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Shinkansento Wakuwaku Densha Daishugo (2014)
- Director
- TANI Hiromu
- Cast
- NAGAFUCHI Yukitoshi, TOKUNAGA Reiko, NONAKA Ai
Sixth installment in the train guide series that is a huge hit with children and train buffs alike. The documentary introduces a wide range of trains, interspersed with animation and quizzes about trains. The film features special trains and Shinka...
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Dystonia (2013)
- Director
- KAWAHATA Yuki
- Cast
- SATO Haruko, TAIRA Takaomi
Documentary about patients and doctors dealing with dystonia, a chronic neurological ailment in which muscles atrophy and patients lose the ability to control movement. Feature film debut for director Kawahata Yuki. Sato Haruko serves as vice presid...
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The spirit of science (2013)
- Director
- TADACHI Yuko
- Cast
- NAGAOKA Masamitsu, NISHIMURA Toshiyuki, OMINO Yoshiki
A documentary that focuses on the work of Nagaoka Masamitsu, who has been involved in the production of supplements for popular educational publication "Otona no Kagaku Magazine" (adults and science magazine), a grown-up version of "Kagaku to Gakushu...
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Journey with the Gods: The rebuilding of Ise Jingu Shrine (2014)
- Director
- FUSHIHARA Kenshi
- Cast
- KIKI Kirin
Documentary that reconfigures a TV program for theatrical release. Veteran actress Kiki Kirin, who won the Best Actress Award at the 30th Nantes Festival of the Three Continents for Still Walking, embarks on her first pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shri...
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KAZUYA-the world's most unsuccessful musician (2012)
- Director
- TAMURA Hiromi
- Cast
- Kazuya, TSUJI Ryoji, TOGAWA Masahiro
Director Tamura Hiromi, whose principle occupation is working as a hair stylist, creates an intimate portrait of KAZUYA, the 51-year-old musician who works almost exclusively in Sapporo. The film shows KAZUYA's edgy music activities to reveal the mys...
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TALK BACK OUT LOUD (2013)
- Director
- SAKAGAMI Kaori
- Cast
- Rhodessa JONES, The Medea Project: Theater for Incarcerated Women
Documentary that faithfully depicts women who have survived hardship like abuse and prejudice as they face society by telling their stories through theater. Director Sakagami Kaori, known for her wide-reaching social activism on issues of violence an...
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One For All, All For One (2013)
- Director
- PARK Sayu, PARK Donsa
- Cast
A documentary by female director and Seoul native Park Sayu that closely follows the Osaka Korean High School rugby team over a three-year period. As its members attempt to win a national championship for the first time ever, they confront harsh real...
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A Little Girl's Dream (2014)
- Director
- TOKITA Yoshiaki
- Cast
- TAKAHASHI Tomomi
Feature version of a television documentary that follows twenty-six years in the life of a young woman who strives to become a veterinarian. In 1987, three calves "enroll" at a small elementary school in Niigata Prefecture. Takahashi Tomomi, a third-...
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1000 nengo no mirai e 3.11 hogoshi tachi no shogen (2014)
- Director
- TODORI Shinya
- Cast
A documentary that looks back on the Great East Japan Earthquake from the perspectives of public health nurses who support the wellbeing of people in the affected regions. Its main staff are Todori Takuya and Todori Shinya, who make documentary films...
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Get action (2014)
- Director
- KONDO Junya
- Cast
- TEENGENERATE
A documentary about TEENGENERATE, a legendary rock band that was ignored by Japan's music media despite winning acclaim overseas. Former cinema manager Kondo Junya, who witnessed their heyday first-hand, decided to make a record of their exploits and...
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The Will -If Only There Were no Nuclear Power Plant (2014)
- Director
- TOYODA Naomi, NODA Masaya
- Cast
A feature-length documentary comprised of two sections and five chapters, featuring footage shot over the three years following the Great East Japan Earthquake. It presents a raw depiction of disaster victims as they struggle to make ends meet with p...
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Do you know what my name is? (2013)
- Director
- KAZAMA Naomi, OTA Shigeru
- Cast
Documentary about a senility treatment program developed in Japan. Residents at an elderly care facility in the state of Ohio, USA try the "learning therapy" developed by Kawashima Ryuta, known for "brain training" videogames that reinvigorate the br...
