2013 (14th) Japan Filmfest Hamburg

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• Film Festival: Japan Filmfest Hamburg
• Edition: 14th
• Period: May 22-26, 2013
• Location: Hamburg, Germany

14th Japanfilmfest Hamburg

Opening Film

• "The Floating Castle" - Shinji Higuchi, Isshin Inudo (Japan) *German Premiere

Noh

• "The Day Of Ants In The Sky" - Akira Nobi (Japan) *German Premiere
• "Electric Kiss" - Wataru Kudo (Japan) *International Premiere
• "End of the Night " - Daisuke Miyazaki (Japan) *German Premiere
• "The Final Judgement" - Masaki Hamamoto (Japan) *International Premiere
• "Helpless and Reckless" - Haruhi Oguri (Japan) *International Premiere
• "Himizu" - Sion Sono (Japan)
• "The Little Girl in Me" - Shoji Kubota (Japan) *German Premiere
• "My Way of Life" - Hideki Wada (Japan) *International Premiere
• "Nana and Kaoru" - Ryohei Masuoka (Japan) *International Premiere
• "Ringing in Their Ears" - Yu Irie (Japan)
• "See You" - Yu Katsumata (Japan) *International Premiere
• "Sentimental Yasuko" - Kei Horie (Japan) *International Premiere
• "Summer for the Living" - Kenji Fukuma (Japan) *International Premiere
• "A Taste of Kiss" - Ippei Nishihara (Japan) *International Premiere

Naginata

• "Abductee" - Yudai Yamaguchi (Japan) *German Premiere
• "An Assassin" - Go Ohara (Japan) *European Premiere
• "Bushido Man" - Takanori Tsujimoto (Japan) *International Premiere
• "Girl's Compass" - ShunichiNagasaki (Japan) *German Premiere
• "Henge" - Hajime Ohata (Japan) *German Premiere
• "June 6th" - various (Japan) *International Premiere
• "Killer Motel' - Kazuya Ogawa (Japan) *International Premiere
• "The Kunoichi: Ninja Girl" - Seiji Chiba (Japan) *German Premiere
• "Rurouni Kenshin" - Keishi Ohtomo (Japan) *German Premiere
• "Undertaker" - Naoyoshi Kawamatsu (Japan) *German Premiere
• "Ushijima the Loan Shark" - Masatoshi Yamaguchi (Japan) *German Premiere
• "Zomvideo" - Kenji Murakami (Japan) *German Premiere

Osaka

• "Minus by Minus" - Hajime Izuki (Japan) *International Premiere
• "My Departure" - Tetsu Maeda (Japan) *International Premiere
• "Osaka Violence" - Takahiro Ishihara (Japan) *European Premiere
• "Shinobi no Sato" - Takeshi Irie (Japan) *International Premiere
• "Strobe Light" - Ryo Katamoto (Japan) *International Premiere

Rakugo

• "Empty" - Shogo Kusano (Japan) *German Premiere
• "G'mor evian!" - Toru Yamamoto (Japan) *German Premiere
• "The Good Person" - Yukihiro Kato (Japan) *International Premiere
• "Heso Mori" - Tomoshi Iriya (Japan) *International Premiere
• "I'll Cry Tomorrow" - Makoto Naito (Japan) *International Premiere
• "Sleep" - Katsumi Sakaguchi (Japapn) *German Premiere
• "Tebana Sankichi: Snot Rockets" - Yudai Yamaguchi (Japan) *International Premiere
• "When You Wish Upon A Star" - Koji Kawano (Japan) *International Premiere

Anime

• "Gyo" - Takayuki Hirao (Japan)
• "Memories of Family" - Tadahiro Murakami (Japan)
• "The Mystical Laws" - Isamu Imakake (Japan) *European Premiere