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Beauty (2008)
- Director
- GOTO Toshio
- Cast
- KATAOKA Takataro, KATAOKA Ainosuke, ASO Kumiko
Against the backdrop of the tumultuous Showa era, this film depicts the bonds that joined two actors over the course of 80 years as they devote their lives to the dedicatory "village kabuki" festival in their rural village. This beautifully scenic fi...
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Chikyu Stage (2008)
- Director
- SATO Iichiro
- Cast
- KUWAYAMA Norihiko
A documentary film on the journey of Kuwayama Norihiko, a psychiatrist engaging in awareness raising activities through live music, image, and narrative events entitled "Chikyu no Stage" alongside his medical activities providing mental health care t...
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Ame ga mau Kinkaseki zansho (2009)
- Director
- HAYASHI Masayuki
- Cast
- CHANG A-hui, LAI Weng-chang
The follow up of his last documentary on a Taiwanese gold town Kaze wo Kiku (Hearing The Wind) ~Story of Jeofen, Taiwan~ (Kaze o Kiku Taiwan Kowloon Monogatari), director Hayashi Masayuki returns and crosses to the opposite side of the mountains to f...
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Goemon Rock (2009)
- Director
- INOUE Hidenori
- Cast
- FURUTA Arata, MATSUYUKI Yasuko, MORIYAMA Mirai
This is the newest of a series of theater and film conglomerates recorded with the latest digital technology, "Geki×cine," the play "Goemon Rock" incorporates live band performances by the theater group "Gekidan ☆ Shinkansen." This adventure play is ...
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Noh mask carver (2006)
- Director
- MIYAKE Nagaru
- Cast
- ARAI Tatsuya, NAKASYO Nobuo, TSUMURA Reijiro
A documentary portrait of Arai Tatsuya, a prodigiously talented craftsman who began carving Noh masks at the age of 6, and later became the youngest person ever to receive the Incentive Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and...
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pattenrai!! ～Minaminosimanomizumonogatari～ (2008)
- Director
- ISHIGURO Noboru
- Cast
- INOUE Kazuhiko, MINAGAWA Junko, TAKIMOTO Fujiko
A feature animation film depicting the true story of the life of Hatta Yoichi, a Japanese engineer who lived in Taiwan during the Japanese occupation. The theme song is written and sung by Hitoto Yo, a popular singer who is part Taiwanese. "Batian la...
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Tsuma no Kao (2008)
- Director
- KAWAMOTO Akito
- Cast
- IWASAKI Toru, TANI Nobuko, KAWAMOTO Akito
A husband acquires an 8mm on the birth of his eldest son, and in the following 50 years continues to record images of his family. The 82 year old film creator Kawamoto Akito, who lives in Hiroshima, documents the day to day life of his wife Kiyoko. S...
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Toyo’s Camera –Japanese American History during WWⅡ- (2008)
- Director
- SUZUKI Junichi
- Cast
- Archie MIYATAKE, Daniel INOUYE, George TAKEI
A concentration camp for people of Japanese descent in the United States during the Second World War. This is a documentary film which depicts the lives of the people of Japanese descent at the time, as well as the personality of Toyo Miyatake. The s...
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TAJOMARU (2009)
- Director
- NAKANO Hiroyuki
- Cast
- OGURI Shun, SHIBAMOTO Yuki, TANAKA Kei
An original story which features as main character the great thief Tajomaru who appears in the novel "Yabu no Naka" by Akutagawa Ryunosuke, which was made into the film Rashomon by Kurosawa Akira. Naomitsu (Oguri Shun), a samurai warrior who has been...
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FLOWERS & TROOPS (2009)
- Director
- MATSUBAYASHI Yoju
- Cast
- SAKAI Isamu, NAKANO Yaichiro, FUJITA Matsukichi
They are "unreturned soldiers" from World War II, who were sent to fight the Southeast Asian front but decided to remain there following Japan's defeat. Flowers & Troops is a war documentary that sheds light on the struggles of those unreturned soldi...
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A Story of Manchurian Settler Communities (2008)
- Director
- HANEDA Sumiko
- Cast
Following a reckless state policy imposed after the Manchurian Incident in 1931, the Japanese government dispatched Japanese civilian settlers to the then Manchuria and Inner Mongolia of mainland China. Approximately 270,000 Japanese citizens crossed...
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BALLAD (2009)
- Director
- YAMAZAKI Takashi
- Cast
- KUSANAGI Tsuyoshi, ARAGAKI Yui, OSAWA Takao
Of the numerous feature films in the Crayon Shin-chan anime series, Crayon Shinchan Bravo Samurai was particularly well received and honored with many prestigious awards. The world of this anime masterpiece has been reworked here as a live-action, ro...
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Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai (2009)
- Director
- NISHIKUBO Mizuho
- Cast
- SUGO Takayuki
Miyamoto Musashi (c. 1584-1645) was an unrivalled swordsman who became renowned through stories of his excellent swordsmanship. He wrote a master treatise on military strategy, ‘The Book of Five Rings' and sought the way to enlighten his spirit and c...
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ZEN (2008)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Banmei
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Kantaro, UCHIDA Yuki, FUJIWARA Tatsuya
Based on Komazawa University president Otani Tetsuo's historical novel which chronicled Zen monk Dogen's achievements in spreading the Soto school of Zen Buddhism across Japan. Engaged solely in zazen, Dogen sacrifices himself to attaining a spiritua...
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The Sirota family and the 20th century (2008)
- Director
- FUJIWARA Tomoko
- Cast
- Beate Sirota GORDON, Aline CARASSO
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SHONENKO (2006)
- Director
- Liang-Yin KUO
- Cast
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GATE -A TRUE STORY (2008)
- Director
- Matt TAYLOR
- Cast
- MATSUSHIMA Nanako, Martin SHEEN
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Psychologist Tsuruko Haraguchi--Memories of Her Days at Columbia Univ. in the Early 1900s-- (2007)
- Director
- IZUMI Etsuko
- Cast
- GODAI Michiko, OOWADA Shinya
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SAMURAI GANGSTERS (2008)
- Director
- MAKINO Masahiko
- Cast
- NAKAI Kiichi, SUZUKI Kyoka, KITAMURA Kazuki
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The Wolf Talisman - where town and mountain meet (2008)
- Director
- YUI Suguru
- Cast
A documentary closes in on the mystery of the "Wolf Talisman" which is believed to provide protection for arable land while showing that the land-based belief still remains in the Kanto region including Tokyo. The winner of the Bunka-cho Film Prizes ...
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GS Wonderland (2008)
- Director
- HONDA Ryuichi
- Cast
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Sanada kunoichi ninpo den : Kasumi nairan! Yukimura ansatsu! (2008)
- Director
- WATANABE Seiki
- Cast
- NANAUMI Nana, Asami, TAKAOKA Masato
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I'd Rather Be a Shellfish (2008)
- Director
- FUKUZAWA Katsuo
- Cast
- NAKAI Masahiro, NAKAMA Yukie
Original screenplay by Hashimoto Shinobu, a scriptwriter who participated in many Kurosawa Akira productions. The TV drama of the same title in 1958, for which he wrote the script, became extremely popular, and in 1959, he adapted it to a film as the...
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Ups and Downs 3 (2007)
- Director
- ICHIKAWA Toru
- Cast
- TERADA Minori, TAKARADA Akira, MIZUMOTO Hidejiro
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Ups and Downs 2 (2007)
- Director
- ICHIKAWA Toru
- Cast
- KASE Taishu
