2012 · Japanese Movies
91 Japanese films opened in Q4 (Oct–Dec) 2012, including The Floating Castle, Lesson of the Evil, Love for Beginners. Drama, Comedy, Thriller were the most common genres. The Floating Castle led in box office (¥2,840M). 6 titles hold award records.
91 titles
The Floating Castle
のぼうの城
Release date Nov 2 · 144 min
History · Comedy · Drama
Directed by Shinji Higuchi, Isshin Inudo
Cast Mansai Nomura, Nana Eikura, Hiroki Narimiya
Lesson of the Evil
悪の教典
Release date Nov 10 · 129 min
Thriller · Horror
Directed by Takashi Miike
Cast Hideaki Ito, Fumi Nikaido, Shota Sometani
Love for Beginners
今日、恋をはじめます
Release date Dec 6 · 121 min
Romance · Comedy
Directed by Takeshi Furusawa
Cast Emi Takei, Tori Matsuzaka, Fumino Kimura
Until the Break of Dawn
ツナグ
Release date Nov 10 · 129 min
Drama
Directed by Yuichiro Hirakawa
Cast Tori Matsuzaka, Kirin Kiki, Ryuta Sato
A Chorus of Angels
北のカナリアたち
Release date Nov 3 · 122 min
Drama · Mystery
Directed by Junji Sakamoto
Cast Sayuri Yoshinaga, Kyôhei Shibata, Toru Nakamura
Humanoid Monster, Bem
映画 妖怪人間ベム
Release date Dec 15 · 124 min
Mystery · Drama · Family
Directed by Shunsuke Kariyama
Cast Kazuya Kamenashi, Anne Watanabe, Fuku Suzuki
Beautiful World
任侠ヘルパー
Release date Nov 16 · 134 min
Drama
Directed by Hiroshi Nishitani
Cast Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Narumi Yasuda, Teruyuki Kagawa
I Have to Buy New Shoes
新しい靴を買わなくちゃ
Release date Oct 16 · 120 min
Comedy · Romance
Directed by Eriko Kitagawa
Cast Osamu Mukai, Miho Nakayama, Mirei Kiritani
By Rule of Crow's Thumb
カラスの親指
Release date Nov 21 · 160 min
Thriller · Drama · Comedy
Directed by Tadafumi Ito
Cast Hiroshi Abe, Satomi Ishihara, Shôji Murakami
The Terminal Trust
終の信託
Release date Oct 27 · 144 min
Drama
Directed by Masayuki Suō
Cast Tamiyo Kusakari, Koji Yakusho, Tadanobu Asano
Fly with the Gold
黄金を抱いて翔べ
Release date Nov 3 · 129 min
Crime · Thriller
Directed by Kazuyuki Izutsu
Cast Satoshi Tsumabuki, MAX Changmin, Tadanobu Asano
Missing
行方不明
Release date Nov 10 · 74 min
Horror · Mystery
Directed by Koji Kawano
Cast Riho Takada, Minehiro Kinomoto, Takeshi Nadagi
One in a hundred thousand
十万分の一の偶然
Release date Dec 15 · 105 min
Drama · Mystery
Directed by Meiji Fujita
Cast Masakazu Tamura, Miki Nakatani, Masanobu Takashima
Bijinsugiru Ryoshi
美しすぎる漁師
Release date Nov 16 · 69 min
Directed by Souemon Wada
Cast Tôru Morinaga, Yoshihiro Satō, Kazumi Ishihara
The Black Square
黒四角
Release date Oct 24 · 144 min
Mystery
Directed by Hiroshi Okuhara
Cast Hideo Nakaizumi, Miki Suzuki, Gouzi
Dead Sushi
デッド寿司
Release date Oct 1 · 91 min
Comedy · Science Fiction · Action · Horror
Directed by Noboru Iguchi
Cast Rina Takeda, Shigeru Matsuzaki, Kentarō Shimazu
The Ear Cleaner
耳をかく女
Release date Nov 24 · 107 min
Drama
Directed by Hiroshi Horiuchi
Cast Rina Sakuragi, Sow Hirosawa, Akatsuki Nakata
Odayaka
おだやかな日常
Release date Dec 22 · 102 min
Drama
Directed by Nobuteru Uchida
Cast Kiki Sugino, Yukiko Shinohara, Takeshi Yamamoto
SAMURAI
サムライ
Release date Dec 21 · 70 min
Action
Directed by Shūji Kataoka
Cast Hakuryu, Kazuyoshi Ozawa, Masahiro Kuwana
壇蜜と僕たち 〜映画「私の奴隷になりなさい」より〜
Release date Oct 5 · 45 min
Directed by Tōru Kamei
Cast Mitsu Dan, Akihiro Mayama, Itsuji Itao