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  • THE CHOCOLATE MAN

    THE CHOCOLATE MAN (2022)

    Director
    SUZUKI Yuji
    Cast

    Tokai TV's 14th documentary for theatrical release. Feature film version of the TV program that won the TV Category Grand Prize from the Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association in 2021. The Quon Chocolate brand is located in Toyohashi City, Aichi ...

  • hadaka no mura

    hadaka no mura (2022)

    Director
    IOKIBE Yukio
    Cast

    Haribote director Iokibe Yukio helms this documentary based on the Ishikawa TV programs "Hadaka no mura" and "Nihonkoku otokomura" that examine politics and society in staunchly conservative Ishikawa Prefecture. Governor Tanimoto Masanori held powe...

  • Nihonbara Diary

    Nihonbara Diary (2022)

    Director
    KUROBE Shunsuke
    Cast

    Documentary about the Naito family, who live their dream of herding cattle in a mountain town that has a Self Defense Force training facility. The Japan Ground Self Defense Force Camp Nihonbara is located in Nagi, Okayama Prefecture, a town with 6,0...

  • My Story,The Buraku Story

    My Story,The Buraku Story (2022)

    Director
    MITSUWAKA Yusaku
    Cast

    Mitsuwaka Yusaku's heartfelt documentary grabbed the top spot in Kinema Jumpo's Best Ten list for documentaries in 2022. Produced by Oshima Arata, who directed Why You Can't Be Prime Minister. The "burakumin" cast was legally abolished in 1871, but ...

  • The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On

    The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (1987)

    Director
    HARA Kazuo
    Cast
    OKUZAKI Kenzo

    Electrifying documentary from world-renowned director Hara Kazuo about Okuzaki Kenzo, an anarchist who used radical means to doggedly confront the Emperor's wartime responsibility. Okuzaki Kenzo runs a battery and used car repair shop with his wife ...

  • TOKYO POLTERGEIST

    TOKYO POLTERGEIST (2023)

    Director
    GOTO Tsuyoshi
    Cast
    GOTO Tsuyoshi, SUMI Yukiko, TERADA Kokoro

    I have captured something unbelievable. Are you brave enough to see real ghosts? 1. The smell of incense sticks in a room 2. Curtains and whiteboards swaying in an empty room 3.vibrating and flashing lighting fixtures 4. wall clock blows 5. do...

  • Grandson of Yôkai

    Grandson of Yôkai (2023)

    Director
    UCHIYAMA Yuto
    Cast

    The late Shinzo Abe was the longest-serving prime minister of all time, having held office for 2,822 consecutive days. Even after stepping down as prime minister, he was known as a kingmaker and maintained his exceptional influence until an assassin'...

  • Alone Together

    Alone Together (2023)

    Director
    MISHIMA Yukiko
    Cast

    COVID-19 shook the whole world. In Japan, a state of emergency was declared for the first time on April 7, 2020, and our lives changed forever. On her birthday, April 22nd, Director Yukiko Mishima came up with the idea for the film when she heard peo...

  • THE FOOLS prison and babylon

    THE FOOLS prison and babylon (2022)

    Director
    TAKAHASHI Shinichi
    Cast
    ITO Ko, KAWADA Ryo, FUKUSHIMA Seiji

    A spectacular documentary that closely examines "ten years" of the solitary rock band THE FOOLS. Directed by Takahashi Shinichi of Cu-Bop fame. Since its formation in 1980, THE FOOLS, led by vocalist Ito Ko and guitarist Kawada Ryo, has undergone se...

  • Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B

    Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B (2022)

    Director
    KAWASE Naomi
    Cast

    Official documentary film for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. This two-part project weaves together the "truth" of the Games that were delayed a year and faced numerous COVID-19 related issues, including the unprecedented step of holding competitions withou...

  • Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A

    Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A (2022)

    Director
    KAWASE Naomi
    Cast

    Documentary produced as the official film for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which were held a year later due to COVID-19. This two-part project uses a massive 5,000 hours of footage shot over 750 days to weave together the "truth" of the Olympics from two...

  • Only I Can Hear

    Only I Can Hear (2022)

    Director
    MATSUI Itaru
    Cast
    Nyla, Jessica, MJ

    The first feature-length documentary about CODA, or Children of Deaf Adults. Director Matsui Itaru earned acclaim for "Tokyo Little Nero", which was aired on NHK, and spent three years documenting Children of Deaf Adults at the sensitive age of 15. ...

  • Arthouse vs.COVID-19

    Arthouse vs.COVID-19 (2022)

    Director
    SUGAWARA Ryuta
    Cast
    KIMATA Junji, TSUBOI Atsushi

    A documentary following Kimata Junji, the manager of the arthouse Cinema Skhole in Nagoya. Re-edited into movie from the Nagoya TV program "Me-Tele Documentary Theater reborn: Cinema and Covid-19", which was broadcast in March 2021. Founded in 1983 ...

