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  • Save the club noon

    Save the club noon (2013)

    Director
    MIYAMOTO Moriro
    Cast
    Akainu, ANI & Robochu, ALTZ

    Noon, a venerable Osaka club, was busted in April 2012 for violating Japan's law regulating entertainment establishments. This documentary covers the music event held in July of the same year by over 90 artist teams, who rallied in protest. The law r...

  • Ghost in the Shell ARISE border: 2 Ghost Whispers

    Ghost in the Shell ARISE border: 2 Ghost Whispers (2013)

    Director
    TAKEUCHI Atsushi
    Cast
    SAKAMOTO Maaya, JYUKU Ikkyu, MATSUDA Kenichiro

    The second film in a new animated series based on Shirow Masamune's science fiction manga "Kokaku Kidotai". With a new cast and crew, it focuses on the period prior to the formation of Public Security Section 9. The second installment in this four-pa...

  • Morning,Noon,Night

    Morning,Noon,Night (2013)

    Director
    YAMASAKI Juzou
    Cast
    KUNIMURA Jun, ITAO Itsuji, YAMADERA Koichi

    Free and Easy creator Yamasaki Juzou makes his long-awaited directorial debut at the age of 72. Heartwarming depiction of the ruckus stirred up by three former high school baseball players, set in Yamasaki's birthplace of Miyazaki. Stars Kunimura Jun...

  • SPEC~CLOSE~REINCARNATION (SPEC~結~爻ノ篇)

    SPEC~CLOSE~REINCARNATION (SPEC~結~爻ノ篇) (2013)

    Director
    TSUTSUMI Yukihiko
    Cast
    TODA Erika, KASE Ryo, RYU Raita

    The second half of the two-part conclusion to the popular franchise from TRICK The Movie director Tsutsumi Yukihiko that has encompassed a television series, specials, and feature films. A lavish array of special guests including Mukai Osamu, Oshima ...

  • Tamako in Moratorium

    Tamako in Moratorium (2013)

    Director
    YAMASHITA Nobuhiro
    Cast
    MAEDA Atsuko, KAN Suon, SUZUKI Keiichi

    Official selection for the 18th Busan International Film Festival. Feature-length adaptation of image visuals from Music ON! TV, the music channel. The Drudgery Train director Yamashita Nobuhiro humorously depicts the baby steps of a protagonist lazi...

  • The Extreme SUKIYAKI

    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...

  • PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #1 Spring of Birth

    PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #1 Spring of Birth (2013)

    Director
    AKITAYA Noriaki
    Cast
    ISHIDA Akira, TOYOGUCHI Megumi, TORIUMI Kosuke

    A feature film based on a role-playing video game released in 2006. High schoolers who wield a special power called Persona fight a desperate battle against monsters called Shadows. Familiar voices return from the game's original cast, including star...

  • The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

    The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)

    Director
    TAKAHATA Isao
    Cast
    ASAKURA Aki, KORA Kengo, CHII Takeo

    The first film in fourteen years since My Neighbors the Yamadas from maestro Takahata Isao, who devised the story, wrote the script, and directed. Based on the ancient Japanese folk tale "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter", it explores its premise from a...

  • LOVECRAFT GIRL

    LOVECRAFT GIRL (2013)

    Director
    HIRABAYASHI Katsutoshi
    Cast
    ANDO Sei, NAKAMURA Tomoya, HATORI Namiko

    Romantic comedy based on a comic book by the same title. Upbeat depiction of a girl who gets a job with a company that deals with sex products for women, as she struggles with her work and love life. Directed by Hirabayashi Katsutoshi, of How to Make...

  • Nazotokinema MADAM MARMALADE NO IJYO NA NAZO KAITOHEN

    Nazotokinema MADAM MARMALADE NO IJYO NA NAZO KAITOHEN (2013)

    Director
    NAKAMURA Yoshihiro, TSURUTA Norio, UEDA Taiki
    Cast
    KAWAGUCHI Haruna, TAKAHATA Atsuko, YAMAZAKI Hajime

    The latter part of a new style of interactive movie in which viewers try to solve a mystery together with the characters as they are watching. The mystery hidden within the chapters of the first film that viewers were challenged to solve is revealed ...

  • It All Began When I Met You

    It All Began When I Met You (2013)

    Director
    MOTOKI Katsuhide
    Cast
    TAMAKI Hiroshi, TAKANASHI Rin, KIMURA Fumino

    Omnibus-style portrayal of love between 10 men and women, set at Tokyo Station just before Christmas. Directed by Motoki Katsuhide of Tsuribaka Nisshi. Laden with romantic images shot on location at Tokyo Station, beautifully decorated for its centen...

  • Storytellers

    Storytellers (2013)

    Director
    SAKAI Ko, HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke
    Cast
    ITO Masako, SASAKI Ken, SATO Reiko

    The third part of a trilogy focusing on the Tohoku region that is comprised of dialogues with victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Ideas on how to share experiences of the disaster with future generations, a challenge touched upon in the previ...

  • Voices from the Waves Shinchimachi

    Voices from the Waves Shinchimachi (2013)

    Director
    SAKAI Ko, HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke
    Cast

    A companion piece to Voices from the Waves Kesennuma that forms half of the second installment in a documentary trilogy on the Tohoku region, co-directed by Sakai Ko and Hamaguchi Ryusuke. It captures dialogues between closely-linked people in accord...

