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MABUIGUMI (2017)
- Director
- HONGO Yoshiaki
- Cast
- Jean-Pierre Zengoro, Kana Obry, TAMAKI Katsuo
Documentary based on journalist and commentator Miki Takeshi's "Kuhaku no iminshi - New Caledonia to Okinawa." Miki serves as the navigator and explores the themes of family, war and ethnic groups from multiple perspectives. On his first visit to Ne...
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I Want to Run for Office (2016)
- Director
- XING Fei
- Cast
A documentary closely chronicling the process of running for the Shinjuku Ward Legislative Assembly by Lee Komaki, a man who worked over 20 years as a customer solicitor for restaurants and brothels in Shinjuku's red light district of Kabukicho. Lee...
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”Children of the Hakkyo School Project”, Work-in-progress 2017 (2017)
- Director
- SHIOZAKI Toshiko
- Cast
Documentary about kids growing up as they attend the Korean school in Edakawa in Tokyo's Koto district. Footage covering first-graders in 2010 through graduation was edited as a work-in-progress and given a special screening at the Yamagata Internati...
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The Road Home (2017)
- Director
- OURA Miran
- Cast
Oura Miran was a university student when she shot this documentary about her family in the aftermath of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. The Oura family are forced to leave their hometown of Namie because of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster....
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Tenryu-ku Okuryoke Osawa: Bessho Tea Factory (2014)
- Director
- HORI Teiichi
- Cast
A documentary directed by Hori Teiichi who was a production assistant on the 1994 documentary Otentousama ga Hoshii and has worked in a wide variety of genres from pink films to ordinary theatrical releases. The lifestyle and scenery of Osawa, a vil...
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Tremorings of Hope (2017)
- Director
- AGATSUMA Kazuki
- Cast
Depicts the aftermath to disaster as a sequel to The People Living in Hadenya, which followed daily life in the Hadenya fishing village in Miyagi Prefecture's Sanriku Town during the three years prior to the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Depicts the...
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The Power of Expression: The Minamata Producer Speaks (2016)
- Director
- INOUE Minoru, KATAOKA Nozomi
- Cast
- TAKAGI Ryutaro, NISHIGUCHI Seiji, HIGASHI Yoichi
Feature-length documentary by directors Kataoka Nozomi and Inoue Minoru of Kiraigo - Town Where Ogres and Buddha Live. Interweaves interviews and film excerpts to create a contemporary rendition of the filmmaking methods of Takagi Ryutaro, who produc...
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Nishijin (1961)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Toshio
- Cast
Short film directed by Matsumoto Toshio, a pioneer of avant-garde documentary films. A documentary film appreciation group in Kyoto self-produced the film as part of their cultural activities. The film is not about Nishijin as the origin of the luxur...
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Sennan Asbestos Disaster (2017)
- Director
- HARA Kazuo
- Cast
A documentary in which Hara Kazuo, director of The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On, covers the eight-year-long court proceedings of a lawsuit against the national government demanding restitutions for wrongful injury from asbestos in the Sennen disct...
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THE IDOL CANNONBALL RUN 2017 (2018)
- Director
- Company MATSUO
- Cast
- BiS, BiSH, GANG PARADE
The fourth in the "BiS Cannon Ball" documentary series which capitalizes on the setup of The Sex Cannon Ball Run 2013, THE MOVIE that achieved cult popularity. At the end of March in 2017, a 5 night/6 day audition seeking new members for the idol gro...
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RAMEN HEADS (2017)
- Director
- SHIGENO Koki
- Cast
- TOMITA Osamu, IIDA Shota, ONISHI Yuki
This documentary gives an intimate look at enthusiastic fans of ramen and the chefs who make it. Over a 15 month long shoot, Chukasoba Tomita proprietor Tomita Osamu and his customers are interviewed revealing the history of ramen's evolution while a...
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KAGURA Troupe on the beat (2017)
- Director
- ENDO Kano, OSAWA Mirai
- Cast
- Kuromori Kagura Hozonkai
The Kuromori Kagura which has continued to this day on the Sanriku coast of Iwate Prefecture is the focus of this documentary. It captures both the kagura troupe who for over 340 years have continued performing the ritual dance at home after home no ...
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Eiga Senko issenri (2017)
- Director
- MUKOYAMA Masahiro
- Cast
- Subenja PONGKORN, TOMITA Katsuya, AIZAWA Toranosuke
A making-of documentary about BANGKOK NITES, the film written and directed by Tomita Katsuya of the production team Kuzoku, put together from over 100 hours of behind-the-scenes footage of the filming. Mukoyama Masahiro, a member of the cinematograph...
