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M: Toru Muranishi - Wild Passionate Days (2019)
- Director
- KATASHIMA Ikki
- Cast
- MURANISHI Toru
A documentary detailing the glories and failures, creation and destruction of Muranishi Toru, known as the "King of Porn". The summer of 1996 in Hokkaido, Muranishi dares to carry out the simultaneous filming of a straight-to-video movie for the wor...
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TAGATAMENIKENPOUHAARU (2019)
- Director
- INOUE Junichi
- Cast
- WATANABE Misako
Documentary that examines the Constitution of Japan. Follows actress Watanabe Misako as she performs the "Mr. Constitution" monologue presented by TV talent Matsumoto Hiro for twenty-plus years and read-aloud theater about atomic bombs by Watanabe an...
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Kampai! Sake Sisters (2019)
- Director
- KONISHI Mirai
- Cast
- IMADA Miho, CHIBA Marie, Rebekah WILSON-LYE
Sequel to the documentary Kampai! For the Love of Sake! about Japanese sake. Konishi Mirai helms once again and focuses on women in the world of sake, which was once off-limits to females. Women contribute to all aspects of the Japanese sake industr...
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The beginning of the song (2020)
- Director
- KAWAI Hiroki
- Cast
- SAITO Harumichi
Documentary about deaf photographer Saito Harumichi directed by Kawai Hiroki, who excels at making films about artists including musicians and performers. Captures Saito encountering his dreaded "songs" through caring for his newborn son. When Saito...
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Tribe Called Discord: Documentary of GEZAN (2019)
- Director
- KANDANI Ryosuke
- Cast
- GEZAN, KANDANI Ryosuke
First-ever documentary film about the youth band GEZAN, a major force in the underground music scene. Since forming in 2009, this high-octane band has put together outdoor festivals and recording labels, and they crowdfunded their way to a tour and r...
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Beside the Deathbed (2019)
- Director
- SHIMOMURA Sachiko
- Cast
How and where can people take their final breath in happiness? Film adaptation of the TV documentary about dying at home. Director Shimomura Sachiko got behind the camera to capture the subtle emotional changes of people awaiting the end of life. In...
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Prison Circle (2019)
- Director
- SAKAGAMI Kaori
- Cast
This documentary spent six years getting permission to do the first-ever extended shoot in a Japanese prison. Directed by Sakagami Kaori, who shot US prisoners in Talk Back Out Loud and Lifers. Shimane Asahi Rehabilitation Program Center is a joint...
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Sayonara Television (2020)
- Director
- HIJIKATA Hiroshi
- Cast
Documentary introducing new scenes to "Sayonara TV," a TV program commemorating the 60th anniversary of Tokai Television Broadcasting. Directed by Hijikata Hiroshi of Homeless Rijicho and Yakuza to kempo. TV once ruled the living room. Commercial TV...
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Me and Him (2019)
- Director
- Shikai brothers
- Cast
A minority couple living in Japan is the subject of this documentary. It captures the daily life of a young, second generation Vietnamese refugee and a Japanese young man leading up to their wedding. The people around them are also represented. At th...
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TOKYO HIGH TIDE (2019)
- Director
- MURAKAMI Hiroyasu
- Cast
Murakami Hiroyasu, director of the documentary Nagare, turns his camera on an elderly homeless man who digs for freshwater clams along the Tama River estuary. His life brings into relief numerous issues confronting Japan today, including environmenta...
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Planet of the Crabs (2019)
- Director
- MURAKAMI Hiroyasu
- Cast
- YOSHIDA Tadayoshi
TOKYO HIGH TIDE director Murakami Hiroyasu returns to the Tama River estuary to document Yoshida Tadayoshi, who has been conducting independent observations of crabs over a 15-year period. The camera's relentless focus on crabs brings to light a wor...
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True Believer (2019)
- Director
- KOJITANI Hideki
- Cast
- SHOJI Tetsuro, HAYASHI Yasuko, TAKEMOTO Ryo
A documentary film about people who believe in the existence of UFOs directed by Kojitani Hideki who has compiled interviews with a variety of people who have experienced UFO encounters. Kojitani is inspired by a video on YouTube of an alien corpse ...
