MIYAZAKI Yusuke, ISHIHARA Ayaka
A twenty-two-minute short film about a man who develops a bizarre ability. Popular illustrator Takashima Tetsuwo plays the lead role. One morning after a night of heavy drinking, Takashima Tetsuya (Takashima) wakes up outside his apartment for some r...
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Venus (2011)
- Director
- HAYAKAWA Yuzuru
- Cast
- OKURA Yuma, KISHII Yukino, WATANABE Makiko
The fifth film from the Tollywood Studio Project, jointly established by Tollywood, a cinema in Tokyo's Shimokitazawa that specializes in short films, and film school Tokyo Visual Arts. It depicts the interaction between four people: two visually imp...
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Kokkuri-san (2011)
- Director
- NAGAE Jiro
- Cast
- SUZUKI Mariya, KATAOKA Asuka, UMEMOTO Sizuka
An occult horror revolving around the divination game "Kokkuri-san," known throughout Japan and around the world. Suzuki Mariya of the supremely popular idol group AKB48 plays the lead role. High school student Oshima Eri (Suzuki) receives the terrib...
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Pantsu no Ana (2011)
- Director
- MORIOKA Toshiyuki
- Cast
- SHINOZAKI Ai, TANOUE Satoshi, KISHIDA Renya
The sixth film in a coming-of-age drama series depicting teenage sexuality. Made twenty-one years after the previous entry, it was directed by Morioka Toshiyuki, who has made a succession of much-discussed works such as {Things When I Was a Girl}. Hi...
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Mistaken (2011)
- Director
- ITOU Takayuki
- Cast
- KAWASHIMA Kunihiro, ROSSY, MIYAZAKI Tom
The second directorial effort of television producer Itou Takayuki (Stay The Night at The Grave), who built a reputation for his late-night TV shows, It presents a comical and suspenseful depiction of a series of terrifying incidents that occur withi...