  • Chronicle in the Ruins  - Our Own Ethnographic Film

    Chronicle in the Ruins - Our Own Ethnographic Film (2022)

    Director
    HARA Maori
    Cast
    HARA Masato, HARA Kobo, HARA Mamiya

    A documentary that shows the love and bond within a family as they face the consequences of a fire that destroyed their home by making a film. Hara Masato made his debut as a high school student in the 1960s and was praised as a genius film director...

  • Shiver

    Shiver (2021)

    Director
    TOYODA Toshiaki
    Cast
    SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko

    First film featuring Kodo, the taiko drum group based in Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture. In 2021 they celebrated four decades of sharing traditional performing arts from Japan with the world. The project began when one of Kodo's members emailed mus...

  • AKAI

    AKAI (2022)

    Director
    AKAI Eigoro
    Cast
    AKAI Hidekazu

    A documentary that unravels the charm of Akai Hidekazu, a highly talented boxer who caused a frenzy throughout Japan, through his fight footage and interviews at the time. Director Sakamoto Junji, who directed Akai's acting debut, Knockout, fully coo...

  • Kids Konference

    Kids Konference (2022)

    Director
    GODA Tomo
    Cast

    Documentary covering a year at a nursery school where kids hold "conferences." The film explores the essence of dialogue through the lives of children and reunites Goda Tomo with the main staff from the Being Born series about life and family. "Kids...

  • Transform!

    Transform! (2020)

    Director
    ISHIDA Tomoya
    Cast
    ISHIDA Tomoya, JAREO Osamu, SAZAWA (NOZAKI) Shizue

    Ishida Tomoya, who uses an electric wheelchair, helmed this documentary bursting with the joy of artistic expression. Won the Pia Film Festival Award 2020, the grand prize at the 42nd Pia Film Festival. Ishida visits people with a wide array of "dif...

  • Kagawa District 1

    Kagawa District 1 (2022)

    Director
    OSHIMA Arata
    Cast
    OGAWA Junya, HIRAI Takuya, MACHIKAWA Junko

    Sequel arriving a year and a half after the release of Why You Can't Be Prime Minister, which boasted remarkable attendance figures. Director Oshima Arata focused on Lower House lawmaker Ogawa Junya in the previous film and turns his attention to the...

  • Ushiku

    Ushiku (2021)

    Director
    Thomas ASH
    Cast

    Documentary featuring testimonies by people applying for refugee status at the East Japan Immigration Center known as "Ushiku". Director Thomas Ash shot the film with hidden cameras, a controversial technique. Winner of the Asian Perspective Award in...

  • Rhapsody Of Colors

    Rhapsody Of Colors (2020)

    Director
    SATO Takayuki
    Cast
    ISHIKAWA Riri, NAKAMURA Kazutoshi, Joplin

    Documentary about the activities of Colors, a barrier-free social club. Directed by Sato Takayuki, who brought a fresh perspective to individuals within their tribe in Kaput and Apappo: A Tale of Ainu Sisters. Located in Nishikamata, Tokyo, Colors i...

  • Maigo ni natta kobushi

    Maigo ni natta kobushi (2020)

    Director
    IMADA Satoshi
    Cast
    KANEKO Daiki, TOKESHI Kohei

    Documentary exploring the reasons why people fight through the stories of Japanese people trying their hand at lethwei, the Myanmar traditional martial art. Imada Tetsushi last directed a documentary 16 years ago with Kumazasa no igon. Lethwei is sa...

  • Fishmans

    Fishmans (2021)

    Director
    TESHIMA Yuki
    Cast

    Teshima Yuki makes his feature film directorial debut with this documentary about the history of the internationally acclaimed band Fishmans. Slumping record sales, label hopping, rotating cast of band members, and vocalist Sato Shinji's sudden deat...

  • HONOKA

    HONOKA (2021)

    Director
    KUNITOMO Yugo
    Cast

    Documentary that touches on life itself through looking at the activities surrounding a girl who was pronounced nearly brain dead upon birth. Haru wo tsugeru machi director Shimada Ryuichi serves as producer, and the same film's assistant director Ku...

  • TOKYO KURDS

    TOKYO KURDS (2021)

    Director
    HYUGA Fumiari
    Cast

    This documentary covers five-plus years in the lives of two young Turkish Kurds who are trying to get refugee status and exposes the plight of Kurdish refugees in Japan. 18-year-old Ozan and 19-year-old Ramazan arrived in Japan while still in elemen...