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The Passion (2013)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Ryoko
- Cast
- IWASA Mayuko, FUCHIKAMI Yasushi, FURUTACHI Kanji
Director Yoshida Ryoko delivers her third commercial film with this adaptation of the same-named novel by popular author Himeno Kaoruko. The result is a rakish romance complete with laughs and nudity. Iwasa Mayuko passionately portrays the heroine wh...
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Chai Koi (2013)
- Director
- ITO Hidehiro
- Cast
- KAWASHIMA Naomi, Yi Te-Gang, KITAGAWA Shiori
Film adaptation of the erotic romance novel by Iwai Shimako, author of Too Scary, starring Kawashima Naomi. Kawashima returns to the big screen for the first time since her appearance in Maitresse 13 years ago, and delivers an intense performance of ...
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THE ETERNAL ZERO (2013)
- Director
- YAMAZAKI Takashi
- Cast
- OKADA Junichi, MIURA Haruma, INOUE Mao
Wartime drama based on TV writer Hyakuta Naoki's debut novel. Delves into the tragedy of a Kamikaze pilot who died during World War II, as seen through the eyes of his presentday grandson. Directed by Yamazaki Takashi of ALWAYS -Sunset on Third Stree...
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"A Band Rabbit" and a Boy (2013)
- Director
- SUZUKI Takuji
- Cast
- KAWASAKI Kosei, MIYAZAKI Masaru, YAMADA Maho
A musical drama adapted from Nakazawa Kei's eponymous novel by The Wife of Gegege director Suzuki Takuji. It presents a heartfelt depiction of junior high school students devoted to brass band music. Children were cast from Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Pref...
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ASK THIS OF RIKYU (2013)
- Director
- TANAKA Mitsutoshi
- Cast
- ICHIKAWA Ebizo, NAKATANI Miki, ISEYA Yusuke
A historical tapestry based on the Naoki Prize-winning novel by Yamamoto Kenichi. It retraces the life of Sen no Rikyu, who perfected the tea ceremony in the Azuchi Momoyama period and sacrificed himself for his aesthetic sense. Its dignified and dis...
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The Extreme SUKIYAKI (2013)
- Director
- MAEDA Shiro
- Cast
- IURA Arata, KUBOZUKA Yosuke, ICHIKAWA Mikako
Directorial debut from Maeda Shiro, whose diverse resume includes theater company director, author, and screenwriter. Depicts a group of four men and women who head for the ocean with a sukiyaki pot in hand, based on his novel by the same name. The w...
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Mourning Recipe (2013)
- Director
- TANADA Yuki
- Cast
- NAGASAKU Hiromi, ISHIBASHI Renji, OKADA Masaki
Film adaptation of Ibuki Yuki‘s popular novel by One Million Yen Girl director Tanada Yuki, starring Nagasaku Hiromi from Rebirth. A mother leaves behind a "recipe for life," which revitalizes a family dealing with emotional wounds. Official selectio...
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The Kiyosu Conference (2013)
- Director
- MITANI Koki
- Cast
- YAKUSHO Koji, OIZUMI Yo, KOHINATA Fumiyo
A Ghost of a Chance director Mitani Koki tries his hand at the samurai drama genre, based on his first novel in seventeen years. Brings together a fabulous cast of twenty-six, including luminaries like Yakusho Koji, Oizumi Yo, Kohinata Fumiyo, Sato K...
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Kakukoto no omosa Sakka Sato Yasushi (2013)
- Director
- INAZUKA Hidetaka
- Cast
- SATO Yasushi, MURAKAMI Shingo, KATO Tokiko
A documentary about Sato Yasushi, the author of the short story collection on which Sketches of Kaitan City was based. Dramatic recreations help tell the story of this unfortunate writer who never won the Akutagawa Prize for literature despite numero...
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The Road Less Travelled (2013)
- Director
- FURUMAYA Tomoyuki
- Cast
- SANO Gaku, SUGITA Kaoru, SHIMADA Kyusaku
An adaptation of the eponymous novel by popular author Kitagawa Yasushi, directed by Furumaya Tomoyuki who has displayed his aptitude for coming-of-age movies with works such as Bushido Sixteen. It features a diverse cast that includes Sano Gaku in h...
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Sweet Obsession (2013)
- Director
- ISHII Takashi
- Cast
- DAN Mitsu, MAMIYA Yuki
Director Ishii Takashi adapts Oishi Kei's horror novel of the same name for film. Features familiar faces from Ishii's films, including Mamiya Yuki from Hello, My Dolly Girlfriend, Takenaka Naoto, and Ito Yozaburo, as well as an impassioned performan...
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Backwater (2013)
- Director
- AOYAMA Shinji
- Cast
- SUDA Masaki, MITSUISHI Ken, TANAKA Yuko
TOKYO KOEN director Aoyama Shinji helms this adaptation of Tanaka Shinya's 146th Akutagawa Prize-winning novel. Its screenplay is by Arai Haruhiko, an industry veteran who has received numerous accolades for his works such as VIBRATOR. Winner of two ...
