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Morikiki ; Mountains, Students and Sages (2010)
- Director
- SHIBATA Shohei
- Cast
- HASEGAWA Rikio, SHIIBA Kuniko, KOBAYASHI Kamekiyo
Winner of the audiovisual media category of the Children's Welfare Culture Awards in 2007, this documentary focuses on the interaction between high schoolers at a crossroads in their lives and elderly people who live in a forested region. It is the s...
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May’n THE MOVIE -Phonic Nation- (2011)
- Director
- SUNAGA Hideaki
- Cast
- May'n
A documentary utilizing 3-D cinematography and 5.1 channel sound to capture a concert tour of Japan by female vocalist May'n, who sang the theme song for The Incite Mill. Its director is Sunaga Hideaki (Getting Wild with Our Monkey). It focuses on th...
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Kasunkana hikarie (2011)
- Director
- MORI Yasuyuki
- Cast
- TANIKAWA Shuntaro, THUKAYAMA Masane
A documentary delving into the life and passions of 93-year-old education scholar Ota Takashi. Its director is Mori Yasuyuki, who has made numerous documentaries and cultural films including Konbanwa about students attending a night school. Music is ...
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Tales of Terror From Japan Nagurikomi The Movie Ｏｋｉｎａｗａ (2010)
- Director
- MURAKAMI Kenji
- Cast
- Ginty KOBAYASHI, TANOBE Naoto, ICHIKAWA Rikio
Feature-length edition of the ghost story documentary that undertakes actual explorations of haunted places included in "Gendai hyaku monogatari, shin mimibukuro", a compilation of true ghost stories from around Japan. The four DVDs produced to date ...
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Twice Bombed The Legacy of Yamaguchi Tsutomu (2010)
- Director
- INAZUKA Hidetaka
- Cast
- YAMAGUCHI Tsutomu, YAMASAKI Toshiko, JAMES Cameron
A documentary film tracing the life of a man who was a double atomic bomb victim, having been present when they were dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th 1945 in Hiroshima, and on Nagasaki on August 9th. Yamaguchi Tsutomu believed that his life had bee...
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a small cinema in the small town (2011)
- Director
- MORITA Keiko
- Cast
- MIKAMI Yukiko, MIKAMI Masahiro, MIKAMI Kazuko
A documentary tracing the past and present of Oguro-za, a tiny cinema that has been in business for over 90 years in a small town with a population of 14,000 in Hokkaido. In September 2008, documentary filmmaker Morita Keiko visited Oguro-za on its 9...
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The Aozora Dorobo (2010)
- Director
- ABUNO Katsuhiko, SUZUKI Yuji
- Cast
- SAWAI Yoshiro, NODA Yukikazu
A documentary tracing the checkered history of Yokkaichi Asthma, known as one of Japan's four major diseases arising from pollution, as seen through the eyes of the ordinary citizens who documented it. It is the second feature documentary from Tokai ...
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Far-Away Home : Lushun and Dalian (2011)
- Director
- HANEDA Sumiko
- Cast
Haneda Sumiko, documentary filmmaker who was born in Dalian, Manchuria in 1926 and was there to experience the conclusion of the Pacific War. Following her previous work , she revisits Dalian and Lushun, places where she spent her formative years. Lu...
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sah nohara e ikou aozorajishuhoiku no sannenkan (2011)
- Director
- KIRINO Naoko
- Cast
- HIRANO Aya
The Aozora Jishu Hoiku Nakayoshi-kai (blue sky independent childcare friends group) is an independent outdoor childcare group in Kamakura City, Kanagawa that has been active since 1985. Based in a rural valley, the children who take part play in the ...
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mugonkan (2011)
- Director
- MIYAKI Tatsuo
- Cast
Anti-war documentary introducing the Museum of Silence (Mugonkan) in Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture, a museum commemorating art students who died at war. Directed by veteran documentary filmmaker Miyaki Tatsuo under the supervision of museum head Kubos...
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DIAMONDS (2011)
- Director
- FUJIN
- Cast
- TSUKINO Miyuu, OIE Kimi, Emi
Kirapojyo are an idol unit who drew attention for their cover of the Princess Princess song "Diamonds". This documentary is comprised of footage following the unit's four members, and scenes from a live performance in February 2011. In the first half...
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Shoji & Takao: A 44-Year Fight for the Simple Life (2010)
- Director
- IDE Yoko
- Cast
- SAKURAI Shoji, SUGIYAMA Takao
Sakurai Shoji and Sugiyama Takao were accused in the robbery-murder Fukawa Incident that occurred in 1967 in Ibaraki Prefecture. They continued to insist on their innocence while they were incarcerated, and upon being paroled in 1996 they stepped out...
