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Seoul (2002)
- Director
- NAGASAWA Masahiko
- Cast
- NAGASE Tomoya, CHOI Min-Su
Seoul is the newest title from Nagasawa Masahiko, known as the producer of Iwai Shunji's films Undo, Love Letter, and Picnic, and who made his directorial debut with Koko ni irukoto. Freshman cop, Hayase Yutaro (Nagase Tomoya), is in South Korea, as...
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The Twilight Samurai (2002)
- Director
- YAMADA Yoji
- Cast
- SANADA Hiroyuki, MIYAZAWA Rie, TANBA Tetsuro
The first full-scale period film directed by Japanese film industry master, Yamada Yoji (The 'Tora-san' series, The Yellow Handkerchief, A Class to Remember, and other titles). Low-ranking samurai, Iguchi Seibei (Sanada Hiroyuki), is a widower barel...
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Chicken Heart (2002)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Hiroshi
- Cast
- IKEUCHI Hiroyuki, IMAWANO Kiyoshiro, MATSUO Suzuki
Former boxer Iwano (Ikeuchi Hiroyuki), teamed up with Sada (Imawano Kiyoshiro) and Maru (Matsuo Suzuki), who live in the same apartment building, makes his daily living as a punching bag for drunken businessmen in some corner of the amusement quarter...
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The Choice of Hercules (2002)
- Director
- HARADA Masato
- Cast
- YAKUSHO Koji, UZAKI Ryudo, AMAMI Yuki
In February 1972, five members of the Japanese Red Army lock themselves up in a mountain lodge in Karuizawa called Asama Sanso, taking the wife of its proprietor hostage. Sassa Atsuyuki (Yakusho Koji) of the National Police Agency is put in charge by...
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The Cat Returns (2002)
- Director
- MORITA Hiroyuki
- Cast
- IKEWAKI Chizuru, HAKAMADA Yoshihiko, TANBA Tetsuro
Director Morita Hiroyuki's first feature film, based on a project by Miyazaki Hayao (Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away). High school girl Haru saves a cat from being run over by a truck. The cat stands up like a human, expresses his thanks, and leave...
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Picaresque (2002)
- Director
- ITO Hidehiro
- Cast
- KAWAMURA Ryuichi, SANO Shiro, TOYOTA Maho
This film portrays the latter half of the life of Dazai Osamu, one of the most important Japanese writers of the first half of the 20th century, focusing on how he survived repeated suicide or double suicide attempts. On June 19, 1949, the dead bodie...
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DAWN OF A NEW DAY: The Man Behind VHS (2002)
- Director
- SASABE Kiyoshi
- Cast
- NISHIDA Toshiyuki, WATANABE Ken, NAKADAI Tatsuya
Kagatani Shizuo (Nishida Toshiyuki), an employee at home electronics manufacturer, Victor Company of Japan, is transferred to the home video division of the company's Yokohama factory, and told to cut the division's staff by 20%. However, Kagatani do...
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Ping Pong (2002)
- Director
- SORI Fumihiko
- Cast
- KUBOZUKA Yosuke, ARATA, TAKENAKA Naoto
Popular manga artist, Matsumoto Taiyo's table tennis comic springs into motion with a liberal use of computer graphics. Peco (Kubozuka Yosuke) and Smile (ARATA) are old childhood friends who belong to their school ping-pong club. Peco has his sights...
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Mr. Rookie (2002)
- Director
- ISAKA Satoshi
- Cast
- NAGASHIMA Kazushige, TSURUTA Mayu, HASHIZUME Isao
It's baseball season in the year 200X, and the professional team Hanshin Tigers is doing very well, thanks to the masked pitcher, Mister Rookie, a sudden star on the scene. The mysterious player is actually just an ordinary salaryman, Ohara Koji (Nag...
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Woman of Water (2002)
- Director
- SUGIMORI Hidenori
- Cast
- UA, ASANO Tadanobu, OGAWA Mayumi
The first film starring UA, one of Japan's leading female singers. The story is structured by comparing the characters in the film to the four elements of the universe in Greek natural philosophy: fire, water, wind and earth. Ryo (UA) is called the ...
