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THE LABOR COP (2002)
- Director
- OKU Shutaro
- Cast
- IMANARA Takayuki, ABE Sadawo, KUDO Kankuro
This suspense comedy features the actors of two theatrical companies Otona Keikaku and HIGHLEG JESUS. Due to the effect of the prolonged great depression, finally even the police have to introduce a part-time job system for its employees. Although h...
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KANATAKONATA (2002)
- Director
- TAKEFUJI Kayo
- Cast
- ARIMURA Kohya(Et in terra pax), OZAWA Kazushi, NAKANO Emi
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The Room of the Son (2002)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Yusuke
- Cast
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Mitsukarumade (2002)
- Director
- TSUNEMOTO Takuaki
- Cast
- ITAYA Yuka, MIZUHASHI Kenji, NARASAKA Atsushi
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Fire! (2002)
- Director
- NAKAGAWA Yosuke
- Cast
- SHIBA Rie, KONDO Masato, HESHIKI Keigo
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HAZARD (2002)
- Director
- SONO Sion
- Cast
- ODAGIRI Joe, JAI West, FUKAMI Motoki
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Ashigara-san (2002)
- Director
- IIDA Motoharu
- Cast
- Ashigara-san, GOTO Koji
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ANTENNA (2002)
- Director
- KUMAKIRI Kazuyoshi
- Cast
- KASE Ryo, KOBAYASHI Akemi, ASAOKA Megumi
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Parasite Dolls (2002)
- Director
- YOSHINAGA Naoyuki, NAKAZAWA Kazuto
- Cast
- INOUE Kazuhiko, OKAMURA Akemi, IKEDA Masaru
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LIVE FOREVER (2002)
- Director
- IMADA Satoshi
- Cast
- KODAMA Yuji, SUZUKI Tokiji, ASAI Ai
A year after leprosy sufferers won a decisive victory in their lawsuit claiming years of unconstitutional treatment by the government, over 250 people still live in a sanatorium in Gunma's Kusatsu Town. One of the leaders of the movement to seek lega...
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Legendary Crocodile, Jake and His Fellows (2002)
- Director
- INUDO Isshin
- Cast
- ICHIKAWA Mikako, MATSUO Suzuki, TSUKAMOTO Shinya
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Aiki (2002)
- Director
- TENGAN Daisuke
- Cast
- KATO Haruhiko, TOMOSAKA Rie, ISHIBASHI Ryo
The director Tengan Daisuke is Imamura Shohei's son and has collaborated on the screenplays of all of Imamura's films since The Eel. Ashihara Taichi (Kato Haruhiko) is a boxer aiming for the newcomer's championship, but a motorcycle accident leaves h...
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Dolls (2002)
- Director
- KITANO Takeshi
- Cast
- KANNO Miho, NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, MIHASHI Tatsuya
The latest film by Kitano Takeshi. Using Chikamatsu Monzaemon's play, 'The Courier of Hell', as its motif, the film depicts the sad journey of a man and a woman, who, like so-called "connected beggars", are linked by a red rope as they walk along. Th...
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KT (2002)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Junji
- Cast
- SATO Koichi, KIM Kab-soo, HARADA Yoshio
The kidnapping of Korean politician Kim Dae-jung in Tokyo, 1973 came as a shock to all of Japan and endangered the diplomatic relations between Japan and South Korea. Bold conjectures and detailed psychology transform this major historical incident i...
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OUT (2002)
- Director
- HIRAYAMA Hideyuki
- Cast
- HARADA Mieko, BAISHO Mitsuko, MUROI Shigeru
Based on the bestselling mystery by Kirino Natsuo, which drew attention for its story of a group of housewives' crimes and the raw descriptions of the women dismembering corpses. Masako (Harada Mieko), Yoshie (Baisho Mitsuko), Kuniko (Muroi Shigeru)...
