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Enoshima prism (2013)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Yasuhiro
- Cast
- FUKUSHI Sota, NOMURA Shuhei, HONDA Tsubasa
A coming-of-age film from brilliant director and accomplished screenwriter Yoshida Yasuhiro that evokes the subtleties of teenage emotions with a fresh touch. While adding a touch of science fiction, it captures the beautiful and nostalgic atmosphere...
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A Boy Called H (2013)
- Director
- FURUHATA Yasuo
- Cast
- MIZUTANI Yutaka, ITO Ran, YOSHIOKA Tatsuki
Family drama based on Senoo Kappa's autobiographical novel. Highlights the bonds within a tailor's family who maintain their convictions while surviving the volatile years leading up to and following World War II. Directed by Furuhata Yasuo, known fo...
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WORK SHOP (2013)
- Director
- CHIBA Seiji
- Cast
- FURUKAWA Yuta, TOTANI Kimito, TAKIGUCHI Yukihiro
A suspenseful chamber piece following the fates of young people forced to participate in a life-threatening workshop. Writer and director Chiba Seiji specializes in suspense and action, and his previous film AVN : ALIEN VS. NINJA is set for a Hollywo...
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The After-Dinner Mysteries (2013)
- Director
- HIJIKATA Masato
- Cast
- SAKURAI Sho, KITAGAWA Keiko, SHIINA Kippei
Film adaptation of Higashigawa Tokuya's bestselling mystery novel, which took first place in the 2011 Honya Taisho (bookseller award) and has been adapted as a TV drama. Unique portrayal of a rich-girl detective and her acerbic butler, as this unusua...
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Geinin THE MOVIE (2013)
- Director
- UCHIDA Hidemi
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Sayaka, WATANABE Miyuki, YOKOYAMA Yui
A feature film starring the members of NMB48, a female idol group based in Namba, Osaka, that borrows the premise of their eponymous television series but adds an original story. It is a coming-of-age drama about "manzai" stand-up comediennes attendi...
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Toriko the Movie Secret Recipe of Gourmet God (2013)
- Director
- ZAKO Akifumi
- Cast
- OKIAYU Ryotaro, PARK Romi, SAKURAI Takahiro
An animated feature film based on Shimabukuro Mitsutoshi's food-themed manga. A "gourmet hunter" who acquires rare foods clashes with a giant enemy on a remote island. Director Zako Akifumi was also the series director for the animated television ada...
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THE SECRET FLUTE GARO SIDE STORY (2013)
- Director
- OHASHI Akira
- Cast
- SATO Yasue, MATSUYAMA Mary, TSUDA Kanji
The second spin-off film to originate from a popular tokusatsu (special effects-laden science fiction) television series. It follows the exploits of two fan favorite Makai Priestesses, and reveals the outcome of a battle that took place in the backgr...
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<SHORT PEACE> COMBUSTIBLE/ POSSESSIONS/ GAMBO/ A Farewell to Weapons (2013)
- Director
- Cast
- HAYAMI Saori, MORITA Masakazu, YAMADERA Koichi
Omnibus animation film themed on Japan, comprised of four parts: COMBUSTIBLE, the depiction of a massive fire in Edo by AKIRA's Otomo Katsuhiro, and Grand Prize winner at the 17th Japan Media Arts Festival; near-future action film A Farewell to Weapo...
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The Wind Rises (2013)
- Director
- MIYAZAKI Hayao
- Cast
- ANNO Hideaki, TAKIMOTO Miori, NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi
A film by maestro Miyazaki Hayao, who won Best Animated Feature at the 75th Academy Awards for Spirited Away. It presents a finely crafted portrayal of the dreams, reality, and romantic fortunes of a young aircraft designer obsessed with airplanes, a...
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ADA re:vengeance PART2 (2013)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Koji
- Cast
- SENGOKU Minami, SATO Ayano, SAGARA Itsuki
The second half of a horror-suspense duology written and directed by Shiraishi Koji, one of Japan's leading horror filmmakers whose works include The Slit-Mouthed Woman. Pop idols from Tower Records label T-Palette Records bravely engage in brutal mu...
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ADA re:vengeance PART1 (2013)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Koji
- Cast
- SENGOKU Minami, SATO Ayano, SAGARA Itsuki
The first half of a horror-suspense duology written and directed by Shiraishi Koji, one of Japan's leading horror filmmakers whose works include The Slit-Mouthed Woman. Pop idols from Tower Records label T-Palette Records engage in bloody and highly ...
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The Ultimate Dilemma (2013)
- Director
- KANEKO Shusuke
- Cast
- SUGA Kenta, TAKETOMI Seika, KINOMOTO Minehiro
A feature film compiled from a DVD trilogy about a horrific game of survival. Kaneko Shusuke (DEATH NOTE) directs this harrowing psychological drama featuring a young cast that includes Suga Kenta from the ALWAYS -Sunset on Third Street series. On t...
