VILLAIN (Akunin)
悪人
Trailer & Info: http://asianwiki.com/Villain_(Akunin)
Cast: Satoshi Tsumabuki (Yuichi Shimizu), Eri Fukatsu (Mitsuyo Magome), Masaki Okada (Keigo Masuo), Hikari Mitsushima (Yoshino Ishibashi), Sansei Shiomi (Keiji Sano), Mansaku Ikeuchi (Norio Kubo), Ken Mitsuishi (Norio Yajima), Kimiko Yo (Yoriko Shimizu), Hisashi Igawa (Katsuji Shimizu), Suzuki Matsuo (Tsutsumishita), Kinuo Yamada (Tamayo Magome), Hanae Kan (Kiri Tanimoto), Ayaka Nakamura (Masako Adachi), Yoshiko Miyazaki (Satoko Ishibashi), Kento Nagayama (Koki Tsuruta), Kirin Kiki (Fusae Shimizu), Akira Emoto (Yoshio Ishibashi), Shingo Ippongi, Sabu Kawahara
Synopsis:
Yuichi Shimizu (Satoshi Tsumabuki) is a young man who takes care of his grandparents in a decaying fishing village in Nagasaki. His grandparents raised Yuichi instead of his mother. Yuichi now works as a civil employee. He is a lonely man. One day, Yuichi meets Yoshino Ishibashi (Hikari Mitsushima) an insurance sales woman from Fukuoka. They first met through an online dating site. Their meeting ends in tragedy with Yuichi murdering Yoshino. Unexpectedly, a rich young university student from Fukuoka, named Keigo Masuo (Masaki Okada) endss up as the prime suspect. Hiding in fear & agony, Yuichi goes on with his daily life. Then one day, Yuichi receives an email. The email is from Mitsuyo Magome (Eri Fukatsu), a woman from Saga. Yuichi and Mitsuyo exchanged emails in the past after meeting through an online dating site. Mitsuyo currently lives a mundane life, working at a men's clothing store and living with her younger sister. Looking for companionship, Mitsuyo decided to reach out to Yuichi after a lengthy time without correspondence. The two lonely souls then meet for the first time and throw themselves into a moment of love. By this time, Yuichi is now a wanted criminal and his face appears on the news. Nevertheless, Mitsuyo persuades Yuichi to run away with her and not turn himself in. Running away places heavy burdens on their families as well as the victim's family.
Awards & Nominations:
[Aug. 26-Sept. 6] 2010 (34th) Montreal World Film Festival - World Competition
[October 7-15] 2010 (15th) Pusan International Film Festival - A Window on Asian Cinema
[October 22-November 8] 2010 (7th) Hong Kong Asian Film Festival - Cineaste Delights
[March 5-13, 2011] 2011 (6th) Osaka Asian Film Festival - Osaka Cinema Festival 2011
[April 29-May 7, 2011] 2011 (13th) Udine Far East Film *European Premiere
[June 11-19, 2011] 2011 (14th) Shanghai International Film Festival - Panorama - Global Village: Japanese Film Week Awards
[Aug. 26-Sept. 6, 2010] 2010 (34th) Montreal World Film Festival "Best Actress" (Eri Fukatsu)
[December 28, 2010] 2010 (23rd) Nikkan Sports Film Awards "Best Picture", "Best Actor" (Satoshi Tsumabuki), "Best Actress" (Eri Fukatsu)
[January 17, 2011] 2010 (65th) Mainichi Film Awards "Grand Prize"
[February 15, 2011] 2010 (53rd) Blue Ribbon Awards "Best Actor" (Satoshi Tsumabuki)
[February 18, 2011] 2011 (34th) Japan Academy Prize "Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role" (Satoshi Tsumabuki), "Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role" (Eri Fukatsu), "Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role" (Akira Emoto), "Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role" (Kirin Kiki)
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RAILWAYS (Reiruweizu)
RAILWAYS 49歳で電車の運転士になった男の物語
Trailer & Info: http://asianwiki.com/Railways_(2010-Japan)
Cast: Kiichi Nakai (Hajime Tsutsui), Reiko Takashima (Yuki Tsutsui), Yuika Motokariya (Kou Tsutsui), Takahiro Miura (Daiware Miyata), Tomoko Naraoka (Kineyo Tsutsui), Isao Hashizume (Satoru Osawa), Shiro Sano (Nobuo Ishikawa), Yoshiko Miyazaki (Akiko Moriyama), Kenichi Endo (Yoshitsuki Kabera), Ken Nakamoto (Ryo Nishida), Masahiro Komoto (Noboru Hukushima), Tetsu Watanabe (Haruo Takahashi), Kanta Ogata (Masayuki Yabuchi), Masanori Ishii (Toshikazu Takubo), Matsunosuke Shofukutei (Toyozou Nagaoka)
Synopsis:
Hajime Tsutsui (Kiichi Nakai) worked for the electric company and recently received a promotion. Due to his mother's illness and the death of a close friend Hajime decides to return to his hometown of Izumo, Shimane to work as a rail car driver.
