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Tamashiino realism Hiroshi Noda (2014)
- Director
- HYUGAJI Taro
- Cast
- NODA Hiroshi
Documentary on Noda Hiroshi, one of Japan's best-known realistic painters. Up-close coverage of Noda as he creates "Seinarumono THE IV Torinosu" (Holy The IV Bird's Nest), powerfully conveying his passion as an artist. Directed by Hyugaji Taro, known...
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Living with Feral Cats (2014)
- Director
- IZUMI Etsuko
- Cast
Easy-going documentary that depicts stray cats, alone in birth and death, as a community and environmental problem from the vantage point of a preservationist. Director Izumi Etsuko, whose previous films have dealt with women's independence and medic...
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Everyday is Alzheimer's 2 The Filmmaker goes to Britain (2014)
- Director
- SEKIGUCHI Yuka
- Cast
- SEKIGUCHI Hiroko
Sequel to the documentary on dementia that became a surprise long-running hit. Filmmaker Yuka Sekiguchi came across the term "Person Centered Care" in the course of living with her mother Hiroko, who developed Alzheimer's disease. Yuka decides to hea...
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DOCUMENTARY of AKB48 The time has come (2014)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Eiki
- Cast
- AKB48
Fourth documentary about the hugely popular idol group AKB48. In-depth coverage from January 2013 through June 2014, a period when major changes rocked the group. Directed by Takahashi Eiki, who has handled the series from the second film. The camer...
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The Voyage of Bunyo Ishikawa (2014)
- Director
- OMIYA Koichi
- Cast
- ISHIKAWA Bunyo
Documentary about the life of news cameraman Ishikawa Bunyo, who brought the Vietnam War to the world. Planned, produced and directed by Omiya Koichi, who earned acclaim for his directorial debut TADAIMA-I'm home, a place for everyone. After return...
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Mystic Flower ･ Life Yukio Nakagawa (2014)
- Director
- TANIMITSU Akira
- Cast
- NAKAGAWA Yukio, ARAKI Nobuyoshi, OHNO Kazuo
Documentary about avant-garde floral artist Nakagawa Yukio, known for his unorthodox style using bunches of rotting tulips and entire heads of napa cabbage. Illuminates the secrets to his creativity through his own words and the notebooks he's kept o...
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FOOL COOL ROCK! ONE OK ROCK DOCUMENTARY FILM (2014)
- Director
- NAKANO Hiroyuki
- Cast
- Taka, Toru, Ryota
A documentary that follows Japanese rock band ONE OK ROCK, capturing them on tour in Asia and Europe in 2013. Its director is Nakano Hiroyuki, who has also helmed RAMOTRIP and numerous music videos. ONE OK ROCK venture overseas to embark on a new ch...
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We are reds the movie kaimaku made no nanokakan (2014)
- Director
- KANEKO Yota, ITO Shuto
- Cast
The first-ever documentary focusing on a J-League soccer club. It closely follows seven days leading up to the season opener for Urawa Red Diamonds, going behind the scenes to discover what ran through the minds of players, staff, and supporters as t...
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Mother of the Bride (2014)
- Director
- KIM Seung-yong
- Cast
- KATSURA Yumi
A documentary by video artist Kim Seung-yong. It focuses on Katsura Yumi, Japan's foremost bridal gown designer, and captures the unflagging inquisitiveness and passion that inspire her continued production of innovative wedding dresses. Katsura Yum...
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FUKUSHIMA VOICE (2014)
- Director
- ARIMA Shun, OKAZAKI Miya, SASAKI Kaede
- Cast
Eleven university students involved in the Tsukuba University Creative Reconstruction Project document Iwaki City in Fukushima Prefecture. Driven to share voices from Fukushima with the world, they capture the stories of various people suffering from...
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Shinkansento Wakuwaku Densha Daishugo (2014)
- Director
- TANI Hiromu
- Cast
- NAGAFUCHI Yukitoshi, TOKUNAGA Reiko, NONAKA Ai
Sixth installment in the train guide series that is a huge hit with children and train buffs alike. The documentary introduces a wide range of trains, interspersed with animation and quizzes about trains. The film features special trains and Shinka...
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Journey with the Gods: The rebuilding of Ise Jingu Shrine (2014)
- Director
- FUSHIHARA Kenshi
- Cast
- KIKI Kirin
Documentary that reconfigures a TV program for theatrical release. Veteran actress Kiki Kirin, who won the Best Actress Award at the 30th Nantes Festival of the Three Continents for Still Walking, embarks on her first pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shri...
