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Michikusa (2018)
- Director
- SHISHIDO Daisuke
- Cast
This documentary follows the daily life of people with severe autism living by themselves. Most individuals with severe developmental disabilities are limited in the places they can reside such as those who live with their parents, and at institution...
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Things to know before you become a cancer patient (2018)
- Director
- MIYAKE Nagaru
- Cast
- WAKAO Fumihiko, KATSUMATA Noriyuki, YAMAUCHI Hideko
Miyake Nagaru of "Ultimate land - a year of Iwasaki Onikenbai" and "Traveling by Leaps and Bounds: Portrait of Noh Actor Reijiro Tsumura" directs, shoots, and edits this documentary examining in a variety of angles the subject of cancer which is said...
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DOCUMENTARY FILM TARO OKAMOTO’S OKINAWA WHAT HE FOUND (2018)
- Director
- KATSURAYAMA Yoshihisa
- Cast
- OKAMOTO Taro
The mindset of one of Japan's prominent artists, Okamoto Taro, on his two journeys to Okinawa is closely examined in this documentary. Artist Okamoto Taro arrives on Okinawa seeking the answer to the questions: "What is a Japanese person?" and "What...
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The World’s “Top” Theater (2017)
- Director
- SATO Koichi
- Cast
- INOUE Keiichi, TSUCHII Toshinobu, SATO Yoshihiro
Sato Koichi who served as cinematographer on Silent Revolution and YUKIGUNI coordinated, directed, and shot this documentary. Narration is by actor Osugi Ren who passed away suddenly in 2018. Green House, a cinema in the city of Sakata in Yamagata P...
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FROM ALL CORNERS (2018)
- Director
- OKAJIMA Ryusuke
- Cast
- SHIMAZU Fuyuki
Los Angeles based video director Okajima Ryusuke directs his first feature-length documentary about "cardboard artist" Shimazu Fuyuki who creates wallets from cardboard boxes discarded on the street or in front of stores. Calling himself "the cardbo...
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JIZOLIBIDO (2018)
- Director
- KASATANI Yoshiaki
- Cast
- KOIDE Yukiko, Edward M. Gómez, MUKAI Shutoku
Kasatani Yoshiaki of A Short Film About DISTORTION follows up his previous film with this documentary which turns the camera on Atelier Yamanami, the facility for handicapped persons who produce imaginative art work. Artists with developmental disabi...
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Somebody's NPP (2017)
- Director
- KAWAGUCHI Tsutomu
- Cast
Documentary produced, directed, shot and edited by freelance video director Kawaguchi Tsutomu. Actor-cum-singer Mikami Kan provides the theme song. Oi Town in the Oi District of Fukui Prefecture has just 8,700 residents and is surrounded by the ocea...
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Tarinae (2018)
- Director
- OKAWA Shiori
- Cast
- SATO Tsutomu
The son of a Japanese imperial soldier who died on the Marshall Islands during the Pacific War retraces his fathers footsteps in this documentary. Toward the end of the Pacific War, a Japanese imperial soldier dies of starvation on the Marshall Isla...
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A SONG FROM HOME (2018)
- Director
- NAKAE Yuji
- Cast
- Futaba Town in Fukushima's people, YO Kimiko, EMOTO Akira
Nakae Yuji of Nabbie's Love directs this documentary about people from Futaba Town in Fukushima Prefecture and the traditional 'bon-uta' dance that they have protected. Futaba Town was devastated by the Great East Japan Disaster, and in 2015 the town...
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A Step Forward (2018)
- Director
- KASEZAWA Atsushi
- Cast
- FUJIYABU Yoichi
In-depth documentary about suicidal individuals and pastor Fujiyabu's efforts to save them. Feature-length documentary debut by Kasezawa Atsushi, who has directed numerous TV documentary programs. The Sandanbeki Cliffs are located in Shirahama Town,...
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The Rice Granary of One Hundred Years (2018)
- Director
- JIN Akira
- Cast
This documentary deals with the origin of the rice riots affair which spread all over Japan in 1918. Due to displeasure with the steep rise in the price of rice, the people revolted against the government and finally made the Terauchi Cabinet resigne...
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SLEEPING VILLAGE (2018)
- Director
- SAITO Junichi, KAMATA Reika
- Cast
Tokai Television, producer of Life is Fruity, spends nearly 40 years investigating the truth behind the Nabari Poison Wine incident for this documentary. The Nabari Poison Wine incident occurred in 1961 in Mie Prefecture's Nabari City. Wine at a vil...
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I GO GAGA, MY DEAR (2018)
- Director
- NOBUTOMO Naoko
- Cast
Feature-film directorial debut by Nobutomo Naoko, who has made numerous TV documentaries based on her personal experiences, including her own struggles with breast cancer. The film patiently captures her 95-year-old father caring for her senile mothe...
