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Mr. Tanikawa, please write a poem. (2014)
- Director
- SUGIMOTO Nobuaki
- Cast
- TANIKAWA Shuntaro, FURUYAMA Mami, MATSUNAGA Hidenori
A documentary that uses the poem "Kotoba" (WORDS), written by poet Tanikawa Shuntaro about the Great East Japan Earthquake, as an entry point for exploring precious words spoken by people living in various regions. It depicts the process in which new...
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Peace on the Tigris -Iraq War and 10 years of life in Baghdad- (2014)
- Director
- WATAI Takeharu
- Cast
- Ali SAQBAN, Rosha, Ghufran
A documentary that follows a family whose lives where torn apart by the Iraq War. Its director is Watai Takeharu, whose Little Birds won the Human Rights Award at the Locarno International Film Festival in 2005. It spans ten years in the lives of Wat...
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Animal Expedition in Fuji Safari Park (2014)
- Director
- YAMAGISHI Kentaro
- Cast
- MIZUKI Nyoko, SUZUKI Daisuke
The second film in the "Children's Cinema" series that encourages young children to make their first visit to a movie theater. With the cooperation of Fuji Safari Park, where animals from around the world live in harmony, it presents a fun introducti...
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Tokugawa Maizokin Densetsu Daihakkutsu Project 2014 Shougunke no Ango (2014)
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- Cast
Film about guys who get together to find the legendary treasure said to have been buried by the Edo Shogunate. Story structure and direction by Yuyama Naoki, whose prolific output includes Unidentified Mysterious Animal Hunter and other SF and horror...
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Asobi no ato (2014)
- Director
- OTA Tatsunari
- Cast
- GOMESS
Documentary that takes a matter-of-fact look at the rapper GOMESS's recording sessions and concerts. Directed by Ota Tatsunari, who won the grand prize at the Kyoto International Student Film and Video Festival in 2012 for Overseas Intention. Screene...
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NOBIDORANDO (2014)
- Director
- MIYAMOTO Moriro
- Cast
- TADZIO, YONEMOTO Takato, MATSUI Daigo
Film that brings a documentary touch to depicting the past of the shadowy hardcore pop unit TADZIO. Uzumasa Jacopetti's Miyamoto Moriro serves as director and cameraman. Screened at the music cinema project MOOSIC LAB 2014. TADZIO is a girl band con...
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GOSPEL (2014)
- Director
- MATSUNAGA Daishi
- Cast
A documentary investigating the reasons why nine out of ten gospel music aficionados are non-Christians in Japan, a phenomenon unique to the country. Director Matsunaga Daishi, who gained plaudits at home and abroad for his film PYUUPIRU 2001-2008 ab...
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TOKYO FANTASY SEKAI NO OWARI (2014)
- Director
- Raphael Frydman
- Cast
- Nakajin, Fukase, Saori
A documentary by French visual artist Raphael Frydman, a prolific music video and commercial director, that closely follows the four-piece Japanese rock band SEKAI NO OWARI. It uses animation and other techniques to evoke the band's unique dream-like...
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True Songs: On tour with the dramatic reading of “Night on the Milky Way Train” (2014)
- Director
- KAWAI Hiroki
- Cast
- FURUKAWA Hideo, SUGA Keijiro, KOJIMA Keitaneylove
Documentary about dramatic readings produced in response to the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Author Furukawa Hideo, a Fukushima Prefecture native, dramatizes Miyazawa Kenji's "Night on the Milky Way Train" with a post-disaster perspective. Performe...
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kodo no kioku tanko-eshi YAMAMOTO SAKUBEI (2013)
- Director
- OMURA Yukiko
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Sakubei
A documentary about Yamamoto Sakubei, an artist whose paintings and diaries regarding mines and miners have been added to UNESCO's Memory of the World register. As well as introducing Yamamoto's vast body of work, it also features interviews with peo...
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SHIBA-Dreaming of Jomon Dogs (2013)
- Director
- ISE Shinichi
- Cast
- TERUI Mitsuo, TERUI Takako, GOTO Akihiko
Documentary about Shiba dogs, the most illustrious Japanese dog breed. They have served as loyal hunting companions for humans since the Jomon Era long ago. The documentary features intense 3-year coverage of the Japan Society for Preservation of the...
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The End of the Special Time We Were Allowed (2013)
- Director
- OTA Shingo
- Cast
- MASUDA Sota, TOMINAGA Kurato, MASUDA Hirofumi
A documentary in which director Ota Shingo earnestly examines the relationship between a musician friend who committed suicide, his bandmate, and himself. Screened in the New Asian Currents section of the 2013 Yamagata International Documentary Film ...
