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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)
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- 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...
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Godot of the Emotos (2017)
- Director
- YAMAZAKI Yutaka
- Cast
- EMOTO Akira, EMOTO Tasuku, EMOTO Tokio
The acting family, the Emotos, are the subject of this documentary following Emoto Akira and his sons. Prominent cameraman Yamazaki Yutaka, who has been involved with shooting Kore-eda Hirokazu's films, surveils a rehearsal hall and documents the hou...
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Reiwa Uprising (2019)
- Director
- HARA Kazuo
- Cast
In April of 2019, actor Yamamoto Taro established a new political party, the Reiwa Shinsengumi. This documentary follows their campaign activities. It is directed by Hara Kazuo, who is known for The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On which won a Caligar...
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i -Documentary of the Journalist- (2019)
- Director
- MORI Tatsuya
- Cast
- MOCHIZUKI Isoko
Director Mori Tatsuya, known for closely covering the ghostwriter uproar that rocked Samuragochi Mamoru in the documentary FAKE, follows the real-life Tokyo Shimbun city news reporter Mochizuki Isoko who inspired the film "The Journalist". It receive...
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No Smoking (2019)
- Director
- SADO Taketoshi
- Cast
- HOSONO Haruomi, Van Dyke Parks, OYAMADA Keigo
Documentary film depicting the trajectory of musician Hosono Haruomi, whose five-decade career includes key roles in Happy End and Yellow Magic Orchestra. Captures his activities in recent years with Hosono's reflections on his life. The film focuses...
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Masako, mon ange (2019)
- Director
- OOKA Daisuke
- Cast
- Masako, Anju, TAMURA Shoko
Documentary that teases apart the life of model Masako, who also acted in films including Ring and died at the age of 50, through interviews of people who knew her well. Directed by Masako's husband Ooka Daisuke, who is a film producer. Masako died ...
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TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY 「No Pain,No Gain」 (2019)
- Director
- MAKI Yuta
- Cast
- YAMADA Takayuki
This documentary follows actor Yamada Takayuki, known for his roles in The Devil's Path among others, over 2,045 days between 2013 and 2019. Maki Yuta of production company TV Man Union shoots, directs, and edits the film. Supervised by Stardust Pic...
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KICK (2018)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Kazuhiko
- Cast
- NAGAOKA Mari, HIGASHI Takenori, KITAZAWA Yohei
Documentary capturing six years in the lives of players with serious disabilities who aim to compete in the Powerchair Football World Cup. Nagaoka Mari suffers from spinal muscular atrophy and has never walked even a single step in her life. But, sh...
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Michikusa (2018)
- Director
- SHISHIDO Daisuke
- Cast
This documentary follows the daily life of people with severe autism living by themselves. Most individuals with severe developmental disabilities are limited in the places they can reside such as those who live with their parents, and at institution...
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Things to know before you become a cancer patient (2018)
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- MIYAKE Nagaru
- Cast
- WAKAO Fumihiko, KATSUMATA Noriyuki, YAMAUCHI Hideko
Miyake Nagaru of "Ultimate land - a year of Iwasaki Onikenbai" and "Traveling by Leaps and Bounds: Portrait of Noh Actor Reijiro Tsumura" directs, shoots, and edits this documentary examining in a variety of angles the subject of cancer which is said...
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DOCUMENTARY FILM TARO OKAMOTO’S OKINAWA WHAT HE FOUND (2018)
- Director
- KATSURAYAMA Yoshihisa
- Cast
- OKAMOTO Taro
The mindset of one of Japan's prominent artists, Okamoto Taro, on his two journeys to Okinawa is closely examined in this documentary. Artist Okamoto Taro arrives on Okinawa seeking the answer to the questions: "What is a Japanese person?" and "What...
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The World’s “Top” Theater (2017)
- Director
- SATO Koichi
- Cast
- INOUE Keiichi, TSUCHII Toshinobu, SATO Yoshihiro
Sato Koichi who served as cinematographer on Silent Revolution and YUKIGUNI coordinated, directed, and shot this documentary. Narration is by actor Osugi Ren who passed away suddenly in 2018. Green House, a cinema in the city of Sakata in Yamagata P...
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FROM ALL CORNERS (2018)
- Director
- OKAJIMA Ryusuke
- Cast
- SHIMAZU Fuyuki
Los Angeles based video director Okajima Ryusuke directs his first feature-length documentary about "cardboard artist" Shimazu Fuyuki who creates wallets from cardboard boxes discarded on the street or in front of stores. Calling himself "the cardbo...
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JIZOLIBIDO (2018)
- Director
- KASATANI Yoshiaki
- Cast
- KOIDE Yukiko, Edward M. Gómez, MUKAI Shutoku
Kasatani Yoshiaki of A Short Film About DISTORTION follows up his previous film with this documentary which turns the camera on Atelier Yamanami, the facility for handicapped persons who produce imaginative art work. Artists with developmental disabi...
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Somebody's NPP (2017)
- Director
- KAWAGUCHI Tsutomu
- Cast
Documentary produced, directed, shot and edited by freelance video director Kawaguchi Tsutomu. Actor-cum-singer Mikami Kan provides the theme song. Oi Town in the Oi District of Fukui Prefecture has just 8,700 residents and is surrounded by the ocea...