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Through the Night (2002)
- Director
- KIM Su-Jin
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Taro, FUBUKI Jun, KIKI Kirin
A Japan-Korea co-production directed by Kim Su-Jin, a known actor and the leader of the theater company Shinjuku Ryozanpaku. It's 1958, and Yoshio (Yamamoto Taro) returns home to the Korean shantytown near the ruins of Osaka's arsenal, an area bombe...
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Rock'n'Roll Mishin (2002)
- Director
- YUKISADA Isao
- Cast
- IKEUCHI Hiroyuki, Ryo, KASE Ryo
A story of young people's pursuit of dreams and their setbacks is director, Yukisada Isao's choice for his latest film following GO, which won Best Director, Best Script, Best Cinematography, and other awards at the 2001 Japan Academy Awards. Kenji ...
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A Laughing Frog (2002)
- Director
- HIRAYAMA Hideyuki
- Cast
- NAGATSUKA Kyozo, OHTSUKA Nene, YUKIMURA Izumi
Kurasawa Ippei (Nagatsuka Kyozo) embezzled money from the bank where he worked, and went missing. His wife Ryoko (Otsuka Nene) has run from the public eye, and leads a quiet life in her parents' country house. When Ippei shows up, tired of life on th...
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The Thirteen Steps (2002)
- Director
- NAGASAWA Masahiko
- Cast
- SORIMACHI Takashi, YAMAZAKI Tsutomu, SHOFUKUTEI Tsurube
Mikami Junichi (Sorimachi Takashi) is serving a murder sentence after accidentally killing a person during a fight. After being released, he is asked by prison guard Nango Shoji (Yamazaki Tsutomu) to join the investigation to exonerate a wrongfully c...
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2LDK (2002)
- Director
- TSUTSUMI Yukihiko
- Cast
- KOIKE Eiko, NONAMI Maho
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ALIVE (2002)
- Director
- KITAMURA Ryuhei
- Cast
- SAKAKI Hideo, Ryo, Koyuki
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BORDER LINE (2002)
- Director
- LEE Sang-il
- Cast
- SAWAKI Tetsu, MAEDA Ayaka, MURAKAMI Jun
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ROUND 1 (2002)
- Director
- YAMADA Daiki
- Cast
- HATAKEYAMA Takanori, SONG Sun-Mi
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T.R.Y. (2002)
- Director
- OMORI Kazuki
- Cast
- ODA Yuji, KUROKI Hitomi, WATANABE Ken
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Ambivalent Future (2002)
- Director
- FUJII Kenjiro
- Cast
- KUROSAWA Kiyoshi, ODAGIRI Joe, ASANO Tadanobu
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bright future (2002)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Kiyoshi
- Cast
- ODAGIRI Joe, ASANO Tadanobu, FUJI Tatsuya
With audiences waiting expectantly since Pulse, bright future is director Kurosawa Kiyoshi's most recent film, and one which was selected for the official competition section at the Cannes Film Festival. The entire film was shot in both 35mm and High...
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Dream Cuisine (2002)
- Director
- LI Ying
- Cast
- SATO Hatsue, SATO Koruku, LIU Guangwei
An internationally highly acclaimed documentary, screened at many international film festivals. Mr. and Mrs. Sato run a Chinese restaurant in Tokyo. The wife, Hatsue, was born in Shandong, China in 1925 and came to Japan in 1948. The traditional Sha...
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SONG OF AJIMA (2002)
- Director
- AOYAMA Shinji
- Cast
- UEHARA Tomoko, TERUYA Rinken, Rinken Band
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Mt. Head (2002)
- Director
- YAMAMURA Koji
- Cast
- KUNIMOTO Takeharu
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Aragami (2002)
- Director
- KITAMURA Ryuhei
- Cast
- OSAWA Takao, KATO Masaya, UOTANI Kanae