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R-18 Women’s Fiction Prize vol.2 JELLYFISH (2013)
- Director
- KANEKO Shusuke
- Cast
- OTANI Mio, HANAI Rumi, KAWATA Hiroki
Film adaptation of a finalist for the 11th R-18 Women's Fiction Prize, which solicits novels about sex by female authors. This romance brings a sensitive touch to the story of inexperienced love between two high school girls. Miyashita Yuki (Otani M...
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Messiah sikkoku no sho (2013)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Hiroki
- Cast
- HAMAO Kyousuke, OTA Motohiro, MATSUDA Ryo
A dark fantasy from director Yamaguchi Hiroki, whose first theatrically-released film Hellevator: The Bottled Fools was selected by numerous film festivals overseas. Inspired by Takadono Madoka's popular novel, it depicts the growth of a group of you...
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A Boy Called H (2013)
- Director
- FURUHATA Yasuo
- Cast
- MIZUTANI Yutaka, ITO Ran, YOSHIOKA Tatsuki
Family drama based on Senoo Kappa's autobiographical novel. Highlights the bonds within a tailor's family who maintain their convictions while surviving the volatile years leading up to and following World War II. Directed by Furuhata Yasuo, known fo...
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The After-Dinner Mysteries (2013)
- Director
- HIJIKATA Masato
- Cast
- SAKURAI Sho, KITAGAWA Keiko, SHIINA Kippei
Film adaptation of Higashigawa Tokuya's bestselling mystery novel, which took first place in the 2011 Honya Taisho (bookseller award) and has been adapted as a TV drama. Unique portrayal of a rich-girl detective and her acerbic butler, as this unusua...
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The Wind Rises (2013)
- Director
- MIYAZAKI Hayao
- Cast
- ANNO Hideaki, TAKIMOTO Miori, NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi
A film by maestro Miyazaki Hayao, who won Best Animated Feature at the 75th Academy Awards for Spirited Away. It presents a finely crafted portrayal of the dreams, reality, and romantic fortunes of a young aircraft designer obsessed with airplanes, a...
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the Garden of sinners / Thanatos. (Overlooking View) 3D (2013)
- Director
- AOKI Ei
- Cast
- SAKAMOTO Maaya, SUZUMURA Kenichi, HONDA Takako
The first in a seven-part series of animated features based on Nasu Kinoko's fantasy novel, converted to 3D. With a mysterious touch, it tells the story a girl with the uncanny ability to see the deaths of all things who investigates a strange string...
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GOGO♂ike-men5 (2013)
- Director
- FUKUYAMA Sakurako
- Cast
- Dong Hyun, Jung Min, Young Min
An adaptation of a popular novel that started out as an e-book and also became a video game, starring South Korean boy group Boyfriend in their first starring vehicle. A romantic free-for-all ensues over a ditsy young woman. Sasai Eisuke, an internat...
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The Ravine Of Goodbye (2013)
- Director
- OMORI Tatsushi
- Cast
- MAKI Yoko, ONISHI Shima, SUZUKI Anne
Drama that depicts a sensual world under the sway of a peculiar worldview, based on author Yoshida Shuichi's novel of the same name. Director Omori Tatsushi has received high acclaim abroad for works including The Whispering of the Gods. Awarded the ...
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Crying 100 Times ~Every Raindrop Falls~ (2013)
- Director
- HIROKI Ryuichi
- Cast
- OKURA Tadayoshi, KIRITANI Mirei, TOMOSAKA Rie
Pure romance based on author Nakamura Ko's bestselling novel of the same name. Uses a delicate touch to movingly depict the love between a youth who loses his memory and a girl afflicted by terminal illness. Broke 150 million yen in box office receip...
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Far Away, So Close (2013)
- Director
- NAGASAWA Masahiko
- Cast
- KURASHINA Kana, NAKANO Yuta, KANA
Nagasawa Masahiko delivers his first feature film since Faraway Heaven, which he directed 5 years ago, with this adaptation of screenwriter-cum-author Inukai Kyoko's novel by the same name. Music supervised by director Iwai Shunji, whose internationa...
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REAL (2013)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Kiyoshi
- Cast
- SATOH Takeru, AYASE Haruka
A sci-fi mystery boldly adapted from Inui Rokurou's bestselling novel. In order to save his comatose girlfriend, a young man uses a special apparatus to enter her subconscious mind. Kurosawa Kiyoshi, who built his reputation in the horror genre, trie...
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Detective in the Bar 2 (2013)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Hajime
- Cast
- OIZUMI Yo, MATSUDA Ryuhei, ONO Machiko
A sequel to the hard-boiled drama based on Azuma Naoki's series of novels about a private detective based in Susukino, Hokkaido. It follows the adventures of an unlikely duo: an able sleuth who has a weakness for women, and his indolent partner. Its ...
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HOSPITALITY DEPARTMENT (2013)
- Director
- MIYAKE Yoshishige
- Cast
- NISHIKIDO Ryo, HORIKITA Maki, FUNAKOSHI Eiichiro
An adaptation of Kochi Prefecture native and bestselling author Arikawa Hiro's eponymous novel. Set in an actual Kochi Prefectural Government department, it is a refreshing tale of passionate men and women striving to promote their region that earned...
