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Tokyo twilight (2012)
- Director
- NAKANO Takao
- Cast
- YASHIRO Minase, NATSUME Suzu, MASUDA Yuki
A horror omnibus in which bizarre phenomena occur in modern-day Tokyo, partially inspired by "The Twilight Zone" television series. Yashiro Minase from the internationally popular cult film THE MACHINE GIRL plays the linking character for four outlan...
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Himawari okinawa ha wasurenai anohi no sora o (2012)
- Director
- OIKAWA Yoshihiro
- Cast
- NAGATSUKA Kyozo, SUGA Kenta, Nounen Rena
A film adaptation of a real-life incident in which a U.S. military jet crashed into an elementary school in Okinawa in 1959, resulting in numerous fatalities. Nonen Rena, who became a national sensation after playing the lead role in the television s...
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Night people (2012)
- Director
- KADOI Hajime
- Cast
- SATO Eriko, KITAMURA Kazuki, WAKAMURA Mayumi
A crime suspense film based on the short story Tokai no Yaju (beast of the city) by Naoki Prize-winning author Osaka Go. It depicts a tense game of deception played by two men and women over 200 million yen in stolen money. Its director is Kadoi Haji...
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Good-bye Debussy (2012)
- Director
- RIJU Go
- Cast
- HASHIMOTO Ai, KIYOZUKA Shinya, Mickey CURTIS
A film adaptation of the novel of the same name by 8th Konomys Award winner Shichiri Nakayama. Sixteen-year-old Haruka (Hashimoto Ai) lives happily with her parents, grandfather and cousin. One day, a fire breaks out in the annex of their house. Her...
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Valentine ikki (2012)
- Director
- YOSHIMURA Hitomi
- Cast
- FUJITA Kotoko, UMEDA Maho, SHIGA Arika
Three female Japanese students learn of the child labor problem in Ghana and plan an event to sell fair trade chocolate. This documentary presents a detailed account of their struggle to achieve their goal. High schoolers Umeda Maho and Shiga Arika ...
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CHICHI O MEGURU TABI (2012)
- Director
- TAKESHIGE Kunio, KONDO Masanori
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Masayoshi
A documentary that reveals the little-known true life story of Nakamura Masayoshi, an iconoclastic painter who broke away from traditional artistic circles, and was also a scholar of Edo Period painter Sharaku. It is co-directed by Kondo Masanori and...
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KTAWARA -A Journey from March 11, 2011- (2012)
- Director
- ISE Shinichi
- Cast
- TOMABECHI Satoro, YOSHIDA Kei, TOMABECHI Hanna
Documentary about victims of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami by director Ise Shinichi, whose style is consistently supportive of his subjects. Cameraman Miyata Hachiro arrives to ascertain the whereabouts of musician Tomabechi Satoro, who lives in...
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Life in a Foreign Land: Burmese in Japan (2012)
- Director
- DOI Toshikuni
- Cast
- Kyaw Kyaw Soe, Nwe Nwe Kyaw
Kyaw Kyaw Soe helped instigate the democracy movement in his homeland of Myanmar (Burma) and suffered repression at the hands of the military junta, which forced him to become a political refugee in Japan. This documentary, which follows Kyaw's four ...
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Syamenbana (2012)
- Director
- KARUBE Shinichi
- Cast
- ICHINOSE Hidekazu, TAKENAKA Naoto, KAWANO Taro
Karube Shinichi, who learned special cinematography techniques like crane shots in Hollywood, makes his directorial debut with this historical drama. Uses original visual sensibility to wistfully depict the tragic love between a young samurai and pro...
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BOZO (2012)
- Director
- OMORI Tatsushi
- Cast
- MIZUSAWA Shingo, UNO Shohei, FUCHIKAMI Yasushi
Controversial film dealing with the 2008 Akihabara stabbing spree. Depicts the descent of a depressed temp worker possessed by madness, based on the perpetrator whose attack resulted in seventeen casualties. Director and screenwriter Omori Tatsushi d...
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Ah! Minister! (2012)
- Director
- GORIKI Daiya
- Cast
- YAMAGUCHI Tomomitsu, KINOSHITA Houka, SAKAI Wakana
Sitcom based on the ministerial meetings where the cabinet makes their decisions, including incidents that bring real politicians to mind. Cabinet ministers debate a bizarre bill in a closed session. Rookie minister Onozuka (Yamaguchi Tomomitsu) is ...
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Endless Stage (2012)
- Director
- HAMATANI Koichi
- Cast
- FUKUTOKU Shusuke, GOTO Junpei, KUMADA Masashi
Sci-fi comedy starring the comedy duo Jaru Jaru. Warmly depicts the comedy duo as they are swept into a world where time loops endlessly. Fukutoku (Fukutoku Shusuke) and Goto (Goto Junpei)'s comedy duo Jaru Jaru has been getting more popular, and t...