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Tamashiino realism Hiroshi Noda (2014)
- Director
- HYUGAJI Taro
- Cast
- NODA Hiroshi
Documentary on Noda Hiroshi, one of Japan's best-known realistic painters. Up-close coverage of Noda as he creates "Seinarumono THE IV Torinosu" (Holy The IV Bird's Nest), powerfully conveying his passion as an artist. Directed by Hyugaji Taro, known...
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Living with Feral Cats (2014)
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- IZUMI Etsuko
- Cast
Easy-going documentary that depicts stray cats, alone in birth and death, as a community and environmental problem from the vantage point of a preservationist. Director Izumi Etsuko, whose previous films have dealt with women's independence and medic...
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Everyday is Alzheimer's 2 The Filmmaker goes to Britain (2014)
- Director
- SEKIGUCHI Yuka
- Cast
- SEKIGUCHI Hiroko
Sequel to the documentary on dementia that became a surprise long-running hit. Filmmaker Yuka Sekiguchi came across the term "Person Centered Care" in the course of living with her mother Hiroko, who developed Alzheimer's disease. Yuka decides to hea...
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DOCUMENTARY of AKB48 The time has come (2014)
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- TAKAHASHI Eiki
- Cast
- AKB48
Fourth documentary about the hugely popular idol group AKB48. In-depth coverage from January 2013 through June 2014, a period when major changes rocked the group. Directed by Takahashi Eiki, who has handled the series from the second film. The camer...
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China to Japan -Japanese Woman with Chinese Mother Tongue (2013)
- Director
- CHITOSE Chihiro
- Cast
- YAMADA Shizuka
Directorial debut by Chitose Chihiro, who studied with director Hara Kazuo and served as assistant director to directors Shinohara Tetsuo and Kuroki Kazuo. Calls for improving Japan-China relations through intimately depicting the turbulent life of a...
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The Voyage of Bunyo Ishikawa (2014)
- Director
- OMIYA Koichi
- Cast
- ISHIKAWA Bunyo
Documentary about the life of news cameraman Ishikawa Bunyo, who brought the Vietnam War to the world. Planned, produced and directed by Omiya Koichi, who earned acclaim for his directorial debut TADAIMA-I'm home, a place for everyone. After return...
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Mystic Flower ･ Life Yukio Nakagawa (2014)
- Director
- TANIMITSU Akira
- Cast
- NAKAGAWA Yukio, ARAKI Nobuyoshi, OHNO Kazuo
Documentary about avant-garde floral artist Nakagawa Yukio, known for his unorthodox style using bunches of rotting tulips and entire heads of napa cabbage. Illuminates the secrets to his creativity through his own words and the notebooks he's kept o...
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FOOL COOL ROCK! ONE OK ROCK DOCUMENTARY FILM (2014)
- Director
- NAKANO Hiroyuki
- Cast
- Taka, Toru, Ryota
A documentary that follows Japanese rock band ONE OK ROCK, capturing them on tour in Asia and Europe in 2013. Its director is Nakano Hiroyuki, who has also helmed RAMOTRIP and numerous music videos. ONE OK ROCK venture overseas to embark on a new ch...
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We are reds the movie kaimaku made no nanokakan (2014)
- Director
- KANEKO Yota, ITO Shuto
- Cast
The first-ever documentary focusing on a J-League soccer club. It closely follows seven days leading up to the season opener for Urawa Red Diamonds, going behind the scenes to discover what ran through the minds of players, staff, and supporters as t...
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Mother of the Bride (2014)
- Director
- KIM Seung-yong
- Cast
- KATSURA Yumi
A documentary by video artist Kim Seung-yong. It focuses on Katsura Yumi, Japan's foremost bridal gown designer, and captures the unflagging inquisitiveness and passion that inspire her continued production of innovative wedding dresses. Katsura Yum...
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”INVISIBLE HANDCUFFS- The Sayama Case” (2013)
- Director
- KIM Sung Woong
- Cast
- ISHIKAWA Kazuo, ISHIKAWA Sachiko
A documentary that follows three years in the life of Ishikawa Kazuo and his wife Sachiko. For fifty-one years, Kazuo has protested his innocence in the Sayama Incident, a famous case of injustice. Its director is Kim Sung Woong, who depicted the dai...
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Beauty Within (2013)
- Director
- AZUMA Shizu
- Cast
A documentary that traces the lives of people who survived the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Through interviews with victims of differing races and circumstances, it creates a vivid portrait of the strength and beauty of human be...
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FUKUSHIMA VOICE (2014)
- Director
- ARIMA Shun, OKAZAKI Miya, SASAKI Kaede
- Cast
Eleven university students involved in the Tsukuba University Creative Reconstruction Project document Iwaki City in Fukushima Prefecture. Driven to share voices from Fukushima with the world, they capture the stories of various people suffering from...
