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PYUUPIRU 2001-2008 (2010)
- Director
- MATSUNAGA Daishi
- Cast
- Pyuupiru
Japanese contemporary artist Pyuupiru has captured the attention of Italian Vogue and other media for his exciting performances clad in his fantastic self-made costumes. Spanning an eight-year period beginning in 2001, this intimate documentary follo...
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Yoyochu in the Land of the Rising Sex (2010)
- Director
- ISHIOKA Masato
- Cast
- YOYOGI Tadashi, SHOFUKUTEI Tsurube, MAKIMURA Satoru
Yoyogi Tadashi, more commonly known as "Yoyochu", directed a string of hits in the early days of the adult video industry in the 1980s, and is still active even though he is now in his seventies. This documentary touches on the way of life of this ma...
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La Faute des Fleurs ̶ a portrait of Kazuki Tomokawa, Musicians of Our Times Episode 2 (2009)
- Director
- Vincent MOON
- Cast
- TOMOKAWA Kazuki, NOZOKI Eito, OHZEKI Naoki
Director Vincent Moon, who has innovated music videos with his new improvisational style, focuses his attention on Tomokawa Kazuki, who expresses himself in multiple art forms. The work won the Sound and Vision Award 2009 at the Copenhagen Internatio...
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Children who won't die (2010)
- Director
- YAMAOKA Nobutaka
- Cast
- ARAKAWA Shusaku
A documentary that focuses on the philosophy and portrait of Arakawa Shusaku, a Japanese artist who was based in New York. The director is filmmaker Yamaoka Nobutaka was an actual resident of Arakawa's "Mitaka Tenmei Hanten Jyutaku (Reversible Destin...
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Shine on (2010)
- Director
- YAMADA Takayuki（YAMADA HOME）
- Cast
- YASUI Yoshihiro, HASHIMOTO Naoki, TANGE Shinya
A documentary closely following OUTRAGE, a band that has been driving the heavy metal music scene in Japan for over 20 years, featuring how the band creates albums and goes on live tours. OUTRAGE has been on the front line of the music world since it...
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The Volunteer, For Real? (2010)
- Director
- SATODA Tsuyoshi
- Cast
- NGO GRAPHIS, KORA Kengo
This documentary captures the efforts of the medical students working for NGO GRAPHIS over a three-year period from 2007. The film takes a different look at the volunteer work being done overseas by students. This work marks the debut of director Sat...
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Belgrade 1999 (2009)
- Director
- KANEKO Yu
- Cast
- KIMURA Mitsuhiro, Vojislav Šešelj, Vojislav Kostunica
Mishima Yukio and Morita Masakatsu committed suicide through disembowelment in the Ichigaya Camp of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces in 1970. Activists impacted by this incident gathered together to establish Issuikai, a right-wing nationalist group ...
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The Billion Yen Jackpot (2010)
- Director
- Terry ITO
- Cast
- Terry ITO, MIYAWAKI Shion, INAMORI Hisayo
The multi-talented TV producer, critic, and actor Terry Ito took to the director's chair for this uniquely charming documentary. Ito decided he would try to make 1 billion yen from a character merchandising business. He raises 3 million yen by sellin...
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BIG RETURNS (2010)
- Director
- KAWASE Mika
- Cast
- SHIBAYAMA Toshiyuki, SAKATA Shinichi, NARA Toshihiro
A music documentary following how veteran rock musicians live in different parts of Japan. The film interviews Shibayama Toshiyuki (vocalist) and Sakata Shinichi (drummer) of SUNHOUSE, the legendary rock band who are still performing in Hakata, where...
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Silent Place in the real World (2010)
- Director
- YUI Suguru
- Cast
In the north of Kawasaki, rapid urbanization has transformed the living environment. In this human-interest documentary, we look at the lives of the local farmers who even today continue to defend the traditions and culture of the region. The directo...
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Myway Highway (2010)
- Director
- SUDO Akira
- Cast
- Tortoise MATSUMOTO, SUDO Akira
An extraordinary documentary that fully captures how music producer Sudo Akira goes to the United States with Tortoise Matsumoto and lives there with him for a short while. The film is filled with Matsumoto's new songs. After taking a break from the ...
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A film of TAMA (2010)
- Director
- IMAIZUMI Rikiya
- Cast
- ISHIKAWA Koji, TAKIMOTO Koji, CHIKU Toshiaki
A documentary featuring the band Tama who created a sensation in 1990. They enjoyed great success, but disbanded after one of the members left. All four former members are continuing with music in their own styles. The film focuses on the three forme...
