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Ii-chan's White Cane (2018)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Mariko
- Cast
- KONAGAYA Iori, KONAGAYA Ibuki
Iori Konagaya was born blind. Going by the nickname Ii-chan, she learned how to live as a visually impaired person at the Shizuoka School for the Blind 20 years ago. She was desperate to become independent. But as she was growing up, she ran into man...
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WHY YOU CAN'T BE PRIME MINISTER (2020)
- Director
- OSHIMA Arata
- Cast
- OGAWA Junya
Documentary following politician Ogawa Junya over a seventeen-year period. Director Oshima Arata's Theatrical - Kara Juro to Gekidan Karagumi no Kiroku won the 17th Japan Movie Critics Award for documentary film. Lower house lawmaker Ogawa Junya gra...
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The Past is Always New, The Future is Always Nostalgic Photographer Daido Moriyama (2021)
- Director
- IWAMA Gen
- Cast
- MORIYAMA Daido, KANBAYASHI Yutaka, MACHIGUCHI Satoshi
This documentary is a close-up portrait of photographer Moriyama Daido who won the 2019 Hasselblad Award, referred to as the "Nobel Prize of photography", and is still active as a photographer even at over 80 years of age. Serving as director, cinema...
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May I quit being a mom!? (2020)
- Director
- GODA Tomo
- Cast
A child is a blessing. You love the child. And it's sometimes therefore that you feel suffocated. The film is a collection of real-life moments of moms and their partners struggling, stumbling, and fighting to make it work. Featuring: --A mom who...
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LE CHOCOLAT DE H (2019)
- Director
- WATANABE Takashi
- Cast
- TSUJIGUCHI Hironobu
Hironobu Tsujiguchi, who is a world-wide famous Japanese pastry chef. This movie is about his journey from finding some ingredients to completing his new recipes of chocolate. The biggest chocolate festival has been held every year in Paris, France...
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YUPARO MY BEAUTIFUL DYING CITY (2020)
- Director
- ITO Shiori
- Cast
This documentary is shot in the city of Yubari, Hokkaido which is known for having the highest concentration of elderly people in the world. The film is directed by Ito Shiori who wrote the non-fiction book "Black Box" in which she called attention t...
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M: Toru Muranishi - Wild Passionate Days (2019)
- Director
- KATASHIMA Ikki
- Cast
- MURANISHI Toru
A documentary detailing the glories and failures, creation and destruction of Muranishi Toru, known as the "King of Porn". The summer of 1996 in Hokkaido, Muranishi dares to carry out the simultaneous filming of a straight-to-video movie for the wor...
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TAGATAMENIKENPOUHAARU (2019)
- Director
- INOUE Junichi
- Cast
- WATANABE Misako
Documentary that examines the Constitution of Japan. Follows actress Watanabe Misako as she performs the "Mr. Constitution" monologue presented by TV talent Matsumoto Hiro for twenty-plus years and read-aloud theater about atomic bombs by Watanabe an...
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Kampai! Sake Sisters (2019)
- Director
- KONISHI Mirai
- Cast
- IMADA Miho, CHIBA Marie, Rebekah WILSON-LYE
Sequel to the documentary Kampai! For the Love of Sake! about Japanese sake. Konishi Mirai helms once again and focuses on women in the world of sake, which was once off-limits to females. Women contribute to all aspects of the Japanese sake industr...
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The beginning of the song (2020)
- Director
- KAWAI Hiroki
- Cast
- SAITO Harumichi
Documentary about deaf photographer Saito Harumichi directed by Kawai Hiroki, who excels at making films about artists including musicians and performers. Captures Saito encountering his dreaded "songs" through caring for his newborn son. When Saito...
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Tribe Called Discord: Documentary of GEZAN (2019)
- Director
- KANDANI Ryosuke
- Cast
- GEZAN, KANDANI Ryosuke
First-ever documentary film about the youth band GEZAN, a major force in the underground music scene. Since forming in 2009, this high-octane band has put together outdoor festivals and recording labels, and they crowdfunded their way to a tour and r...
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Beside the Deathbed (2019)
- Director
- SHIMOMURA Sachiko
- Cast
How and where can people take their final breath in happiness? Film adaptation of the TV documentary about dying at home. Director Shimomura Sachiko got behind the camera to capture the subtle emotional changes of people awaiting the end of life. In...