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UNDER THE NAGASAKI SKY (2013)
- Director
- HYUGAJI Taro
- Cast
- KITANO Kie, INAMORI Izumi, YAGIRA Yuya
Film adaptation of an original story from Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum Director and Akutagawa Prize winner Seirai Yuichi, directed by Hyugaji Taro, who made the live-action version of Grave of the Fireflies. Depicts the fateful encounter between a dau...
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SHIN・S to M (2013)
- Director
- SHUN
- Cast
- MIYAUCHI Tomomi, KADENA Reon, IDA Kunihiko
The second feature film based on Murao Mio's erotic suspense manga. It presents a richly sensuous depiction of a fierce love-and-hate battle between a woman with an abnormal lust for revenge and a deadbeat man in her sights. Makoto (Ida Kunihiko) ba...
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Jin Jin (2013)
- Director
- YAMADA Daiki
- Cast
- DAICHI Yasuo, KOMATSU Misaki, SATO B-saku
A drama devised by and starring actor Daichi Yasuo. Set in the famous "picture book town" of Kembuki in Hokkaido, it depicts human kindness and familial bonds. Winner of the Audience Award and Public People Award at the Yubari International Fantastic...
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the Garden of sinners / Thanatos. (Overlooking View) 3D (2013)
- Director
- AOKI Ei
- Cast
- SAKAMOTO Maaya, SUZUMURA Kenichi, HONDA Takako
The first in a seven-part series of animated features based on Nasu Kinoko's fantasy novel, converted to 3D. With a mysterious touch, it tells the story a girl with the uncanny ability to see the deaths of all things who investigates a strange string...
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Pokémon: Eevee and Friends (2013)
- Director
- YUYAMA Kunihiko
- Cast
- INUYAMA Inuko, INUYAMA Inuko
Short film about a sleepover featuring one-of-a-kind Pokémon. Screened along with Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened. Narration by the popular actress Maeda Atsuko. One summer day, Pikachu (voice: Otani Ikue) and friends head deep i...
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Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened (2013)
- Director
- YUYAMA Kunihiko
- Cast
- OTANI Ikue, INUYAMA Inuko, MIYANO Mamoru
Director Yuyama Kunihiko's 16th feature film, and 3rd film in the Best Wish series. Features the fastest speed battle in the history of Pokémon. Guest voice performances by Takashima Reiko and the comedy duo Heisei Nobushi Kobushi. Satoshi (voice: M...
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Memories of Taiwan (2013)
- Director
- SAKAI Atsuko
- Cast
- GAO Ju Hua, HUANG Mao Ji, ZHENG Mao Li
A documentary by Taiwanjinsei director Sakai Atsuko that shines a light on the elderly "Japanese-speaking generation" in Taiwan. Through the reminiscences of these people, who lived through turbulent periods in their nation's history such as world wa...
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Campaign 2 (2013)
- Director
- SODA Kazuhiro
- Cast
- YAMAUCHI Kazuhiko
Director Soda Kazuhiro has earned international acclaim for exposing society's ills through observation of his subjects. Five years after Campaign, which delved into a city council election, he follows the campaign of Yamauchi Kazuhiko, known as "Mr....
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Beautiful New Bay Area Project (2013)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Kiyoshi
- Cast
- MITA Mao, EMOTO Tasuku, MORISHITA Jinsei
A beautiful Yokohama harbor worker engages in fierce battle with brawny male opponents. It is an action film directed by Kurosawa Kiyoshi with a student crew of Tokyo University of the Arts at the request of the Hong Kong International Film Festival....
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Bye Bye, Marrano (2013)
- Director
- KIM Yunsu
- Cast
- MIYAMOTO Gyo, SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko, HARA Yumiko
A graduate work by film students at Tokyo University of the Arts. A young man stuck in a rut runs away is welcomed into a strange commune. Rather than becoming an escapist comedy, it builds a multilayered world. After his employer goes bankrupt and ...
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Friends (2013)
- Director
- ENDO Mikihiro
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Takeshi, MATSUMOTO Hana, OBA Yusuke
A graduate work by film students at Tokyo University of the Arts. An actor who plays characters in accordance with requests from clients begins to devise a terrorist plot with a high school girl. It received praise for its dramatic subject matter rev...
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Kanagawa University of the Arts Visual Concept Planning Department (2013)
- Director
- SAKASHITA Yuichiro
- Cast
- IIDA Kaoru, KASAHARA Chihiro, MAENO Tomoya
A graduate work by film students at Tokyo University of the Arts. It presents a cynical depiction of a cover-up of a theft within a university and the subsequent strife it causes, and abundantly realistic portrayals of a professor and his troublemaki...
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JUKAI - Mount Fuji Suicide Forest (2013)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Hideya
- Cast
- ITAKURA Toshiyuki, TSUTSUMISHITA Atsushi, Kitaro
A drama featuring comedy duo Impulse in their first leading roles. Yamaguchi Hideya, who won the documentary competition special jury prize at the 35th Seattle International Film Festival's Golden Space Needle Awards for {Manhole Children}, directed ...
