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OUT OF PLACE -Memories of Edward Said (2005)
- Director
- SATO Makoto
- Cast
- Mariam C. SAID, Wadie E. SAID, Najla W. SAID
Edward Said, a world-class intellectual from Palestine, died in September 2003. He was buried neither in New York where he spent the second half of his life, nor in Jerusalem where he was born, but in Broummana in Lebanon. The film starts with the ep...
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Eli, Eli, Lema Sabachthani ? (2005)
- Director
- AOYAMA Shinji
- Cast
- ASANO Tadanobu, MIYAZAKI Aoi, NAKAHARA Masaya
The year is 2015. Japan is in the grip of a deadly virus, and the country is filled with fear and desperation. Once infected, the victim invariably dies by committing suicide. The media calls this plague the "Lemming Syndrome". The only way to contai...
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OMOIBUMI (2005)
- Director
- ITO Hidehiro
- Cast
- HOSHI Yuriko, TERADA Minori
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GHADA Songs of Palestine (2005)
- Director
- FURUI Mizue
- Cast
Directed by Furui Mizue, who changed the course of her life from being an office worker to a journalist after suffering an intractable disease. Furui met Ghada in Palestine during the war, and interviewed her over 12 years to complete this film. Gh...
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Frog Song (2005)
- Director
- IMAOKA Shinji
- Cast
- KONATSU, HIRASAWA Rinako, YOSHIOKA Mutsuo
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Who's Camus Anyway? (2005)
- Director
- YANAGIMACHI Mitsuo
- Cast
- KASHIWABARA Shuji, YOSHIKAWA Hinano, MAEDA Ai
60 years after Albert Camus' 'The Stranger' depicted an absurd murder, an old woman was stabbed to death in Aichi Prefecture in May of 2000. The murderer, a mere high school boy, said, "I wanted to experience a murder. I wanted to experiment and see ...
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KAMOME DINER (2005)
- Director
- OGIGAMI Naoko
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Satomi, KATAGIRI Hairi, MOTAI Masako
Author, Mure Yoko, writes this film adaptation of the similarly titled novel, directed by Ogigami Naoko of Yoshino's Barber Shop (Barber Yoshino). This is a heart-warming, human drama that portrays the interaction between a restaurant owner and the p...
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The Catch Man (2005)
- Director
- OSAKI Akira
- Cast
- OMORI Nao, KITAKI Mayu, TERAJIMA Susumu
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ORIGIN 〜Spirits of the past〜 (2005)
- Director
- SUGIYAMA Keiichi
- Cast
- KATSUJI Ryo, MIYAZAKI Aoi, KOTEGAWA Yuko
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cross the lens (2005)
- Director
- FUKUSHIMA Takuya
- Cast
- ASANO Tadanobu, TAKEUCHI Suguru, JISSOJI Akio
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EXECUTIVE KOALA (2005)
- Director
- KAWASAKI Minoru
- Cast
- NOMURA Hironobu, ELLIROSE, HARIKENRYU
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LOVE TOMATO/Kumain ka na ba? (2005)
- Director
- NANBU Hideo
- Cast
- DAICHI Yasuo, Alice DIXSON, TOMITA Yasuko
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GOYA CHANPURU (2005)
- Director
- MATSUSHIMA Tetsuya
- Cast
- TABE Mikako, FUBUKI Jun, TAKEDA Kohei
A human drama that portrays a junior high school girl who distrusts people and refuses to go to school, but gradually regains herself through friendly interaction with the islanders. Directed by Matsushima Tetsuya, and based on 'Maburai no Shima' by ...
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KOKO NI IRU (2005)
- Director
- HASHIGUCHI Takuaki
- Cast
- ICHINOSE Hidekazu, KAWAMURA Aki, TAKANO Hassei
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princess in an iron helmet (2005)
- Director
- SHINDO Kaze
- Cast
- YAMADA Maiko, KISHIMOTO Kayoko, TAKENAKA Naoto
A heart-warming comedy that nostalgically portrays the main character who had been withdrawn into her own small world, but comes out of herself and matures into an adult. 24-year-old Tamako (Yamada Maiko), is happy as long as she has some sweet br...
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THREE YEAR DELIVERY (2005)
- Director
- TADANO Miako
- Cast
- NAKAJIMA Tomoko, NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, KIUCHI Midori
At 29 years of age, Matsuda Fuyuko (Nakajima Tomoko) is in her 9th month of pregnancy. She is taking it easy at home, not feeling quite ready to be a mother. Her husband, Toru (Nishijima Hidetoshi), is even less ready. He plays billiard with his love...
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The Book of the Dead (2005)
- Director
- KAWAMOTO Kihachiro
- Cast
- MIYAZAWA Rie, KANZE Tetsunojo, ENOKI Takaaki
Puppet animation by Kawamoto Kihachiro, whose works include Ningyogeki Sangokushi (NHK), Fuyunohi, Archer without a Bow (China), and Ibarahime matawa Nemurihime (Czech Republic). Set in the Nara Period (710 〜 784), Iratsume, a princess of the nobl...
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SI-SEI (2005)
- Director
- SATO Hisayasu
- Cast
- YOSHII Rei, YUGE Tomohisa
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su-ki-da, (2005)
- Director
- ISHIKAWA Hiroshi
- Cast
- MIYAZAKI Aoi, NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, NAGASAKU Hiromi
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STONE AGE (2005)
- Director
- SHIRATORI Tetsu
- Cast
- KURODA Yuki, SATO Aiko, SHIBATA Rie
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Perhaps He Is (2005)
- Director
- HOSAKA Nobuhiko
- Cast
- YUKIMURA Izumi, KATSURA Harudanji, ATO Kai
A poet and novelist, Ko Haruto, who won the prestigious Minister of Education's Art Encouragement Prize and Yomiuri Literature Award, wrote a trilogy about his sunset days with his wife, Yoshi. One part of the trilogy has been made into a film by Hos...
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TAMEIKI NO RIYU (2005)
- Director
- INOUE Haruo
- Cast
- SAITO Kazuyoshi, MATSUDA Kazusa, KATO Rosa
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The Cheese & The Worms (2005)
- Director
- KATO Haruyo
- Cast
A documentary that records the daily life of a mother with a limited life expectancy and a grandmother, directed by the daughter, Kato Haruyo. The grandmother, mother and daughter live in a country town in Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo. The film...
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Chain -The Curse Continues- (2005)
- Director
- HONDA Ryuichi
- Cast
- SAWAI Miyu, MIURA Aoi, YAMAMOTO Hiroshi
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Rug Cop, The (2005)
- Director
- KAWASAKI Minoru
- Cast
- Moto FUYUKI, Ijiri OKADA, NABE Yakan
