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The Message from Kato kun (2012)
- Director
- WATAGE
- Cast
- KATO Shii
A documentary that follows Kato Shii, a thirty-six-year-old single man who once devoted himself wholeheartedly to achieving his dream, but was unable to accomplish it. Now he is dead set on becoming a "yokai" (monster) who encourages others to realiz...
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What we can learn when we look at how we eat (2012)
- Director
- SUZUKI Naoki
- Cast
- SATO Kenichi, AKITA Inemi, MORI Michiyo
A documentary that looks at people searching for better lifestyles through food. Conceived, planned, and directed by Suzuki Naoki, the editor in chief of Sunmark Publishing, a company known for its self-help and business books. Food culture researc...
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KAZUYA-the world's most unsuccessful musician (2012)
- Director
- TAMURA Hiromi
- Cast
- Kazuya, TSUJI Ryoji, TOGAWA Masahiro
Director Tamura Hiromi, whose principle occupation is working as a hair stylist, creates an intimate portrait of KAZUYA, the 51-year-old musician who works almost exclusively in Sapporo. The film shows KAZUYA's edgy music activities to reveal the mys...
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Rikugun Noborito Kenkyujo (2012)
- Director
- KUSUYAMA Tadayuki
- Cast
Rikugun Noborito Kenkyujo (The army's Noborito Laboratory) operated in absolute secrecy as a center for counter intelligence and secret weapon development. This documentary uses testimony by participants garnered over a 6-year period to expose the re...
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Things Left Behind (2012)
- Director
- Linda HOAGLUND
- Cast
- ISHIUCHI Miyako
Documentary about photographer Ishiuchi Miyako's attention-grabbing exhibition "Hiroshima," held at the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver, Canada. Photographs of dresses, shoes and other clothes of those who perished in the atomic bomb at Hiroshima...
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Children of Soleil (2012)
- Director
- OKUTANI Yoichiro
- Cast
This documentary, the second theatrically-released work from rising talent Okutani Yoichiro, follows the daily life of an elderly man living with his dog on a rundown boat on Tokyo's Tama River. Winner of a Special Mention in the New Asian Currents s...
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Canary's Apple (2012)
- Director
- FUJISAWA Isao
- Cast
Documentary depicting the ordeals of a patient suffering from chemical sensitivity. Won the Grand Prix at the 2012 Okuradashi Film Festival for films that have yet to be released in theaters or other formats. Sanae developed chemical sensitivity afte...
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candidates the Movie (2012)
- Director
- FUJIOKA Toshimichi
- Cast
- Mac AKASAKA, HASHIBA Seizo Hideyoshi, TOYAMA Koichi
Unique documentary that is filled with wonder as it follows the "fringe candidates" who keep running for election and losing, and aren't even treated fairly by the media. Reveals their goals in running for election and motivation behind not giving up...
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And Then Akiko is... - A Portrait of a Dancer - (2012)
- Director
- HANEDA Sumiko
- Cast
- KANDA Akiko
Documentary about Akiko Kanda, who was a towering figure in Japan's modern dance scene. Intimately covers the final years of this dancer who passed away on September 23, 2011, just 12 days after flawlessly executing her final performance. Directed by...
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A Cry from a Century Ago--High Treason Incident is not Over (2012)
- Director
- TANAKA Kei
- Cast
- TAKAHASHI Rieko
A documentary that delves into the truth behind the High Treason Incident that occurred in 1910. Due to the Meiji government's suppression of free thought, Kotoku Shusui and 26 others judged to be anarchists and socialists were thrown in jail or give...
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Go for Broke! Memories of Hawai'i Japanese "Niseis" (2012)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Hiroyuki
- Cast
Documentary looking back on the social history of Japanese-Americans living in Hawaii, focusing on testimony from 34 second-generation Japanese-American veterans and their spouses. Directorial debut for producer Matsumoto Hiroyuki. Won the Best of Ha...
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The Other Side of The Sex (2012)
- Director
- ENOKI Yujiro, TAKAHARA Hidekazu
- Cast
- HIBINO Tatsuro, HAYAMI Kenji, YAMAMOTO Ryuji
A documentary that shines a spotlight on the unsung male performers who support the world of adult video, which has grown into a massive industry with annual sales of 55 billion yen in the 30 years since its inception. Its co-directors Enoki Yujiro a...
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Tsunami no Ato no Jikanwari Ishinomaki Kadowakisho Ichinen no Kiroku (2012)
- Director
- AOIKE Kenji
- Cast
On that day when a tsunami hit many schools along the Pacific coast of eastern Japan, Kadonowaki Elementary School in Ishinomaki City was subjected to a devastating onslaught. Seven of its 300 students were killed and the school building was rendered...