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The Bridal Night & The Lotus Root (2012)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Masahiro
- Cast
- KAZAMA Morio, ASO Yumi, ICHIKAWA Yui
Family comedy based on a play by dramatist Tsuchida Hideo. The problems of a family that seems happy at first glance are gradually exposed by the eldest daughter's explosive behavior. Constructed as a drama rich in wit and pathos, utilizing many come...
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Dream In The Rising Sun (2012)
- Director
- GOBUICHI Osamu
- Cast
- Nicholas Edwards, FUKUDA Saki, YABE Taro
Nicholas Edwards, popular as the world's best foreign singer of Japanese songs, plays himself in this coming-of-age comedy. An American youth who dreams of making his debut as a singer struggles to get his big break in Japan. Director Gobuichi Osamu ...
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TABAKOI ～the love story that begins with cigarettes～ (2012)
- Director
- NAKAGAWA Michinari
- Cast
- MATAYOSHI Naoki, ENDO Kumiko, SHOJI Tomoharu
Matayoshi Naoki of the comedy duo Peace makes his debut as leading performer in this romantic comedy. A guy who is overly honest and can't tell the difference between true feelings and social niceties gets a mysterious cigarette that exposes people's...
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The Millennial Rapture (2012)
- Director
- WAKAMATSU Koji
- Cast
- TERAJIMA Shinobu, KORA Kengo, TAKAOKA Sosuke
An official selection of the 2012 Venice International Film Festival's Orizzonti section, this drama is a striking adaptation of Akutagawa Prize-winning author Nakagami Kenji's novella by uncompromising filmmaker Wakamatsu Koji. It stars Terajima Shi...
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Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship (2012)
- Director
- MINORIKAWA Osamu
- Cast
- SHIBASAKI Ko, MAKI Yoko, TERAJIMA Shinobu
A heartwarming drama based on Masuda Miri's comic strip series. It offers a warm and tender depiction of the lives of three women in their thirties struggling with their futures, love lives, and more. Director Minorikawa Osamu gained praise for the p...
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Princess Betrayal (2012)
- Director
- IWANA Masaki
- Cast
- TAUMI Akiko, OSAWA Yuri, NANAMI Koshu
The third feature from director Iwana Masaki, who is also active as a butoh dancer. It presents a detailed depiction of the madness of war and the problems facing Japan following the Great East Japan Earthquake, via the life story of a stage actress....
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The Storyteller’s Apprentice (2012)
- Director
- KANDA Yuji
- Cast
- NOZOE Seiji, MINAMISAWA Nao, ADACHI Yumi
A heartwarming comedy set in the world of rakugo (comedic storytelling). Based on a play by theater group "Uwa no Sora: Toshiro Ichiza", it presents a lively depiction of a commotion at rakugo performance. Producer Kanda Yuji, whose works include Ub...
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REUNION (2012)
- Director
- KIMIZUKA Ryoichi
- Cast
- NISHIDA Toshiyuki, OGATA Naoto, KATSUJI Ryo
Labor of love that sincerely takes on the truth of the 3.11 disaster through in-depth research by Kimizuka Ryoichi of Nobody to Watch Over Me, based on author Ishii Kota's writing about the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in "ITAI, SHINSAI TSUNAMI NO H...
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GARO and the Wailing Dragon (2012)
- Director
- AMEMIYA Keita
- Cast
- KONISHI Ryosei, KUBOTA Yuki, AOI Anna
The second feature film to spring from a popular tokusatsu (special effects-laden science fiction) television series. Its depiction of the desperate struggle of a Makai Knight thrown into a parallel world has a stronger element of fantasy than other ...
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A Story of Yonosuke (2012)
- Director
- OKITA Shuichi
- Cast
- KORA Kengo, YOSHITAKA Yuriko, IKEMATSU Sosuke
A coming-of-age drama based on a serialized newspaper novel by Yoshida Shuichi. It nostalgically depicts the interactions between a good-natured young man and his friends, while interweaving the past and present. The lead roles are played by Kora Ken...
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SADO TEMPEST (2012)
- Director
- John WILLIAMS
- Cast
- EGUCHI Noriko, HENMI Yasunori "JITTERBUG", HONDA Hirotaro
Unique fantasy that incorporates the traditional culture of Sado with the "Tempest," said to be Shakespeare's final work. A rock singer exiled to Sado for criticizing the government expands his musical horizons after encountering Noh and demon drummi...
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Capturing Dad (2012)
- Director
- NAKANO Ryota
- Cast
- WATANABE Makiko, YANAGI Elisa, MATSUBARA Nanoka
The feature-length debut by Ryota Nakano who won Best Director at the 2012 SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL for the film. A family drama centered around two sisters go to visit their father who left home after divorcing their mother fourteen...
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Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row Inmate (2012)
- Director
- SAITO Junichi
- Cast
- NAKADAI Tatsuya, KIKI Kirin, AMANO Shizuo
Drama based on the true story of Okunishi Masaru, who was imprisoned in 1961 as the perpetrator in the Nabari poisoned wine incident in Mie Prefecture, and has insisted on his innocence for over five decades. Tokai TV, which produced a judiciary docu...