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Silent Revolution (2017)
- Director
- WATANABE Satoshi
- Cast
- SATO Yaemon, KOBAYASHI Minoru, HIRANO Akihide
Documentary about people living in depopulated regions who are working to revitalize their communities through renewable energy. Directed by Watanabe Satoshi, whose film Reviving Recipes was an official invitation at the 36th Hong Kong International ...
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No Gender! The Queer Life of an Intersex Manga Artist (2018)
- Director
- WATANABE Shogo
- Cast
- ARAI Sho
A documentary about manga artist Arai Sho who lives life as neither a man nor woman but an intersex. Born and raised female, and also having been married, Arai undertook chromosome testing at the age of 30. That is when Arai was informed of being int...
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Living the idol life –SKE48 Behind the Scenes (2018)
- Director
- TAKENAKA Yusuke, SUZUKI Masahiko
- Cast
- SKE48
This is the second documentary on the Nagoya-based female idol group SKE48. Formed in 2008, SKE48 is the forerunner sister group to predecessor AKB48. 2018 marked the group's 10th anniversary. Endeavoring in idol undertakings with renewed resolve, th...
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Tower of the Sun (2018)
- Director
- SEKINE Kosai
- Cast
- ODA Lisa
The Tower of the Sun which was created by extraordinary artist Okamoto Taro and served as the symbol tower of the 1970 Osaka World Fair is the subject of this documentary. Along with project staff at the time, interviews are conducted with experts fr...
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Boy Soldiers: The Secret War in Okinawa (2018)
- Director
- MIKAMI Chie, OYA Hanayo
- Cast
The "secret war" of the Nakano School which remained untold for over seventy years since the end of the war is explored in this documentary. Director Mikami Chie of The Targeted Village and We Shall Overcome along with journalist Oya Hanayo sharply ...
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Mainichi ga Alzheimer the final Saigo ni shinutoki (2018)
- Director
- SEKIGUCHI Yuka
- Cast
This is the concluding chapter of Sekiguchi Yuka's popular documentary series recording life with her Alzheimer's disease stricken mother. Sekiguchi Yuka, who has continued to nurse her mother at home, is hospitalized for double hip surgery. She mee...
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PEACE NIPPON (2018)
- Director
- NAKANO Hiroyuki
- Cast
- WATANABE Dai, OIKAWA Sakino, KOIZUMI Kyoko
Japan's picturesque scenery season after season is turned into a film with overwhelming impact. Filmmakers who adore Japan pursue a once-in-a-lifetime beauty, photographing more than 200 locations over the course of the eight year production. The fil...
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PROTECTORS OF FIREFLY RIVER (2017)
- Director
- YAMADA Eiji
- Cast
In-depth documentary about thirteen households in a small mountainside hamlet that has been designated for dam construction. TV commercial director Yamada Eiji makes his documentary film debut. In 1962, the Ishiki Dam Project was launched in Kawatan...
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Hooked on the Jomon (2018)
- Director
- YAMAOKA Nobu
- Cast
- ITO Seiko, KOBAYASHI Tatsuo, SATO Taku
Documentary on the Jomon period that flourished on the Japanese archipelago after the Paleolithic era, about 15,000 years ago to 2,300 years ago. During this era people started making earthenware, and mysterious alien-like clay figurines have been un...
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Kumanokara into the Shingu (2017)
- Director
- TANAKA Chiseko
- Cast
- KAIBE Tsuyoshi, URAN Sakiko, SUZUKI Yayoi
Final film in the trilogy set in the Kumano region of Wakayama Prefecture from critic and documentary filmmaker Tanaka Chiseko. Uses a semi-documentary approach to depict the culture and climate born from the history of the land, set in Shingu City, ...
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Kokoro no kokyo Aru wansho no ayundekita michi (2018)
- Director
- HAYASHI Masayuki
- Cast
Documentary about the lives of 'wansei' Japanese who were born and raised in Taiwan during the Japanese occupation prior to World War Two. Directed by Hayashi Masayuki, whose numerous documentaries about Taiwan include Ryohei banka Ikyo ni ikiru. The...
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MIFUNE: THE LAST SAMURAI (2016)
- Director
- Steven OKAZAKI
- Cast
- KAGAWA Kyoko, TSUKASA Yoko, TSUCHIYA Yoshio
ocumentary about the life of the legendary actor Mifune Toshiro, who created Japans' Golden Era of cinema. Directed by Steven Okazaki, who won an Academy Award for Best Documentary (short subject) for Days of Waiting. Mifune starred in films includin...