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LOVE AND WOLBACHIA (2017)
- Director
- ONO Sayaka
- Cast
- Ouji, Ayu, Jurian
Having made her debut with the autobiographical documentary The Duckling, Ono Sayaka directs, shoots, and edits this documentary focusing on Japan's sexual minorities. After a man starts to wear women's clothing simply hoping to be stylish, he finds...
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Home, Sweet Home (2017)
- Director
- ISE Shinichi
- Cast
- NISHIMURA Nao, NISHIMURA Norikazu, NISHIMURA Nobuko
Documentary film covering 35 years in the life of filmmaker Ise Shinichi's family. Like his previous films Nao-chan, Piglet, and Arigato, this film documents his disabled niece Nao and her family Eldest daughter Nao is disabled but has a naturally s...
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ONNANINARU (2017)
- Director
- TANAKA Yukio
- Cast
Documentary that captures the genuine emotional state of a college student with Gender Identity Disorder who undergoes sex reassignment surgery. Directed by Tanaka Yukio of ITECHO and On the road. Miyu has dreamed of becoming a female since early ch...
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Tales of CHIGASAKI (2017)
- Director
- KUMASAKA Izuru
- Cast
- MIYAJI Junichi, NAKAZAWA Shinichi, KAYAMA Yuzo
Miyaji Junichi, Kuwata Keisuke's classmate who christened his band "Southern All Stars" and anthropologist Nakazawa Shinichi who uses a technique known as "Earth Dive" to trace the past of an area of land, unravel the appeal and mystery of Chigasaki ...
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Living in Deafblindness (2017)
- Director
- NISHIHARA Takashi
- Cast
Director Nishihara Takashi gained attention for About My Liberty -SEALDs 2015- which followed the activities of student group SEALDs. In this documentary, he travels across the country to interview people who are both blind and deaf. Living in a wor...
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A LIFE LINE (2017)
- Director
- IMAZU Hidekuni
- Cast
Directorial debut from Hokkaido-based photographer Imazu Hidekuni, the long-time photographer for the posters at Asahiyama Zoo. This documentary offers an intimate look at animals in Hokkaido, including a flock of 80,000 white-fronted geese, ezonaki ...
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Fuzjko: A Pianist of Silence & Solitude (2018)
- Director
- KOMATSU Soichiro
- Cast
- Fuzjko HEMMING
In-depth documentary about pianist Fuzjko Hemming, who achieved worldwide acclaim while in her 60s. Elucidates the present-day and future of a woman who pursues her dreams irrespective of age. The emotional dynamism of Fuzjko's performances capture...
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SUKITA / The Shoot Must Go On (2018)
- Director
- AIHARA Hiromi
- Cast
- SUKITA Masayoshi
Documentary about veteran photographer Sukita Masayoshi, whose photos of musicians like David Bowie and Iggy Pop have been seen around the world. Follows the trajectory of his work including behind-the-scenes anecdotes about the album cover photo sho...
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Vibration (2017)
- Director
- MATSUNAGA Daishi
- Cast
- YOSHII Kazuya, KIKUCHI Hideaki, HIROSE Yoichi
After a 15-year hiatus, THE YELLOW MONKEY, one of Japan's greatest rock bands, reunites in 2016 and goes on tour. They vow never to break up again. Director Daishi Matsunaga of Pieta in the Toilet and Pyuupiru captures them on and off stage examinin...
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Kamejiro: The U.S. Military's Most Feared Man (2017)
- Director
- SAKO Tadahiko
- Cast
- SENAGA Kamejiro
Documentary about Senaga Kamejiro, the man who stood up to the US Army in Okinawa under US occupation. The feature film is reedited with footage added to the highly acclaimed TV documentary that aired in 2016. Sakamoto Ryuichi created the theme song....
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Of Love & Law (2017)
- Director
- TODA Hikaru
- Cast
- MINAMI Kazuyuki, YOSHIDA Masafumi
Documentary about contemporary Japanese society through the lives of people in challenging circumstances including LGBT individuals and those left out of Japan's family registry system. Director Toda Hikaru, who has worked for many years in the US an...
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The Fall of Icarus:Narita Stories (2017)
- Director
- DAISHIMA Haruhiko
- Cast
- KASE Tsutomu, AKIBA Emiko, HIRATA Seigo
Documentary that serves as a companion to The Wages of Resistance: Narita Stories, which dealt with the protests against the construction of Narita Airport. Depicts the lives of youth who fought alongside farmers against the nation state. Farmers la...