Awards & Nominations:
[October 07-15, 2010] 2010 (15th) Pusan International Film Festival - A Window on Asian Cinema
[October 14-24, 2010] 2010 (30th) Hawaii International Film Festival - Spotlight on Japan *US Premier
[October 21-28, 2010] 2010 (12th) Mumbai Film Festival - World Cinema
[November 9-30, 2011 ] 2011 (6th) Kinotayo Film Festival - Hommages Kinotayo Awards
[February 18, 2011] "Rookie of the Year" (Takahiro Miura) - 2011 (34th) Japan Academy Prize
PERMANENT NOBARA
パーマネント野ばら
Trailer & Info: http://asianwiki.com/Permanent_Nobara
Cast: Miho Kanno (Naoko), Eiko Koike (Micchang), Chizuru Ikewaki (Tomochang), Mari Natsuki (Masako), Ryudo Uzaki (Kazuo), Yosuke Eguchi (Kashima), Tsumugi Hatakeyama (Momo)
Synopsis:
A newly divorced young woman, played by Miho Kanno, returns to work at "Permanent Nobara" - a beauty salon run by her mother. Friends and love relations will be shown, as will the introduction of Miho Kanno's love interest played by Yosuke Eguchi.
Awards & Nominations:
[July 15th-25th] 2010 (14th) Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival - Vision Express *International Premiere
[October 14-24] 2010 (30th) Hawaii International Film Festival - Spotlight on Japan *United States Premiere
[April 27-May 1, 2011] 2011 (11th) Nippon Connection - Nippon Cinema Awards
[July 15th-25th] Netpac Award - 2010 (14th) Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival
PEAK – THE RESCUERS (Gaku: Minna no Yama)
岳-ガク-
Trailer & Info: http://asianwiki.com/Peak:_The_Rescuers
Cast: Shun Oguri (Sanpo Shimazaki), Masami Nagasawa (Kumi Shiina), Kuranosuke Sasaki (Masato Noda), Takuya Ishida (Toshio Akutsu), Yoshie Ichige (Ayako Tanimura), Atsuro Watabe (Hidenori Maki), Toshihiro Yashiba (Yohei Zama), Kyosuke Yabe (Shunichi Ando), Manabu Hamada (Seki), Suzunosuke (Moriya), Hiroyuki Onoue (man in distress), Kazuki Namioka (Sanpo's friend), Ren Mori (Makoto Aoki), Bengal (victim's father), Takashi Ukaji (Shuji Yokoi), Kaito Kobayashi (Naota Yokoi), Ken Mitsuishi (Ichiro Kaji), Noriko Nakagoshi (Yoko Kaji), Ken Ishiguro (Kyozo Shiina)
Synopsis:
Sanpo Shimazaki (Shun Oguri) is a volunteer mountain rescuer. He climbs mountains all over the world and knows well the difficulties and the beauty of the mountains. Sanpo wants to share his knowledge of the mountains to others. When Sanpo is called into action he never blames others even though their predicament is usually caused by them. Kumi Shiina (Masami Nagasawa) is new volunteer mountain rescuer attempting to follow in her father's footsteps. Under the guidance of rescue leader Masato Noda (Kuranosuke Sasaki) and Sanpo, Kumi undergoes a strict training regiment. Kumi also learns the perils of her new job - failed missions, the bereaved families blaming the rescuers, and the awesome power of mother nature itself. Kumi becomes tired and loses her confidence. A raging winter storm then strikes the mountain. Multiple distress calls come in. Kumi goes out for a rescue mission and what awaits for her is an unimaginable threat from mother nature....