  • Voices from the Waves Kesennuma

    Voices from the Waves Kesennuma (2013)

    Director
    SAKAI Ko, HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke
    Cast

    A companion piece to Voices from the Waves Shinchimachi that forms half of the second installment in a documentary trilogy on the Tohoku region, co-directed by Sakai Ko and Hamaguchi Ryusuke. Through numerous interviews, they concentrate on the exper...

  • Life On The Edge

    Life On The Edge (2013)

    Director
    OTSURU Gitan
    Cast
    SASAKI Kokone, YUE Takeyuki, KUBOTA Yuki

  • There's Nothing to Be Afraid of

    There's Nothing to Be Afraid of (2013)

    Director
    SAITO Hisashi
    Cast
    TAKAO Sakiko, YOSHIOKA Mutsuo, OKABE Nao

    Stage actress Takao Sakiko and Yoshioka Mutsuo, whose diverse career spans erotic "pink cinema" and major productions, give naturalistic performances as a childless couple in this stark portrayal of the anxiety and loneliness lurking below the surfac...

  • THE KINGDOM OF DREAMS AND MADNESS

    THE KINGDOM OF DREAMS AND MADNESS (2013)

    Director
    SUNADA Mami
    Cast

    After drawing attention for her debut Death of a Japanese Salesman, director Sunada Mami reveals the current state of animation product ion house Studio Ghibli through focusing on the light and dark permeating its daily activities. Miyazaki Hayao an...

  • Shinokubo Story

    Shinokubo Story (2013)

    Director
    FUJIWARA Kenichi
    Cast
    LEE Gun Woo, KIM Se Yong, CHAE Jin Seok

    A coming-of-age drama set in the Shin-Okubo district of Tokyo, known as a mecca for fans of South Korean-style entertainment. It presents an amiable depiction of the struggles of five young men who dream of becoming stars. The members of K-pop group ...

  • Again

    Again (2013)

    Director
    KANAI Junichi
    Cast
    YOSHIKURA Aoi, YAGIRA Yuya, ASAKA Mayumi

    Romance dealing with date rape that marks the commercial debut of director Kanai Junichi. Beautiful imagery captures the emotional pain of a girl struggling with conflicting emotions, and a boy who ends up hurting her physically and emotionally. Sele...

  • Pecoross' Mother and Her Days

    Pecoross' Mother and Her Days (2013)

    Director
    MORISAKI Azuma
    Cast
    IWAMATSU Ryo, AKAGI Harue, HARADA Kiwako

    Veteran director Morisaki Azuma's adaptation of Okano Yuichi's essay manga following the daily life of a nebbish son and his dementia-stricken mother. Its talented cast includes Iwamatsu Ryo, Harada Kiwako, and 89-year-old Akagi Harue in her first st...

  • A Sparkle of Life

    A Sparkle of Life (2013)

    Director
    SOTOYAMA Bunji
    Cast
    YOSHIYUKI Kazuko, TAKARADA Akira, YAMAMOTO Gaku

    Director Sotoyama Bunji, who won five awards including Best Short Film at the 2011 Monaco Film Festival for his depiction of love between an elderly couple in On This Side, returns to the theme of old age. Yoshiyuki Kazuko gives a vivid performance a...

  • Jinx!!!

    Jinx!!! (2013)

    Director
    KUMAZAWA Naoto
    Cast
    Hyomin, SHIMIZU Kurumi, YAMAZAKI Kento

    In this romance, popular K-POP group T-ARA member Hyomin transforms into a Korean exchange student who teaches Japanese college students all about love. From Me to You director Kumazawa Naoto depicts love with a touch of pathos about the different pe...

  • The Shining Kids - The Next Nursery Schools in Japan -

    The Shining Kids - The Next Nursery Schools in Japan - (2013)

    Director
    TSUTSUI Katsuhiko
    Cast
    Children of Ringo-no-ki Nursery School, SHIBATA Aiko, AOYAMA Makoto

    Documentary about new approaches to childcare by the team that made Under the Wind Little Creatures' Life, Grass' Life, Objects' Life. Yokohama's "Ringo no Ki" provides childcare that is sensitive to children's emotions. "Mori no Yochien Piccolo" in ...

  • Seiza

    Seiza (2013)

    Director
    OKU Shutaro
    Cast
    KURODA Ikuyo, PRIOVILLE Fabien, URABE Fusako

    Romance depicting love between an illegal immigrant and a deaf-mute woman, in black-and-white without dialogue. Stars internationally recognized dancer Kuroda Ikuyo and Prioville Fabien. Directed by Oku Shutaro, whose film Cain's Descendant was selec...

  • KEN&MARY:The Asian Truck Express

    KEN&MARY:The Asian Truck Express (2013)

    Director
    FUKASAKU Kenta
    Cast
    TAKENAKA Naoto, Hu Bing, KITANO Kie

    A comedy in which a middle-aged trading company employee gets involved in a series of predicaments as he attempts to put a stop to his expatriot daughter's wedding. Director Fukasaku Kenta's filmography spans horror, drama, and a wide array of other ...