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   ABDUCTEE

   Yudai Yamaguchi / Late Night / Japan / 2013 / thriller / 95 mins

   You awaken alone, hands tied, with a plastic bag over your head. Your cell phone rings.

   ABDUCTEE

   Digiplex Mission Valley
   November 9, 2013 10:05 pm

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   Cycloid

   Tomoki Kurogi / Japan / 2013 / 3 mins

   A hypnotic trip backwards through a life of impermanence.

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   SHORTS: ANIMATION

   Digiplex Mission Valley
   November 10, 2013 2:20 pm

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   SHORTS: ANIMATION

   Digiplex Mission Valley
   November 13, 2013 6:45 pm

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   DoronCoron

   Yuichi Ito / Japan / 2012 / 3 mins

   A boy made of soil comes alive and meets various creatures.

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   SHORTS FOR SHORTIES!

   Digiplex Mission Valley
   November 9, 2013 11:00 am Buy Tickets

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   HAFU: THE MIXED-RACE EXPERIENCE IN JAPAN

   Megumi Nishikura, Lara Perez Takagi / Discoveries / Japan / 2013 / documentary, family / 87 mins

   Five moving portraits about mixed-race, multi-cultural Japan.

   Preceded by: TaiwanFamous

   HAFU: THE MIXED-RACE EXPERIENCE IN JAPAN

   Digiplex Mission Valley
   November 12, 2013 6:00 pm

   HAFU: THE MIXED-RACE EXPERIENCE IN JAPAN

   Encinitas Public Library
   November 16, 2013 3:45 pm

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   HOMESICK

   Satoru Hirohara / Discoveries / Japan / 2013 / drama, family / 98 mins

   Neighborhood kids bring perspective (and water guns) to a man about to lose his childhood home.

   HOMESICK

   Digiplex Mission Valley
   November 10, 2013 12:10 pm

   HOMESICK

   Digiplex Mission Valley
   November 13, 2013 6:00 pm

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   Kotobuki / To Us

   Kimie Tanaka / Japan, Singapore / 2013 / 15 mins

   A single woman returns home on her 30th birthday, only to find that things have changed with current and former loved ones.

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   SHORTS: CURSES IN CURSIVE

   Digiplex Mission Valley
   November 10, 2013 5:25 pm

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   SHORTS: CURSES IN CURSIVE

   Encinitas Public Library
   November 16, 2013 6:00 pm

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   MARUYAMA, THE MIDDLE SCHOOLER

   Kankuro Kudo / Late Night / Japan / 2013 / comedy / 119 mins

   Horny 14-year-old wants to accomplish what almost every man has tried and failed. And it's going to make him a superhero.

   MARUYAMA, THE MIDDLE SCHOOLER

   Digiplex Mission Valley
   November 14, 2013 9:45 pm

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   No Longer There

   Noboyuki Miyake / Japan / 2013 / 23 mins

   A man who makes artificial teeth envisions the lives of his recipients.

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   SHORTS: ALL OUT OF LOVE

   Digiplex Mission Valley
   November 14, 2013 4:00 pm Buy Tickets

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   Psychedelic Family

   Akio Hiramatsu / Japan / 2012 / 27 mins

   After agreeing to run away with his mother, a teenager’s perspective will never be the same again.

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   SHORTS: CLEARING CUSTOMS

   Digiplex Mission Valley
   November 8, 2013 5:50 pm

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    SAKE-BOMB

    Junya Sakino / Asian American Panorama / Japan, USA / 2013 / comedy / 82 mins

    With his Japanese cousin in tow, an angry Asian YouTuber hits the road.

    Preceded by: The Curious Case of Tommy Do

    SAKE-BOMB

    Digiplex Mission Valley
    November 10, 2013 2:50 pm

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    SHADY

    Ryohei Watanabe / Late Night / Japan / 2012 / drama, thriller / 94 mins

    Bullied by her peers, a high schooler finds comfort -- and love -- in a classmate with secrets of her own.

    SHADY

    Digiplex Mission Valley
    November 8, 2013 10:00 pm

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    A STORY OF YONOSUKE

    Shuichi Okita / Discoveries / Japan / 2013 / comedy, drama, romance / 160 mins

    Everyone remembers him: that guy with the funny name who somehow changed your life forever.

    A STORY OF YONOSUKE

    Digiplex Mission Valley
    November 14, 2013 6:40 pm

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