Awards & Nominations:
[July 14-24, 2011] 2011 (15th) Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival - Vision Express *International Premiere
[June 16-24, 2012] 2012 (15th) Shanghai International Film Festival - Global Village: Japan Film Week
NINJA KIDS!!! (Nintama Rantaro)
忍たま乱太郎
Trailer & Info: http://asianwiki.com/Ninja_Kids!!!
Cast: Seishiro Kato (Rantaro Inadera), Roi Hayashi (Kirimaru Settsuno), Futa Kimura (Shinbe Fukutomi), Mikijiro Hira (Okawa), Susumu Terajima (Denzo Yamada), Takahiro Miura (Hansuke Doi), Koji Yamamoto (Shinzaemon Tobe), Arata Furuta (Mess Hall Lady), Anne Watanabe (Shina Yamamoto), Tamao Nakamura (Shina Yamamoto), Akira Emoto (Usetake Ninja Choro), Renji Ishibashi (Usetake Ninja OB), Yusuke Yamamoto (Yoshiro Suzutakano), Yuma Ishigaki (Sukarasu Do), Shunya Shiraishi (Komatsu), Takuya Mizoguchi (Takamura), Ryo Mitsuya (Shosei), Naoto Takenaka (Sukarasu Miruma), Shido Nakamura (Rentaro's father), Rei Dan (Rentaro's mother), Takeshi Kaga (Yukitaka Saito), Hiroki Matsukata (Happosai Hieta), Shosuke Tanihara, Takumi Kitamura
Synopsis:
Rantaro was born into a low class ninja family. His parents hope he can one day become an elite ninja to make his family proud. Rantaro, bearing his parents' expectations, enters the Ninja Academy. At the academy, he becomes friends with Shinbe (Futa Kimura), the son of a wealthy merchant family and Kirimaru (Roi Hayashi ), who lost his father in the war. The students at the Ninja Academy are called Nintama - which means future ninjas. Rantaro has a fun time at school, but Rantaro, Shinbe and Kirimaru have difficulties with their studies. One day, a killer appears in the house of Yukitaka Saito (Takeshi Kaga) and his son, 4th grader at the Ninja Academy, Takamura (Takuya Mizoguchi). Although Yukitaka Saito now runs a popular store, Yukitaka and Takamura were once members of the Usetake ninjas. Now, the Usetake ninjas are aiming to kill them both. Can the students at the Ninja Academy save them?
Awards & Nominations:
[July 1-14, 2011] 2011 (10th) New York Asian Film Festival / 2011 (5th) JAPAN CUTS: The New York Festival of Contemporary Japanese Cinema *World Premiere
[July 14-24, 2011] 2011 (15th) Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival - Family Fanta *Asian Premiere
[July 14-August 7, 2011] 2011 (15th) Fantasia Film Festival *Canadian Premiere
[October 06-16, 2011] 2011 (44th) Sitges Film Festival - Midnight X-Treme
[October 13-23, 2011] 2011 (31st) Hawaii International Film Festival - Spotlight on Japan *Hawaii Premiere
[October 20-28, 2011] 2011 (12th) San Diego Asian Film Festival - Asia Pop!
[June 16-24, 2012] 2012 (15th) Shanghai International Film Festival - Global Village: Japan Film Week
TOMORROW’S JOE (Ashita no Joe)
あしたのジョー
Trailer & Info: http://asianwiki.com/Tomorrow%27s_Joe
Cast: Tomohisa Yamashita (Joe Yabuki), Yusuke Iseya (Toru Rikiishi), Karina (Yoko Shiraki), Teruyuki Kagawa (Danpei Tange), Katsuya (Kanichi Nishi), Morooka Moro (restaurant's father), Naomi Nishida (restaurant's female owner), Tetta Sugimoto (Yoji Andou), Mitsuko Baisho (Mari Hanamura), Masahiko Tsugawa (Mikinokai Shiraki), Mitsuki Koga, Ren Hulk, Bokuzo Masana, Tsutomu Takahashi, Ryohei Abe, Yasuhi Nakamura, Rina Hatakeyama, Kohei Watanabe, Shin Koyanagi, Koji Kato, Takehiro Otsuki
Synopsis:
Set in the 1960's, Joe Yabuki (Tomohisa Yamashita) lives in a run-down low income ara. There, alcholic ex-boxer Danpei Tange (Teruyuki Kagawa) notices Joe Yabuki's talents as a boxer. But then, Joe gets into trouble and is sentenced into the youth detention center. In the youth detention center, Joe gets into a brawl and then is knocked out by Toru Rikiishi (Yusuke Iseya) who is a champion caliber professional boxer. While incarcerated, Joe gets special training from Danpei Tange through letters. Upon Joe's release, he quickly becomes an elite boxer and famous for a devastating cross counter. Meanwhile, Toru Rikiishi is also released from prison and quickly resumes his boxing career. Toru finally gets his shot at the world championship belt, but before that, Toru wants a match with Joe Yabuki. The two men enter the ring...