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Zero (2020)
- Director
- SODA Kazuhiro
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Masahiro, YAMAMOTO Yoshiko
An Ultimate Love Story Dr. Masatomo Yamamoto, a psychiatrist and the protagonist of the award-winning film Mental (2008, Kazuhiro Soda), is a pioneer in the movement to unlock the doors of mental hospitals in Japan in the 1960s. His long career span...
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Katasumitachi to ikiru Kantoku Katabuchi Sunao no shigoto (2019)
- Director
- YAMADA Reo
- Cast
- KATABUCHI Sunao, Non, IWAI Nanase
This documentary focuses on the director of the animated film In This Corner of the World, Katabuchi Sunao. Over the course of three years, the camera closely covered Katabuchi 100 times and recorded the director's creative process. Upon the release...
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Tokyo Paralympics, Festival of Love and Glory (1965)
- Director
- WATANABE Kimio
- Cast
In 1964, the Tokyo Olympics had concluded successfully and the city was returning to its normal self. Meanwhile, another sports event, invested with significance, was about to start. This was the "Tokyo Games for the Physically Handicapped," as it wa...
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Mishima: The Last Debate (2020)
- Director
- TOYOSHIMA Keisuke
- Cast
- MISHIMA Yukio
During the time of mass movement rising in late 60's all over the world, an internationally acclaimed author, poet, playwright, actor, film director and critic Yukio Mishima, took part in a heated discussion with 1,000 members of the student movement...
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TESTIMONY (2019)
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AFTER CAREER (2019)
- Director
- HIRABAYASHI Kenichi
- Cast
In 2018, Japan Racing Association earns 28 billion US dollars as sales proceeds from races held in 10 major cities in Japan. Annually, over 6 million people visit racetracks. Horse racing gets momentum not only as public gambling but also as entert...
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ZERO AS YOU ARE (2019)
- Director
- TOKOI Miyuki
- Cast
24-year-old Sky Kobayashi has been trying to find his true gender since childhood. Born as a girl, he was one of the first students in Japan to persuade a junior high school to accept a female as a boy. At 20, he underwent surgeries so that he could ...
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Godot of the Emotos (2017)
- Director
- YAMAZAKI Yutaka
- Cast
- EMOTO Akira, EMOTO Tasuku, EMOTO Tokio
The acting family, the Emotos, are the subject of this documentary following Emoto Akira and his sons. Prominent cameraman Yamazaki Yutaka, who has been involved with shooting Kore-eda Hirokazu's films, surveils a rehearsal hall and documents the hou...
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Reiwa Uprising (2019)
- Director
- HARA Kazuo
- Cast
Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Kazuo Hara follows Ayumi Yasutomi, a cross-dressing candidate, who is also a Tokyo University professor, as she embarks on a national campaign for a seat in Japan's Upper House....
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i -Documentary of the Journalist- (2019)
- Director
- MORI Tatsuya
- Cast
- MOCHIZUKI Isoko
Director Mori Tatsuya, known for closely covering the ghostwriter uproar that rocked Samuragochi Mamoru in the documentary FAKE, follows the real-life Tokyo Shimbun city news reporter Mochizuki Isoko who inspired the film "The Journalist". It receive...
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No Smoking (2019)
- Director
- SADO Taketoshi
- Cast
- HOSONO Haruomi, Van Dyke Parks, OYAMADA Keigo
Documentary film depicting the trajectory of musician Hosono Haruomi, whose five-decade career includes key roles in Happy End and Yellow Magic Orchestra. Captures his activities in recent years with Hosono's reflections on his life. The film focuses...
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Masako, mon ange (2019)
- Director
- OOKA Daisuke
- Cast
- Masako, Anju, TAMURA Shoko
Documentary that teases apart the life of model Masako, who also acted in films including Ring and died at the age of 50, through interviews of people who knew her well. Directed by Masako's husband Ooka Daisuke, who is a film producer. Masako died ...
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TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY 「No Pain,No Gain」 (2019)
- Director
- MAKI Yuta
- Cast
- YAMADA Takayuki
This documentary follows actor Yamada Takayuki, known for his roles in The Devil's Path among others, over 2,045 days between 2013 and 2019. Maki Yuta of production company TV Man Union shoots, directs, and edits the film. Supervised by Stardust Pic...
