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Intimacies (2012)
- Director
- HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke
- Cast
- HIRANO Rei, SATO Ryo, TAYAMA Mikio
Epic feature film that clocks in at four hours and fifteen minutes, born from a proposal at an actor training school. Three-part structure consists of an ensemble play by directors as they prepare for the stage, the play as it is actually performed b...
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JUNE 6TH (2012)
- Director
- KASHIWABARA Hiroshi, ISHII Yoshikazu, HARA Takahito
- Cast
- MIZUNO Miki, SHIMIZU Mina, MASAKI Soji
An omnibus film from five directors who depict events that occur on the same date at various points in time and space, from a thoroughfare in the Edo Period to outer space in the near future. It is filled with action scenes that make use of a wide ra...
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It's Me, It's Me (2012)
- Director
- MIKI Satoshi
- Cast
- KAMENASHI Kazuya, UCHIDA Yuki, KASE Ryo
Tension-filled suspense film directed by Miki Satoshi of Instant Swamp and Adrift in Tokyo that gives the final word slacker sensibility. Kamenashi Kazuya of KAT-TUN performs 33 rolls on his own. Based on Hoshino Tomoyuki's novel by the same title, w...
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HARU & AKI IN NEKOYADO (2012)
- Director
- KONDO Yuichi
- Cast
- MIZOGUCHI Megumi, HOSHINA Rika, AYATSUKI Takaoh
A short film aimed at young women and shot on location in Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture with local government support. Made with the aim of generating interest in visiting Kanuma, it presents a refreshing depiction of the worries and struggles of t...
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SUMMER OF ANGELS (2012)
- Director
- KONDO Yuichi
- Cast
- HOSHINA Rika, MIZOGUCHI Megumi, KUWANA Kosuke
A coming-of-age film in which a young female angel who descends to Earth in search of a missing colleague learns about friendship and love while attending high school and experiences personal growth. The lead roles are played by Hoshina Rika and Mizo...
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THE BURNING BUDDHA MAN (2012)
- Director
- Ujicha
- Cast
- IGUCHI Yuka, TERADA Minori, HARA Chisako
One-of-a-kind animated film with direction, screenplay and cinematography handled by newcomer creator Ujicha, who resides in Kyoto. Uses a spooky touch to depict bizarre events sparked by life forms that fuse human beings and Buddha statues. Audaciou...
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Leaving on the 15th Spring (2012)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Yasuhiro
- Cast
- MIYOSHI Ayaka, OTAKE Shinobu, KOBAYASHI Kaoru
Family drama based on real life on the Okinawan island of Minami-Daito. Depicts the excitement and anxieties of a girl in her last year of junior high school, living on an island without a high school where further study means leaving home. Yoshida Y...
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Maruyama, the Middle Schooler (2012)
- Director
- KUDO Kankuro
- Cast
- KUSANAGI Tsuyoshi, HIRAOKA Takuma, ENDO Kenji
Coming-of-age drama that marks the first film directed in four years by popular screenwriter Kudo Kankuro. CG and action are used to humorously depict a passion-besieged junior high school boy whose absurd adolescent delusions grow increasingly inten...
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A Woman and War (2012)
- Director
- INOUE Junichi
- Cast
- EGUCHI Noriko, NAGASE Masatoshi, MURAKAMI Jun
Sensual literary romance based on Sakaguchi Ango's original story. Inoue Junichi, acolyte of director Wakamatsu Koji and screenwriter Arai Haruhiko, sensually depicts the erotic relationship between a man and woman who are at the mercy of the times. ...
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Steins;Gate Déjà vu IN THE LOAD AREA (2012)
- Director
- WAKABAYASHI Kanji
- Cast
- MIYANO Mamoru, HANAZAWA Kana, SEKI Tomokazu
A feature film continuation of an animated television series based on a popular science fiction video game with a mysterious world view and an unpredictable plotline. It depicts a university student who happens to invent a tool that has global reperc...
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Empty Road (2012)
- Director
- NARUSE Yusei
- Cast
- ISHIGURO Hideo, EMOTO Tokio, ITODA Jun
The first film from the "Mubisute" project, in which film and theater productions take differing approaches to dramatizing a shared story. A suspenseful chamber piece about a gathering of soldiers who set out to change the course of a war. Its writer...
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Samurai Dash (2012)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Koki
- Cast
- OSAKO Ippei, ASHINA Sei, NAKANO Yuta
Action comedy that delivers a feature film rendition of the theater group PU-PU-JUICE's popular stage performance. Directed by theater group head Yamamoto Hikori, who also directs and produces. Gag-filled portrayal of the bizarre fate of an ordinary ...
