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Little Voices from Fukushima (2014)
- Director
- KAMANAKA Hitomi
- Cast
- SASAKI Ruri, SASAKI Michinori, SATO Harumi
Latest film from director Kamanaka Hitomi, who has been dealing with nuclear issues through her nuclear power trilogy including Rokkasho Rhapsody. Set in Belarus and Fukushima, the film carefully captures the "little voices" of mothers trying to prot...
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Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium: Message from the sea (2014)
- Director
- YAMASHIRO Takeshi
- Cast
- TAKEMORI Sent, ARAKAWA Miho, OSAWA Mariwo
First film in the "Kid's Movie Theater" series, a project that supports children's learning through their first film viewing experiences. Set in the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, the film entertainingly presents the unusual biology of creatures like the...
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Minna no gakko (2014)
- Director
- MANABE Toshinaga
- Cast
A documentary shot over the course of a year that focuses on an elementary school with a goal of becomingsafe and accessible for all, with the cooperation of not only the children and their teachers, but the whole local community. A broadcast televis...
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WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? (2014)
- Director
- MATSUI Hisako
- Cast
- UENO Chizuko, TANAKA Mitsu, HIGUCHI Keiko
A documentary in which oriume director Matsui Hisako looks back on the history of feminism in Japan, from the "Woman's Lib" movement on the 1970s to the present day. It features appearances from sociologist Ueno Chizuko, former NHK director Ikeda Eri...
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ITECHO (2014)
- Director
- TANAKA Yukio
- Cast
- DAIKOKUDO Miro, AZUMA Gaku, Simone FUKAYUKI
A documentary in which artists with various tendencies, including homosexuality, fetishism, body modification, and drug addiction, express themselves in striking ways. Mapping the Future, Nishinari director Tanaka Yukio reports on notable figures in ...
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MOUNT HAKKODA The worst mountaineering disaster (2014)
- Director
- MIYATA Satoshi
- Cast
- ARAI Takahito, KAWADA Seiji, SATO Yuma
A documentary about the Hakkoda Mountains disaster that claimed the lives of numerous Imperial Japanese Army soldiers on a marching expedition, which later inspired the movie Mount Hakkoda. Based on the non-fiction novel "Hakkoda Renho Fubuki no Sang...
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DASHI & SHOYU： Essence of Japan (2014)
- Director
- SHIBATA Shohei
- Cast
A documentary that examines how the people of the Japanese archipelago have interacted with nature and the wisdom they have gained from it with regard to food. It was ranked second in Kinema Junpo magazine's best ten cultural films of 2014, and the w...
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My wife's illness -Dementia with Lewy Bodies (2014)
- Director
- ISE Shinichi
- Cast
- ISHIMOTO Koichi, ISHIMOTO Yayoi, ISHIKAWA Mari
Documentary patiently following a couple's decade-long battle with dementia. Directed by Ise Shinichi, who got to know the husband, Dr. Ishimoto Koichi, during Shape the Wind. Warmly portrays the enduring affection between husband and wife and the a...
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Two Homelands, One Love -Lee Jung-Seop's wife- (2014)
- Director
- SAKAI Atsuko
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Masako, YAMAMOTO Yasunari, KIM In-Ho
A documentary about a couple's enduring love for each other, and their checkered lives at the mercy of turbulent times, namely the Pacific War and the Korean War. Memories of Taiwan director Sakai Atsuko shines a spotlight on renowned Korean painter ...
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Bird Time (2014)
- Director
- IMAI TOMOKI
- Cast
- IMAI Teruo, SATO Fumio, NIWA Hiroshi
A documentary exploring the ecology of migratory birds that fly to the Tono region of Gifu Prefecture. Director Imai Tomoki is told by his grandfather Teruo that the sky in his hometown was once filled with a massive flock of migratory birds. At that...
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Walking with My Mother (2014)
- Director
- SAKAGUCHI Katsumi
- Cast
- SAKAGUCHI Suchie, MIYAZANO Mariko, SAKAGUCHI Satoshi
A feature-length documentar y by Sakaguchi Kat sumi (Sleep), who has devised and directed around 200 television documentaries and films about families and young people. He closely follows his mother Suchie over four years, depicting her struggles and...
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MUCHI NO CHI I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance (2014)
- Director
- ISHIDA Tomoya
- Cast
- EDANO Yukio, FUKUYAMA Tetsuro, KAN Naoto
Documentary about issues concerning nuclear power plants. Director Ishida Tomoya became interested in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and conducted numerous interviews of both nuclear power proponents and critics who were involved in the situa...