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Under the Wind Little Creatures' Life, Grass'Life, Objects'Life (2009)
- Director
- TSUTSUI Katsuhiko
- Cast
Over the course of one month, this documentary closely follows the day-to-day lives of the children who are learning without inhibitions at a kindergarten in Suginami Ward, Tokyo, surrounded by the abundant nature of the area. We watch the children a...
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Nagayama ryu Suisai gahou -Nagayama yuko ningyo to yuri wo egaku- (2010)
- Director
- KASAI Kazuo
- Cast
- NAGAYAMA Yuko
The third series of the documentary film about the popular water color artist Nagayama Yuko. Through the close contact with the independent artist who is on the front line of the art world, the film approaches the secret of her creation. In the same ...
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Nagayama ryu Suisai gahou -Nagayama yuko kudamono to ajisai wo egaku- (2009)
- Director
- KASAI Kazuo
- Cast
- NAGAYAMA Yuko
The second series of the documentary film about the popular water color artist Nagayama Yuko. The camera sneaks into the atelier of Nagayama and shows the detailed process of painting the popular motifs among water color enthusiasts, like hydrangea, ...
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Nagayama ryu Suisai gahou -Nagayama yuko bara wo egaku- (2008)
- Director
- KASAI Kazuo
- Cast
- NAGAYAMA Yuko
The first series of the documentary film about the popular water color artist Nagayama Yuko. With the illustrations by the artist herself, the film shows the process of painting roses, dahlia, glass, etc. The camera sneaks into the atelier of Nagayam...
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Fusyoku no jidai Ai to jihi no syoshoku (2010)
- Director
- SHIRATORI Tetsu
- Cast
- MORI Michiyo, YAMADA Mariya
A documentary drama that places a focus on the real-life Doctor Koda Mitsuo, who taught a fasting cure throughout his life. Directed by Shiratori Tetsu whose works are known to cause a stir in the modern society, including Stone Age. Since she was a ...
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Ukurere paititi the movie (2009)
- Director
- HARAGUCHI Tomoo
- Cast
- DOGUCHI Yoriko, ISHIDA Hidenori, SAKAIDE Masami
A documentary closely following the Ukulele group "PAITITI" established in 1998 by actress Doguchi Yoriko and filmmaker Ishida Hidenori. The film was directed by Haraguchi Tomoo, who is known as the special effects artist for the "Heisei Gamera" seri...
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ANPO (2010)
- Director
- Linda HOAGLUND
- Cast
- AIDA Makoto, ASAKURA Setsu, IKEDA Tatsuo
This documentary about the ANPO movement, a national movement in Japan opposing the US-Japan security treaty in the 1960s is from director Linda Hoaglund, who was born and raised in Japan. Working as an interpreter and creator of subtitles for Japane...
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EYE CONTACT (2010)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Kazuhiko
- Cast
Once every four years, the international Deaf Olympics, or Deaflympics, are held for athletes with hearing disabilities. This documentary follows Japan's first deaf women's soccer team to compete in the Games, and was screened at the 2010 Taiwan Inte...
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English title: TBD in February (2010)
- Director
- OTA Naoko
- Cast
This documentary follows the lives of students attending night classes at a part-time high school over four years. After winning critical acclaim when it was shown on television, the documentary has now opened in film theaters and has won five awards...
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Ishii Teruo Eiga damashii (2010)
- Director
- Dirty KUDO
- Cast
- ONODA Yoshiki, SEGAWA Masaharu, MIYAGAWA Ichiro
This documentary focuses on Director Ishii Teruo, who passed away in 2005. While also covering such hit works as Abashiri Prison (Abashiri Bangaichi), it homes in on his tumultuous life and the cult status he gained with his erotic and grotesque film...
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Tokijima Sosakuno toki no tanjo (2007)
- Director
- MIYAKE Nagaru
- Cast
- TSUMURA Reijiro, YASUDA Noboru, OKURA Shonosuke
A documentary depicting the process whereby Tsumura Reijiroh, a Noh performer in the Kanze school, creates a new Takigi Noh play (a traditional Noh play shown outdoors and lit up by burning torches). The film is directed by Miyake Nagaru, who showed ...
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The Old Man and the Sea (2010)
- Director
- John JUNKERMAN
- Cast
- ITOKAZU Shigeru
The director's cut of the highly acclaimed documentary and long-running hit that was released in 1990 by John Junkerman, director of Chomsky 9.11 and Japan's Peace Constitution (Eiga Nipponkoku Kenpo). The documentary follows an 82 year-old man in hi...
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I love Yuji (2010)
- Director
- Kitaro
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Yuji
This is one entry in a collection of short films starring CITYBOYS, a veteran comedy group made up of Kitaro, Otake Makoto, and Saiki Shigeru. Kitaro directs and films this documentary of actor and mime Nakamura Yuji, focusing on his unique humanity....