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Clasico ～On The Edge～ (2010)
- Director
- HIMOTO Jun
- Cast
Documentary focusing on soccer's Regional Leagues, a rank below the nationwide amateur Japan Football League, which itself is a step below Japan's professional J-League. First-time director Himoto Jun vividly depicts the confrontation between the riv...
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Begging from the Garden (2010)
- Director
- TOMINAGA Masanori
- Cast
- KURACHI Kumio, KIKUCHI Naruyoshi, SOTOYAMA Akira
A documentary that creates a portrait of Kurachi Kumio, an exceptionally talented singer-songwriter whose distinctive artistic endeavors are guided by his inimitable sensibility. Its director is Tominaga Masanori Pandra's Box, and the interviewer is ...
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FREAKOUT (2005)
- Director
- YAGUCHI Masaki
- Cast
- KAKUTA Tairyu, KOYAMA Daikyo, OKUBO Kojun
Documentary about Kakuta Dairyu, the second temple master at the interdenominational temple Kouganji. Director Yaguchi Masaki trained under the late Ishii Teruo, whose popularity as a director extended overseas as well. Former rock musician Kakuta se...
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A Girl Priestess in Cahuachi Nasca (2010)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Minoru
- Cast
This documentary tackles the riddle of the gigantic line drawings discovered in the Nazca desert in South America near the Pacific Ocean coast in 1939 by the American archeologist Paul Kosok. The film has made a splash at archeological film festivals...
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Ｒessha daikosin the movie Shinkansendaishugo (2011)
- Director
- Cast
- TOKUNAGA Reiko, NAGAFUCHI Yukitoshi, NONAKA Ai
The second film in a series featuring children's favorite trains. Animated characters present footage of bullet trains from all over Japan in action, as well as production lines, maintenance, preservation and more, and also pose quiz questions. The n...
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Ashes to Honey - in search of a sustainable future (2010)
- Director
- KAMANAKA Hitomi
- Cast
This documentary deals with nuclear power and energy policy. After the film's release the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami struck, and as a consequence of the topical relevance the film has had a major impact, with additional screenings, new venues and ...
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The Heisei Dilemma (2010)
- Director
- SAITO Junichi
- Cast
- TOTSUKA Hiroshi
A documentary focusing on the present situation at Totsuka Yacht School, where a string of trainee deaths and dissappeances occurred around thirty years ago. The reporting is by local TV station Tokai Television, and there were many calls for repeat ...
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Kokorono (2010)
- Director
- KAWAGUCHI Jun
- Cast
- bloodthirsty butchers
The Bloodthirsty Butchers have shaken Japan's rock scene since their formation in Sapporo in 1987. This documentary delves into their musicality that generates an endless stream of unique songs, starting with their famed album kokcorono. Former music...
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DOCUMENTARY of AKB48 - to be continued (2011)
- Director
- KANCHIKU Yuri
- Cast
- AKB48
AKB48, the girl group that boasts fans of every stripe throughout the country. Documentary covering events in 2010 for these girls, who made their big break not as idols, but as "stars you can actually go and meet." Mainly features interviews of the ...
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Kaikyo o tsunagu hikari Tmamushi to shojo to nikkan rekisi roman (2011)
- Director
- INUI Hiroaki
- Cast
- IRIYA Mai, NISHIOKA Tokuma, CHOI Gwang Woong
Japan-Korea co-produced documentary tracking the restoration of the so-called Tamamushi (or Jewel Beetle) Shrine, a roughly 1400-year-old ornamentation. Director Inui Hiroaki has been following the Tamamushi Shrine since completing Spirits of Wood an...
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DANCING CHAPLIN (2010)
- Director
- SUO Masayuki
- Cast
- Luigi BONINO, KUSAKARI Tamiyo
Director Suo Masayuki depicted the world of ballroom dancing in Shall We Dance?, and went on to marry ballerina Kusakari Tamiyo, who played its heroine. This ambitious work is his film adaptation of the ballet "Dancing Chaplin", inspired by the famou...
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Shiawase no taiko o hibikasete INCLUSION (2011)
- Director
- OGURI Kenichi
- Cast
- ZUIHODAIKO
A humanistic documentary focusing on the members of Japanese drum group Zuiho Taiko - who overcame their mental disabilities to accomplish the impressive feat of taking second place at the Tokyo International Taiko Contest - and their families. Its d...
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KABUKI-ZA: Final Curtain (2010)
- Director
- SOGAWA Sokichi
- Cast
- BAISHO Chieko, ICHIKAWA Danjuro, ONOE Kikugoro
In April of 2010, the curtain fell on the 59-year-old Kabuki-za Theater in Ginza, Tokyo, which was to be demolished and rebuilt. This documentary conveys the spirit of the Kabuki-za, which functioned as a dedicated theater for traditional Japanese pe...