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Prison Circle (2019)
- Director
- SAKAGAMI Kaori
- Cast
It took six years to get permission to make this documentary, the first-ever extended shoot in a Japanese prison. Directed by Sakagami Kaori, who shot US prisoners in Talk Back Out Loud and Lifers Shimane Asahi Rehabilitation Program Center is a joi...
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Sayonara Television (2019)
- Director
- HIJIKATA Hiroshi
- Cast
Documentary introducing new scenes to "Sayonara TV", a TV program commemorating the 60th anniversary of Tokai Television Broadcasting. Directed by Hijikata Hiroshi of Homeless Rijicho and Yakuza to kempo. TV once ruled the living room. Commercial TV...
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Me and Him (2019)
- Director
- Shikai brothers
- Cast
A minority couple living in Japan is the subject of this documentary. It captures the daily life of a young, second generation Vietnamese refugee and a Japanese young man leading up to their wedding. The people around them are also represented. At th...
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TOKYO HIGH TIDE (2019)
- Director
- MURAKAMI Hiroyasu
- Cast
Murakami Hiroyasu, director of the documentary Nagare, turns his camera on an elderly homeless man who digs for freshwater clams along the Tama River estuary. His life brings into relief numerous issues confronting Japan today, including environmenta...
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Planet of the Crabs (2019)
- Director
- MURAKAMI Hiroyasu
- Cast
- YOSHIDA Tadayoshi
TOKYO HIGH TIDE director Murakami Hiroyasu returns to the Tama River estuary to document Yoshida Tadayoshi, who has been conducting independent observations of crabs over a 15-year period. The camera's relentless focus on crabs brings to light a wor...
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True Believer (2019)
- Director
- KOJITANI Hideki
- Cast
- SHOJI Tetsuro, HAYASHI Yasuko, TAKEMOTO Ryo
A documentary film about people who believe in the existence of UFOs directed by Kojitani Hideki who has compiled interviews with a variety of people who have experienced UFO encounters. Kojitani is inspired by a video on YouTube of an alien corpse ...
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Zero (2020)
- Director
- SODA Kazuhiro
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Masatomo, YAMAMOTO Yoshiko
Filmmaker Soda Kazuhiro, who received international praise for Campaign and Peace returns with his ninth "observational" documentary. Yamamoto Masatomo, the psychiatrist around which the 2008 film Mental revolved, is once again the subject of this fi...
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Katasumitachi to ikiru Kantoku Katabuchi Sunao no shigoto (2019)
- Director
- YAMADA Reo
- Cast
- KATABUCHI Sunao, Non, IWAI Nanase
This documentary focuses on the director of the animated film In This Corner of the World, Katabuchi Sunao. Over the course of three years, the camera closely covered Katabuchi 100 times and recorded the director's creative process. Upon the release...
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Tokyo Paralympics, Festival of Love and Glory (1965)
- Director
- WATANABE Kimio
- Cast
In 1964, the Tokyo Olympics had concluded successfully and the city was returning to its normal self. Meanwhile, another sports event, invested with significance, was about to start. This was the "Tokyo Games for the Physically Handicapped," as it wa...
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Mishima: The Last Debate (2020)
- Director
- TOYOSHIMA Keisuke
- Cast
- MISHIMA Yukio
This documentary captures the full story of the open forum at the University of Tokyo Zenkyoto Conference in which the extraordinary novelist Mishima Yukio took part a year prior to his death. The director is Toyoshima Keisuke, a graduate of the Univ...
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TESTIMONY (2019)
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AFTER CAREER (2019)
- Director
- HIRABAYASHI Kenichi
- Cast
In 2018, Japan Racing Association earns 28 billion US dollars as sales proceeds from races held in 10 major cities in Japan. Annually, over 6 million people visit racetracks. Horse racing gets momentum not only as public gambling but also as entert...
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ZERO AS YOU ARE (2019)
- Director
- TOKOI Miyuki
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Takamasa, YASHIRO Miyuki, NAKAJIMA Jun
A young man, though born as a female, who has constantly felt uncomfortable with his gender is the subject of this documentary which captures over a nine year period his transformation and maturing. In the director's chair is Tokoi Miyuki, who has pr...