Awards & Nominations:
[April 28-May 6, 2011] 2011 (12th) Jeonju International Film Festival - Cinemafest: Cinema Palace
[June 11-19, 2011] 2011 (14th) Shanghai International Film Festival - Golden Goblet Award
[January 24, 2012] Best Supporting Actor (Yusuke Iseya) - 2011 (54th) Blue Ribbon Awards
HAPPY FLIGHT (Haapi Furaito)
ハッピーフライト
Trailer & Info: http://asianwiki.com/Happy_Flight
Cast: Seiichi Tanabe (Kazuhiro Suzuki), Saburo Tokito (Noriyoshi Harada), Haruka Ayase (Uetsuko Saito), Kazue Fukiishi (Mari Tanaka), Tomoko Tabata (Natsumi Kimura), Shinobu Terajima (Reiko Yamasaki), Ittoku Kishibe (Masaharu Takahashi), Megumi Sato (Kaho Obata), Hitomi Hasebe (Kisae Naito), Fumiyo Kohinata (Captain Sadao Mochizuki), Takashi Sasano (Ground Manager), Kami Hiraiwa (Miki Yoshida (ground staff), Tetsushi Tanaka (Kengo Koizumi (line mechanic), Ryu Morioka (Hiroki Nakmura (mechanic), Sanae Miyata (Kazuyo Takeuchi (air-traffic controller), Mika Hijii (Shiori Nakajima), Ryosei Tayama (Ryuji Morita), Aiko Ito (Rie Miyamoto), Bengal (Bird Patrol), Daikichi Sugawara (Toshiro Shimizu), Naoto Takenaka (Passenger), Yasuhi Nakamura (Masashi Yoshikawa), Bokuzo Masana (Fukuo Okamoto), Noriko Iriyama (Ikumi Takada), Tomoharu Hasegawa (Tadayoshi Watanabe), Noriko Eguchi (Yuriko Mizuno), Yoshiyuki Morishita (Journalist Imai), Ryosuke Takei (Shoichi Iguchi), Hana Kino (Toshie Saito), Akira Emoto (Saito), Arata Saeki (operation staff), So Kusakabe (Kozo Ota), Mari Hayashida (Masako Yokoi), Kiho Kashiro (Emi Kobayashi), Sogen Tanaka, Tomoya Ishii, Iku Takamatsu
Synopsis:
The setting of the film is an air-port and air-planes. A great variety of "aviative professors" such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground-crew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew all support a single flight. They have only one task: to secure the safety of the passengers! Today was meant to be as any other day on the job, but this is put to the test on a seemingly routine flight to Honolulu…
COLORFUL (Karafuru)
カラフル
Trailer & Info: http://asianwiki.com/Colorful
Voice Talents: Kazato Tomizawa (Makoto Kobayashi), Aoi Miyazaki (Shoko Sano), Akina Minami (Hiroka Kuwabara), Kumiko Aso (Makoto's mom), Katsumi Takahashi (Makoto's dad), Akiyoshi Nakao (Mitsuru Kobayashi), Jingi Irie (Saotoe)
Synopsis:
Upon reaching the train station to death, a dejected soul is informed that he is 'lucky' and will have another chance at life. He is placed in the body of a 14-year-old boy named Makoto Kobayashi, who has just committed suicide. Watched over by a neutral spirit named Purapura, the soul must figure out what his greatest sin and mistake in his former life was before his time limit in Makoto's body runs out. He also has a number of other lesser duties he must complete, such as understanding what led Makoto to commit suicide in the first place and learning how to enjoy his second chance at life.
