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Tarinae (2018)
- Director
- OKAWA Shiori
- Cast
- SATO Tsutomu
The son of a Japanese imperial soldier who died on the Marshall Islands during the Pacific War retraces his fathers footsteps in this documentary. Toward the end of the Pacific War, a Japanese imperial soldier dies of starvation on the Marshall Isla...
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A SONG FROM HOME (2018)
- Director
- NAKAE Yuji
- Cast
- People of Futaba Town in Fukushima, YO Kimiko, EMOTO Akira
Nakae Yuji of Nabbie's Love directs this documentary about people from Futaba Town in Fukushima Prefecture and the traditional 'bon-uta' dance that they have protected. Futaba Town was devastated by the Great East Japan Disaster, and in 2015 the town...
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A Step Forward (2018)
- Director
- KASEZAWA Atsushi
- Cast
- FUJIYABU Yoichi
In-depth documentary about suicidal individuals and pastor Fujiyabu's efforts to save them. Feature-length documentary debut by Kasezawa Atsushi, who has directed numerous TV documentary programs. The Sandanbeki Cliffs are located in Shirahama Town,...
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The Rice Granary of One Hundred Years (2018)
- Director
- JIN Akira
- Cast
This documentary deals with the origin of the rice riots affair which spread all over Japan in 1918. Due to displeasure with the steep rise in the price of rice, the people revolted against the government and finally made the Terauchi Cabinet resigne...
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SLEEPING VILLAGE (2018)
- Director
- SAITO Junichi, KAMATA Reika
- Cast
Tokai Television, producer of Life is Fruity, spends nearly 40 years investigating the truth behind the Nabari Poison Wine incident for this documentary. The Nabari Poison Wine incident occurred in 1961 in Mie Prefecture's Nabari City. Wine at a vil...
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I GO GAGA, MY DEAR (2018)
- Director
- NOBUTOMO Naoko
- Cast
Feature-film directorial debut by Nobutomo Naoko, who has made numerous TV documentaries based on her personal experiences, including her own struggles with breast cancer. The film patiently captures her 95-year-old father caring for her senile mothe...
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Silent Revolution (2017)
- Director
- WATANABE Satoshi
- Cast
- SATO Yaemon, KOBAYASHI Minoru, HIRANO Akihide
Documentary about people living in depopulated regions who are working to revitalize their communities through renewable energy. Directed by Watanabe Satoshi, whose film Reviving Recipes was an official invitation at the 36th Hong Kong International ...
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No Gender! The Queer Life of an Intersex Manga Artist (2018)
- Director
- WATANABE Shogo
- Cast
- ARAI Sho
A documentary about manga artist Arai Sho who lives life as neither a man nor woman but an intersex. Born and raised female, and also having been married, Arai undertook chromosome testing at the age of 30. That is when Arai was informed of being int...
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Living the idol life –SKE48 Behind the Scenes (2018)
- Director
- TAKENAKA Yusuke, SUZUKI Masahiko
- Cast
- SKE48
This is the second documentary on the Nagoya-based female idol group SKE48. Formed in 2008, SKE48 is the forerunner sister group to predecessor AKB48. 2018 marked the group's 10th anniversary. Endeavoring in idol undertakings with renewed resolve, th...
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Tower of the Sun (2018)
- Director
- SEKINE Kosai
- Cast
- ODA Lisa
The Tower of the Sun which was created by extraordinary artist Okamoto Taro and served as the symbol tower of the 1970 Osaka World Fair is the subject of this documentary. Along with project staff at the time, interviews are conducted with experts fr...
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Boy Soldiers: The Secret War in Okinawa (2018)
- Director
- MIKAMI Chie, OYA Hanayo
- Cast
The "secret war" of the Nakano School which remained untold for over seventy years since the end of the war is explored in this documentary. Director Mikami Chie of The Targeted Village and We Shall Overcome along with journalist Oya Hanayo sharply ...
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Mainichi ga Alzheimer the final Saigo ni shinutoki (2018)
- Director
- SEKIGUCHI Yuka
- Cast
This is the concluding chapter of Sekiguchi Yuka's popular documentary series recording life with her Alzheimer's disease stricken mother. Sekiguchi Yuka, who has continued to nurse her mother at home, is hospitalized for double hip surgery. She mee...
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PEACE NIPPON (2018)
- Director
- NAKANO Hiroyuki
- Cast
- WATANABE Dai, OIKAWA Sakino, KOIZUMI Kyoko
Japan's picturesque scenery season after season is turned into a film with overwhelming impact. Filmmakers who adore Japan pursue a once-in-a-lifetime beauty, photographing more than 200 locations over the course of the eight year production. The fil...