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MITAKUYE OYASIN (2014)
- Director
- ETO Takaharu
- Cast
- KATO Tsubasa
A documentary about young modern artist Kato Tsubasa that closely observes a project he took on in the United States in 2013. It follows him as he seeks the cooperation of Native Americans, and also shows his growing interest in their culture and his...
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Being Born: Together Forever (2014)
- Director
- GODA Tomo
- Cast
- KIKI Kirin
Director Goda Tomo, who addressed issues related to birth in the documentary Being Born, delves into the diverse circumstances facing three families. He projects his own anxieties about child-raising as he probes the significance of family, the preci...
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Nuclear Nation II (2014)
- Director
- FUNAHASHI Atsushi
- Cast
A sequel to Nuclear Nation, which chronicled the town of Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture that was forcibly evacuated due to the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The first episode focused on the nine months following the evacuatio...
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The Wages of Resistance: Narita Stories (2014)
- Director
- OTSU Koshiro, DAISHIMA Haruhiko
- Cast
A documentary by Otsu Koshiro, cinematographer of Summer in Narita that depicted the struggle against the construction of Narita Airport. In addition to extensive archive footage, Otsu includes new images shot in Narita for the first time in forty-fi...
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Mr. Tanikawa, please write a poem. (2014)
- Director
- SUGIMOTO Nobuaki
- Cast
- TANIKAWA Shuntaro, FURUYAMA Mami, MATSUNAGA Hidenori
A documentary that uses the poem "Kotoba" (WORDS), written by poet Tanikawa Shuntaro about the Great East Japan Earthquake, as an entry point for exploring precious words spoken by people living in various regions. It depicts the process in which new...
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Peace on the Tigris -Iraq War and 10 years of life in Baghdad- (2014)
- Director
- WATAI Takeharu
- Cast
- Ali SAQBAN, Rosha, Ghufran
A documentary that follows a family whose lives where torn apart by the Iraq War. Its director is Watai Takeharu, whose Little Birds won the Human Rights Award at the Locarno International Film Festival in 2005. It spans ten years in the lives of Wat...
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Animal Expedition in Fuji Safari Park (2014)
- Director
- YAMAGISHI Kentaro
- Cast
- MIZUKI Nyoko, SUZUKI Daisuke
The second film in the "Children's Cinema" series that encourages young children to make their first visit to a movie theater. With the cooperation of Fuji Safari Park, where animals from around the world live in harmony, it presents a fun introducti...
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Tokugawa Maizokin Densetsu Daihakkutsu Project 2014 Shougunke no Ango (2014)
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- Cast
Film about guys who get together to find the legendary treasure said to have been buried by the Edo Shogunate. Story structure and direction by Yuyama Naoki, whose prolific output includes Unidentified Mysterious Animal Hunter and other SF and horror...
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Asobi no ato (2014)
- Director
- OTA Tatsunari
- Cast
- GOMESS
Documentary that takes a matter-of-fact look at the rapper GOMESS's recording sessions and concerts. Directed by Ota Tatsunari, who won the grand prize at the Kyoto International Student Film and Video Festival in 2012 for Overseas Intention. Screene...
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NOBIDORANDO (2014)
- Director
- MIYAMOTO Moriro
- Cast
- TADZIO, YONEMOTO Takato, MATSUI Daigo
Film that brings a documentary touch to depicting the past of the shadowy hardcore pop unit TADZIO. Uzumasa Jacopetti's Miyamoto Moriro serves as director and cameraman. Screened at the music cinema project MOOSIC LAB 2014. TADZIO is a girl band con...
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GOSPEL (2014)
- Director
- MATSUNAGA Daishi
- Cast
A documentary investigating the reasons why nine out of ten gospel music aficionados are non-Christians in Japan, a phenomenon unique to the country. Director Matsunaga Daishi, who gained plaudits at home and abroad for his film PYUUPIRU 2001-2008 ab...
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TOKYO FANTASY SEKAI NO OWARI (2014)
- Director
- Raphael Frydman
- Cast
- Nakajin, Fukase, Saori
A documentary by French visual artist Raphael Frydman, a prolific music video and commercial director, that closely follows the four-piece Japanese rock band SEKAI NO OWARI. It uses animation and other techniques to evoke the band's unique dream-like...
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True Songs: On tour with the dramatic reading of “Night on the Milky Way Train” (2014)
- Director
- KAWAI Hiroki
- Cast
- FURUKAWA Hideo, SUGA Keijiro, KOJIMA Keitaneylove
Documentary about dramatic readings produced in response to the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Author Furukawa Hideo, a Fukushima Prefecture native, dramatizes Miyazawa Kenji's "Night on the Milky Way Train" with a post-disaster perspective. Performe...