Awards & Nominations:
[February 14-21, 2012] 2012 (18th) Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema - Japanimation
[January 17, 2011] Best Animated Film - 2010 (65th) Mainichi Film Awards
IN HIS CHART (Kamisama no Karute)
神様のカルテ
Trailer & Info: http://asianwiki.com/In_His_Chart
Cast: Sho Sakurai (Dr. Ichito Kuriharai), Aoi Miyazaki (Haruna Kuriharai), Jun Kaname (Jiro Sunayama), Michiko Kichise (Tomura), Yoshinori Okada (Shidono Gaku), Aki Asakura (Youko Mizunashi), Taizo Harada (Danshaku), Tokuma Nishioka (doctor), Chizuru Ikewaki (Naomi Touzai), Mariko Kaga (Kyoko Azumi), Akira Emoto (doctor), Takuya Nakayama (Umino), Masayo Umezawa (Shidono Gaku's mother), Ayumu Saito (Yokota), Denden (Omura), Yorie Yamashita (Kiri-san), Ippei Souda (Asahi), Kazuko Imai (Asahi's wife), Tomoka Yamaguchi (Rika Masumoto), Toru Nomaguchi, Sayaka Kaneko, Mie Ohta, Umi Yamano, Shige Uchida, Taro Suruga, Minoru Matsumoto
Synopsis:
Dr. Ichito Kuriharai (Sho Sakurai) works at a clinic in Nagano Prefecture. He rarely has any free time due to the clinic's shortage of doctors and the constant influx of patients. Ichito even sometimes diagnoses patients out of his area of speciality and sometimes goes days without sleeping. He hopes to work at a major hospital where he can get more free time to spend with his wife Haruna (Aoi Miyazaki) and also specialize in his field of study. However, Ichito is also reluctant to add to shortage of doctors at the clinic and break his relationships with the patients. One day, Dr. Ichito Kuriharai clears out the belongings of a terminal cancer patient who passed away. Durin this time, he discovers a letter made out to him thanking him for the care he provided to her, even though he could not cure her sickness. Dr. Ichito Kuriharai then has a revelation about the medical chart he keeps in his hand - filled with personal observations and concerns...
Awards & Nominations:
[June 16-24, 2012] 2012 (15th) Shanghai International Film Festival - Global Village: Japan Film Week
ABACUS AND SWORD (Bushi no Kakeibo)
武士の家計簿
Trailer & Info: http://asianwiki.com/Abacus_and_Sword
Cast: Masato Sakai (Naoyuki Inoshiyama), Yukie Nakama (Koma Inoshiyama), Keiko Matsuzaka (Tsune Inoshiyama), Masahiko Nishimura (Yosohachi Nishihisashi), Mitsuko Kusabue (Obabasama), Yuki Ito (Shigeyuki Inoshiyama), Mina Fujii (Sei Inoshiyama), Kaito Oyagi (Naokichi Inoshiyama), Masatoshi Nakamura (Nobuyuki Inoshiyama), Kyusaku Shimada, Ichirota Miyagawa, Shigemitsu Ogi
Synopsis:
Set during the Meiji Restoration period of Edo era Japan, Naoyuki (Masato Sakai) belongs to the 8th generation of the Inoyama family, a wealthy family known for finance & accounting. He is also a gifted mathematician and uses the abacus with extreme skills. Naoyuki works under the declining Kaga domain. Because of this, Naoyuki and his wife Koma (Yukie Nakama) suffer hardships as their stature and wealth dissipates.
Awards & Nominations:
[Aug. 26-Sept. 6] 2010 (34th) Montreal World Film Festival - Out of Competition *World Premiere
[October 14-24] 2010 (30th) Hawaii International Film Festival - Spotlight on Japan *United States Premiere
[October 23-31] 2010 (23rd) Tokyo International Film Festival - Special Screenings *Asian Premiere
[June 24-July 16, 2011] 2011 (13th) Taipei Film Festival - Panorama: Voices from Asia
[January 17, 2011] Best Art Direction (Nariyuki Kondo) - 2010 (65th) Mainichi Film Awards
Schedules: http://kehimekawa.blogspot.com/2012/06/japanese-film-fest-eiga-sai-2012.html
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