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Cold Bloom (2012)
- Director
- FUNAHASHI Atsushi
- Cast
- USUDA Asami, MIURA Takahiro, TAKAHASHI Yo
Romantic drama about the devastation and recovery of a woman whose husband dies, set in Ibaraki Prefecture's Hitachi City, an area stricken by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Director Funahashi Atsushi sensitively depicts the heroine's e...
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PARADOX LOVE (2012)
- Director
- HORII Hikaru
- Cast
- IWASAKI Tomohiko, TSUJIOKA Masato, MURATA Keiji
An offbeat film that takes a surreal and comical look at the insanity of a man whose slight misconception transforms him into a killing machine. Its director is Horii Hikaru, who is highly regarded for the unflinching depictions of sex and unique sen...
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Legend of the T-Dog (2012)
- Director
- Lee Tian Jue
- Cast
- Wang Bo-Chieh, Lin Ruo-ya, Blackberry
Comedy created by staff from Japan and Taiwan. Depicts the ruckus that ensues when a loser youth and a dog that brings misfortune get together. Lee Tian Jue makes his directorial debut with this film. Nothing goes right for the youth Ado. He's loved...
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A Cry from a Century Ago--High Treason Incident is not Over (2012)
- Director
- TANAKA Kei
- Cast
- TAKAHASHI Rieko
A documentary that delves into the truth behind the High Treason Incident that occurred in 1910. Due to the Meiji government's suppression of free thought, Kotoku Shusui and 26 others judged to be anarchists and socialists were thrown in jail or give...
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Go for Broke! Memories of Hawai'i Japanese "Niseis" (2012)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Hiroyuki
- Cast
Documentary looking back on the social history of Japanese-Americans living in Hawaii, focusing on testimony from 34 second-generation Japanese-American veterans and their spouses. Directorial debut for producer Matsumoto Hiroyuki. Won the Best of Ha...
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The Other Side of The Sex (2012)
- Director
- ENOKI Yujiro, TAKAHARA Hidekazu
- Cast
- HIBINO Tatsuro, HAYAMI Kenji, YAMAMOTO Ryuji
A documentary that shines a spotlight on the unsung male performers who support the world of adult video, which has grown into a massive industry with annual sales of 55 billion yen in the 30 years since its inception. Its co-directors Enoki Yujiro a...
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Tsunami no Ato no Jikanwari Ishinomaki Kadowakisho Ichinen no Kiroku (2012)
- Director
- AOIKE Kenji
- Cast
On that day when a tsunami hit many schools along the Pacific coast of eastern Japan, Kadonowaki Elementary School in Ishinomaki City was subjected to a devastating onslaught. Seven of its 300 students were killed and the school building was rendered...
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Roots (2012)
- Director
- IKEYA Kaoru
- Cast
- SATO Naoshi, KANNO Tsuyoshi
The Ants's Ikeya Kaoru creates this intimate documentary about a 77-year-old man stricken by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. The film movingly depicts his powerful way of life, and won a Special Mention by the Ecumenical Jury at the 63rd Berl...
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Kiotsuketene (2012)
- Director
- OKA Daichi
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Mao, KAIZU Tadasi, ARITA Kyoko
Oka Daichi and Kawahara Yasuomi, who have been collaborating since meeting when their films were selected for the 27th Pia Film Festival, direct each other's original screenplays. The films depict love and conflict between the sexes, themed on the To...
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Yuremosede (2012)
- Director
- KAWAHARA Yasuomi
- Cast
- JINNO Sachi, HONDA Chikara
Oka Daichi and Kawahara Yasuomi, who have been collaborating since meeting when their films were selected for the 27th Pia Film Festival, direct each other's original screenplays. The films depict love and conflict between the sexes, themed on the To...
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Workers (2012)
- Director
- MORI Yasuyuki
- Cast
A documentary that introduces a new labor model by focusing on a workers' cooperative operating in an old neighborhood in Tokyo's Sumida City, where all the members pool their money to create work, and also includes sketches by comedian Matsumoto Hir...
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Banana, glove and whale shark (2012)
- Director
- YAGI Junichi
- Cast
- NAKAHARA Takeo, SHIOYA Shun, HARADA Kana
Drama that reunites director Yagi Junichi, whose previous film Neko no hige was described as "contemporary Ozu," with Oki Eiji for planning, screenplay, producing and performance. Depicts the discord and reconciliation between a bohemian father and s...
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Little maestra (2012)
- Director
- SAIGA Toshiro
- Cast
- ARIMURA Kasumi, SHAKU Yumiko, KANIE Keizo
Set in an Ishikawa Prefecture fishing village, this music drama portrays the struggles of a high school girl who finds herself leading an amateur music group after being mistaken for a genius conductor. Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance" march warmly en...
