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The Investigator's Love Letter (2019)
- Director
- IMAI Iori
- Cast
- SATO Mao, SATO Nuiko
Sato Mao, known as "Investigator Mao", and his wife who is showing signs of dementia, are the subjects of this documentary which chronicles their daily life. In the director's chair is Imai Iori, an Osaka-based filmmaker who works both in television ...
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Silence on that Day (2021)
- Director
- IMAMURA Ayako
- Cast
- KATO Enao, KOIZUMI Shoju, KIKUCHI Tokichi
The Connecting Bridge director Imamura Ayako spent ten years covering people who cannot hear and disasters for this documentary film. When Imamura visited the Great East Japan Earthquake disaster area immediately after the catastrophe, she was seize...
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Mottainai Kitchen - Don’t waste it, cook it! (2020)
- Director
- David GROSS
- Cast
- David GROSS, TSUKAMOTO Nikki, IDE Rumi
Australia-born David Gross who produced Wastecooking among others, travels the world as a film director and food activist. In this documentary, he searches for hints to solve "food waste" as he travels through various areas in Japan, one the countrie...
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Tagore Songs (2019)
- Director
- SASAKI Mika
- Cast
Documentary exploring the appeal of "Tagore songs" about nature and devotion in Bengal from poet Rabindranath Tagore, who was the first non-Western Nobel laureate in literature. Debut film from 26-year-old Sasaki Mika, who learned about Bengali cultu...
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HARIBOTE (2020)
- Director
- IOKIBE Yukio, SUNAZAWA Satoshi
- Cast
- SAKUTA Osamu
Documentary about a small local TV station uncovering improprieties at a city council in Toyama Prefecture, a conservative area known for having the highest percentage of LDP voters in Japan for ten years running. Exposes human cunning and absurdity....
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CENOTE (2019)
- Director
- ODA Kaori
- Cast
Documentary about "cenotes", cave water pits that are found throughout the northern part of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Cenotes were the sole water source during the Maya civilization period, and they were also sites of sacrificial ceremonies prayin...
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Listening to the air (2018)
- Director
- KOMORI Haruka
- Cast
- ABE Hiromi
Radio personality Abe Hiromi, who worked at Rikuzentakata Saigai FM for three-and-a-half years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, is the focus of this documentary. Director Komori Haruka, who moved to the Tohoku region when she was a volunteer af...
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Okaeri Tadaima (2020)
- Director
- SAITO Junichi
- Cast
- SAITO Yuki, SATSUKAWA Aimi
Produced by Tokai Television Broadcasting, this true-to-life drama probes into the heart of a crime using actual footage of news coverage at the time the crime occurred. It is written and directed by Saito Junichi who has continued to sharply questio...
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TOBISHIMA (2019)
- Director
- OMIYA Koichi, TANAKA Kei
- Cast
Out in the Sea of Japan rises the populated island of Tobishima. This documentary chronicles the day-to-day life of the people living there. It is co-directed by Omiya Koichi of TAIDAMA–I'm home, a place for everyone and Tanaka Kei of Under the Cher...
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Documentary of Keyakizaka 46 (2020)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Eiki
- Cast
- KEYAKIZAKA46
Takahashi Eiki, who is known from the "Documentary of AKB48" series, directs this first documentary which tracks the trajectory of the idol group Keyakizaka46 as it lowers the curtain on its 5 year history. It compiles re-edits of various live perfor...
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KOSHIEN: JAPAN'S FIELD OF DREAMS (2020)
- Director
- Ema Ryan YAMAZAKI
- Cast
- MIZUTANI Tetsuya, SASAKI Hiroshi, OHTANI Shohei
Documentary helmed by New York-based filmmaker Ema Ryan Yamazaki with a crew from the US, which did long-term coverage leading up to the 100th year of the summer Koshien tournament. Broadcast nationwide in the US on the sports network ESPN in June 20...
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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...