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MACHIYA〜saving old wooden townhouses〜 (2013)
- Director
- ITO Yuki
- Cast
Documentary on the preservation of machiya, traditional Japanese townhouses, in a district designated to protect groups of traditional buildings in Fukuoka Prefecture's Yame City. This challenging work questions postwar Japan's pursuit of modern effi...
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The Sex Cannon Ball Run 2013, THE MOVIE (2014)
- Director
- Company MATSUO
- Cast
- Company MATSUO, Bakushishi YAMASHITA, BEBOP Minoru
The fifth entry in director Company Matsuo's popular adult video series, and its first theatrically-released feature. Six men race each other by car and motorbike from Tokyo to Sapporo, while competing to see who can conquer the most women using tele...
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Homeless Rijicho (2014)
- Director
- HIJIKATA Hiroshi
- Cast
Sixth feature film from Tokai TV, which has created numerous documentaries dealing with social issues. This challenging work for TV sparked controversy with a scene showing corporal punishment. Rookies is an NPO set up for former baseball players wh...
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Metamorphosis (2013)
- Director
- HORI Jun
- Cast
Documentary delving into the reality of nuclear power plant meltdowns in the US and Japan. Freelance journalist Hori Jun, who formerly was a newscaster with NHK, makes his directorial debut, and also handles the script, camerawork, editing and narrat...
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FLYING BODIES (2013)
- Director
- NAKANO Hiroyuki
- Cast
- Aomori University Men’s Rhythmic Gymnastics Team
In-depth documentary about the Aomori University Men's Rhythmic Gymnastics Team. Follows their rehearsals for a special performance planned and produced by designer Miyake Issey under the direction of Daniel Ezralow, whose work includes the musical S...
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Chisana akari (2013)
- Director
- OHNO Ryusuke
- Cast
- People in Osawa district, Shizuoka
Documentary set in a small hamlet nestled in the mountains in Shizuoka. Young filmmakers Ohno Ryusuke and Inaba Yusuke take minimal equipment with them as they examine the lives of the people living there, and question contemporary "affluence." A to...
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no "mother" anymore (2013)
- Director
- CHO Kyonsu
- Cast
A feature documentary based on a twice-broadcast television documentary that was re-edited to include additional footage. It follows a freelance writer caring for his mother with senile dementia, and sends a warning about a society with no systems in...
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Tale of a Butcher Shop (2013)
- Director
- HANABUSA Aya
- Cast
The second directorial effort from Hanabusa Aya, a rising talent who won best documentary at the 2012 SiciliAmbiente Documentary Film Festival for her debut film HOLY ISLAND. It follows a family of butchers in Kaizuka City, Osaka that raises cattle, ...
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Fallujah Iraqsensou Nihonjinhitojichijiken...Soshite (2013)
- Director
- ITO Megumi
- Cast
- TAKATO Nahoko, IMAI Noriaki
Documentary about the 2004 incident in which Japanese people were taken hostage. Conveys the raw reality of Fallujah, Iraq and problems facing Japanese society through the present-day lives of former hostages Imai Noriaki and Takato Nahoko. In the m...
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The Horses of Fukushima (2013)
- Director
- MATSUBAYASHI Yoju
- Cast
Documentary that coolly depicts the unhappy fate of horses who survived the tsunami and nuclear power accident in the aftermath of the Tohoku earthquake, set in Fukushima's Soma region, known for the "Soma Nomaoi" ritual, or wild horse chase. Officia...
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Beneath the Bamboo Grave Posts (2013)
- Director
- KAGEYAMA Asako, FUJIMOTO Yukihisa
- Cast
Documentary about Japanese and Korean youths, as well as young Korean nationals residing in Japan, shot over a 15-year period. Consists of five parts, totaling 9 hours and 9 minutes. In the summer of 1997, Japanese and Korean youths, and young ethnic...
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Save the club noon (2013)
- Director
- MIYAMOTO Moriro
- Cast
- Akainu, ANI & Robochu, ALTZ
Noon, a venerable Osaka club, was busted in April 2012 for violating Japan's law regulating entertainment establishments. This documentary covers the music event held in July of the same year by over 90 artist teams, who rallied in protest. The law r...
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Storytellers (2013)
- Director
- SAKAI Ko, HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke
- Cast
- ITO Masako, SASAKI Ken, SATO Reiko
The third part of a trilogy focusing on the Tohoku region that is comprised of dialogues with victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Ideas on how to share experiences of the disaster with future generations, a challenge touched upon in the previ...