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PROTECTORS OF FIREFLY RIVER (2017)
- Director
- YAMADA Eiji
- Cast
In-depth documentary about thirteen households in a small mountainside hamlet that has been designated for dam construction. TV commercial director Yamada Eiji makes his documentary film debut. In 1962, the Ishiki Dam Project was launched in Kawatan...
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Hooked on the Jomon (2018)
- Director
- YAMAOKA Nobutaka
- Cast
- ITO Seiko, KOBAYASHI Tatsuo, SATO Taku
Documentary on the Jomon period that flourished on the Japanese archipelago after the Paleolithic era, about 15,000 years ago to 2,300 years ago. During this era people started making earthenware, and mysterious alien-like clay figurines have been un...
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Kumanokara into the Shingu (2017)
- Director
- TANAKA Chiseko
- Cast
- KAIBE Tsuyoshi, URAN Sakiko, SUZUKI Yayoi
Final film in the trilogy set in the Kumano region of Wakayama Prefecture from critic and documentary filmmaker Tanaka Chiseko. Uses a semi-documentary approach to depict the culture and climate born from the history of the land, set in Shingu City, ...
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Kokoro no kokyo Aru wansho no ayundekita michi (2018)
- Director
- HAYASHI Masayuki
- Cast
Documentary about the lives of 'wansei' Japanese who were born and raised in Taiwan during the Japanese occupation prior to World War Two. Directed by Hayashi Masayuki, whose numerous documentaries about Taiwan include Ryohei banka Ikyo ni ikiru. The...
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MIFUNE: THE LAST SAMURAI (2016)
- Director
- Steven OKAZAKI
- Cast
- KAGAWA Kyoko, TSUKASA Yoko, TSUCHIYA Yoshio
ocumentary about the life of the legendary actor Mifune Toshiro, who created Japans' Golden Era of cinema. Directed by Steven Okazaki, who won an Academy Award for Best Documentary (short subject) for Days of Waiting. Mifune starred in films includin...
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Heart to Heart (2018)
- Director
- UI Takashi, MATSUMOTO Koji
- Cast
- KIJIMA Rin, KOBAYASHI Hiromi, FUJIMOTO Akinori
Kijima, actress, starts to interview NPO activities of Happy Science groups with students studying film production at Happy Science University. Interviewees are: Children and Young Adults with Disabilities Support Group "You Are An Angel" ,School for...
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Inland Sea (2018)
- Director
- SODA Kazuhiro
- Cast
The everyday lives of people living in a harbor town in Okayama Prefecture is the focus of this intimate documentary. The film was an official selection to the 2018 Berlin International film Festival. Loneliness and kindness hover over a small seasi...
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father (2018)
- Director
- WATANABE Ko
- Cast
- GOTO Fumio
Documentary about the travels that mark the crowning achievement for a 86-year-old priest who has devoted his life to supporting refugees and building schools in Cambodia. Goto Fumio, nicknamed Gocchan, was born into a Pureland Buddhist family temp...
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Magic town (2018)
- Director
- IKEDA Chihiro
- Cast
- IKEDA Chihiro
Documentary about a director Ikeda Chihiro running a filmmaking workshop for children in her hometown of Fukuroi City in Shizuoka Prefecture. Portrays the brutal purity of the children with a sympathetic gaze. Film director Ikeda Chihiro finds herse...
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LIVING THE GAME (2016)
- Director
- GOTSU Takao
- Cast
- Momochi, UMEHARA Daigo, Chocoblanka
Documentary that goes behind the scenes to show the high-stakes competition as professional video-gamers go for victory. Intimately portrays the highs and lows for international gamers who are alternately seen as darlings of our era and social outcas...
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Life Goes On (2017)
- Director
- YOON Mia
- Cast
Documentary shedding light on the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake. The camera focuses on Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima Prefectures six years after the 2011 disaster to depict ordinary people who grope their way forward, including a couple...
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Danchi Woman (2017)
- Director
- SUGIMOTO Akiko
- Cast
- UCHIKOSHI Shizu, HIRAYAMA Reiko, TERADA Keiko
A documentary by Sugimoto Akiko who shot the independent film Seaside Road Danchi Story about a public housing complex on the verge of demolition. The camera is once again turned on the same public housing apartments as new construction begins and ca...