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SABU (2002)
- Director
- MIIKE Takashi
- Cast
- FUJIWARA Tatsuya, TSUMABUKI Satoshi, TABATA Tomoko
Miike Takashi once worked as assistant director to Imamura Shohei and Onchi Hideo. Since his debut in 1995, he has continued to shoot films at an astonishingly high pace, demonstrating his skills, regardless of genre, with films like Dead or Alive an...
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Unloved (2002)
- Director
- MANDA Kunitoshi
- Cast
- MORIGUCHI Yoko, NAKAMURA Toru, MATSUOKA Shunsuke
This first feature by Manda Kunitoshi won both the Grand Rail d'Or and the Future Talent Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at Cannes 2001. Closely woven dialogue succeeds in presenting a sense of friction arising between the world and Mitsuko (Moriguchi Y...
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Letter from the Mountain (2002)
- Director
- KOIZUMI Takashi
- Cast
- TERAO Akira, HIGUCHI Kanako, KITABAYASHI Tanie
Takao (Terao Akira), an unsuccessful novelist, has been living in Tokyo with his wife Michiko (Higuchi Kanako), a competent doctor. One day, Michiko is seized by a panic attack, a mental illness of unknown origin. The couple uses this as a chance to ...
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Inochi (2002)
- Director
- SHINOHARA Tetsuo
- Cast
- ESUMI Makiko, TOYOKAWA Etsushi, KAKEI Toshio
Miri (Esumi Makiko) is pregnant with the child of a man who already has a family. At first he wants her to have the child, but unable to forsake his present family, he remains indecisive. Looking for help, Miri visits the house of playwright Higashi ...
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The Sea Watches (2002)
- Director
- KUMAI Kei
- Cast
- SHIMIZU Misa, TONO Nagiko, NAGASE Masatoshi
A period love story directed by Kumai Kei, who made a loyal adaptation of a script left behind by the late Kurosawa Akira. Oshin (Tono Nagiko) works in a brothel in Fukagawa, Edo. One night she falls in love with a young samurai (Yoshioka Hidetaka), ...
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Harmful Insect (2002)
- Director
- SHIOTA Akihiko
- Cast
- MIYAZAKI Aoi, TANABE Seiichi, Ryo
Miyazaki Aoi, whose role as the young girl in Eureka was highly acclaimed, plays a junior high school girl who is determined to choose her own way of life amidst the cruel tricks of fate, even if this isolates her from her environment. At the 2001 Fe...
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MADNESS IN BLOOM (2002)
- Director
- SONODA Kenji
- Cast
- KUBOZUKA Yosuke, HARADA Yoshio, EGUCHI Yosuke
The first feature by director Sonoda Kenji, who honed his craft as a director of music videos and music shows. Raw urban locations and the latest hip-hop music anchor this tale of pure anger and the vividly experienced lives of youths on the street. ...
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Doing Time (2002)
- Director
- SAI Yoichi
- Cast
- YAMAZAKI Tsutomu, KAGAWA Teruyuki, TAGUCHI Tomorowo
Gun-crazy Hanawa (Yamazaki Tsutomu) lands a three-year sentence for illegal possession of an unlicensed firearm and other crimes, and finds himself in jail. There, surrounded by a motley assortment of colorful characters, he finds a harsh life govern...
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Gomen (2002)
- Director
- TOGASHI Shin
- Cast
- HISANO Masahiro, SAKURATANI Yukika, KUNIMURA Jun
Director Togashi Shin worked as assistant director on Somai Shinji's films like Typhoon Club and Hikaru Onna, as well as for Izutsu Kazuyuki and Hirayama Hideyuki. This is his second feature film which follows off-balance Nanao Seiichi (Hisano Masahi...
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Ripples (2002)
- Director
- NAGAO Naoki
- Cast
- TADANO Miako, MATSUZAKA Keiko, TOYOKAWA Etsushi
Nagao Naoki, also active in the TV ad and music video field, directs his third feature, following Tetto Musashino-Sen. Natsui Inako (Tadano Miako) works for the city government as a water quality analyst. At the spa inn she visits for research tests...