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Roots (2012)
- Director
- IKEYA Kaoru
- Cast
- SATO Naoshi, KANNO Tsuyoshi
The Ants's Ikeya Kaoru creates this intimate documentary about a 77-year-old man stricken by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. The film movingly depicts his powerful way of life, and won a Special Mention by the Ecumenical Jury at the 63rd Berl...
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Workers (2012)
- Director
- MORI Yasuyuki
- Cast
A documentary that introduces a new labor model by focusing on a workers' cooperative operating in an old neighborhood in Tokyo's Sumida City, where all the members pool their money to create work, and also includes sketches by comedian Matsumoto Hir...
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Valentine ikki (2012)
- Director
- YOSHIMURA Hitomi
- Cast
- FUJITA Kotoko, UMEDA Maho, SHIGA Arika
Three female Japanese students learn of the child labor problem in Ghana and plan an event to sell fair trade chocolate. This documentary presents a detailed account of their struggle to achieve their goal. High schoolers Umeda Maho and Shiga Arika ...
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CHICHI O MEGURU TABI (2012)
- Director
- TAKESHIGE Kunio, KONDO Masanori
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Masayoshi
A documentary that reveals the little-known true life story of Nakamura Masayoshi, an iconoclastic painter who broke away from traditional artistic circles, and was also a scholar of Edo Period painter Sharaku. It is co-directed by Kondo Masanori and...
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KTAWARA -A Journey from March 11, 2011- (2012)
- Director
- ISE Shinichi
- Cast
- TOMABECHI Satoro, YOSHIDA Kei, TOMABECHI Hanna
Documentary about victims of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami by director Ise Shinichi, whose style is consistently supportive of his subjects. Cameraman Miyata Hachiro arrives to ascertain the whereabouts of musician Tomabechi Satoro, who lives in...
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Life in a Foreign Land: Burmese in Japan (2012)
- Director
- DOI Toshikuni
- Cast
- Kyaw Kyaw Soe, Nwe Nwe Kyaw
Kyaw Kyaw Soe helped instigate the democracy movement in his homeland of Myanmar (Burma) and suffered repression at the hands of the military junta, which forced him to become a political refugee in Japan. This documentary, which follows Kyaw's four ...
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Pathfinder of the Sky An Architect's Life / Story of Morin Kaku (2012)
- Director
- SAKAI Atsuko
- Cast
- KAKU Morin, LEE Teng-hui, Chia-Lu WU
This documentary by Sakai Atsuko, who made her directorial debut with Taiwanjinsei, follows the footsteps of Taiwan-born architect Kaku Morin. 1968 marked the birth of the Kasumigaseki Building, Japan's first building to exceed 100 meters. Construct...
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Flashback Memories 3D (2012)
- Director
- MATSUE Tetsuaki
- Cast
- GOMA & The Jungle Rhythm Section
Winner of the Audience Award for the Competition Section at the 25th Tokyo International Film Festival. Documentary about an artist who suffers from memory impairment. GOMA is a player of the aboriginal instrument didgeridoo. The film follows his com...
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Rakugo on screen Tatekawa Danshi the movie (2012)
- Director
- KATO Takeshi
- Cast
- TATEKAWA Danshi, MATSUOKA Yumiko, EMOTO Akira
Tatekawa Danshi, the one-of-a-kind genius rakugo performer who revolutionized the classic performing art of rakugo into entertaining and literary artistic works that also speak to contemporary society. Documentary created to memorialize the first ann...
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Love Okinawa at Henoko, Takae, Futenma (2012)
- Director
- FUJIMOTO Yukihisa, KAGEYAMA Asako
- Cast
A documentary that follows protest movements in Okinawa, from the maritime interception operation at Henoko in 2004 to the forced deployment of Osprey aircraft in October of 2012. Its directors are Fujimoto Yukihisa and Kageyama Asako, who focused on...
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Chasing Santa Claus (2012)
- Director
- IWABUCHI Hiroki
- Cast
A documentary from {A Permanent Part-time in Distress} director Iwabuchi Hiroki that presents a fantastical view of Christmas 2011 in Miyagi Prefecture's Sendai City, the first since the Great East Japan Earthquake. Through footage of Christmas event...
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Nippon no Misemonoyasan (2012)
- Director
- OKUTANI Yoichiro
- Cast
- Oo-tora freak show's people
Documentary focusing on the freak show, a type of popular culture in Japan dating from the Muromachi period. Director Okutani Yoichiro, who was honored with a Special Mention at the 2011 Yamagata Documentary International Film Festival's New Asian Cu...