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A Little Girl's Dream (2014)
- Director
- TOKITA Yoshiaki
- Cast
- TAKAHASHI Tomomi
Feature version of a television documentary that follows twenty-six years in the life of a young woman who strives to become a veterinarian. In 1987, three calves "enroll" at a small elementary school in Niigata Prefecture. Takahashi Tomomi, a third-...
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1000 nengo no mirai e 3.11 hogoshi tachi no shogen (2014)
- Director
- TODORI Shinya
- Cast
A documentary that looks back on the Great East Japan Earthquake from the perspectives of public health nurses who support the wellbeing of people in the affected regions. Its main staff are Todori Takuya and Todori Shinya, who make documentary films...
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Get action (2014)
- Director
- KONDO Junya
- Cast
- TEENGENERATE
A documentary about TEENGENERATE, a legendary rock band that was ignored by Japan's music media despite winning acclaim overseas. Former cinema manager Kondo Junya, who witnessed their heyday first-hand, decided to make a record of their exploits and...
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The Will -If Only There Were no Nuclear Power Plant (2014)
- Director
- TOYODA Naomi, NODA Masaya
- Cast
A feature-length documentary comprised of two sections and five chapters, featuring footage shot over the three years following the Great East Japan Earthquake. It presents a raw depiction of disaster victims as they struggle to make ends meet with p...
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The Sex Cannon Ball Run 2013, THE MOVIE (2014)
- Director
- Company MATSUO
- Cast
- Company MATSUO, Bakushishi YAMASHITA, BEBOP Minoru
The fifth entry in director Company Matsuo's popular adult video series, and its first theatrically-released feature. Six men race each other by car and motorbike from Tokyo to Sapporo, while competing to see who can conquer the most women using tele...
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Homeless Rijicho (2014)
- Director
- HIJIKATA Hiroshi
- Cast
Sixth feature film from Tokai TV, which has created numerous documentaries dealing with social issues. This challenging work for TV sparked controversy with a scene showing corporal punishment. Rookies is an NPO set up for former baseball players wh...
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kodo no kioku tanko-eshi YAMAMOTO SAKUBEI (2013)
- Director
- OMURA Yukiko
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Sakubei
A documentary about Yamamoto Sakubei, an artist whose paintings and diaries regarding mines and miners have been added to UNESCO's Memory of the World register. As well as introducing Yamamoto's vast body of work, it also features interviews with peo...
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SHIBA-Dreaming of Jomon Dogs (2013)
- Director
- ISE Shinichi
- Cast
- TERUI Mitsuo, TERUI Takako, GOTO Akihiko
Documentary about Shiba dogs, the most illustrious Japanese dog breed. They have served as loyal hunting companions for humans since the Jomon Era long ago. The documentary features intense 3-year coverage of the Japan Society for Preservation of the...
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The End of the Special Time We Were Allowed (2013)
- Director
- OTA Shingo
- Cast
- MASUDA Sota, TOMINAGA Kurato, MASUDA Hirofumi
A documentary in which director Ota Shingo earnestly examines the relationship between a musician friend who committed suicide, his bandmate, and himself. Screened in the New Asian Currents section of the 2013 Yamagata International Documentary Film ...
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China to Japan -Japanese Woman with Chinese Mother Tongue (2013)
- Director
- CHITOSE Chihiro
- Cast
- YAMADA Shizuka
Directorial debut by Chitose Chihiro, who studied with director Hara Kazuo and served as assistant director to directors Shinohara Tetsuo and Kuroki Kazuo. Calls for improving Japan-China relations through intimately depicting the turbulent life of a...
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”INVISIBLE HANDCUFFS- The Sayama Case” (2013)
- Director
- KIM Sung Woong
- Cast
- ISHIKAWA Kazuo, ISHIKAWA Sachiko
A documentary that follows three years in the life of Ishikawa Kazuo and his wife Sachiko. For fifty-one years, Kazuo has protested his innocence in the Sayama Incident, a famous case of injustice. Its director is Kim Sung Woong, who depicted the dai...
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Beauty Within (2013)
- Director
- AZUMA Shizu
- Cast
A documentary that traces the lives of people who survived the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Through interviews with victims of differing races and circumstances, it creates a vivid portrait of the strength and beauty of human be...
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Dystonia (2013)
- Director
- KAWAHATA Yuki
- Cast
- SATO Haruko, TAIRA Takaomi
Documentary about patients and doctors dealing with dystonia, a chronic neurological ailment in which muscles atrophy and patients lose the ability to control movement. Feature film debut for director Kawahata Yuki. Sato Haruko serves as vice presid...
