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Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA (2017)
- Director
- Stephen Nomura Schible
- Cast
- SAKAMOTO Ryuichi
A documentary which captures the music of world-renown composer Sakamoto Ryuichi as he goes on a meditative journey. Making his theatrical film directing debut, Stephen Nomura Schible fulfills a five year long thorough coverage of Sakamoto which bega...
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Gekijoban Iwago Mitsuaki no sekai nekoaruki Kotorakazoku to sekai no iikotachi (2017)
- Director
- Cast
- IWAGO Mitsuaki
A theatrical version of a documentary program which shows scenes of the world's cats shot by animal photographer, Iwago Mitsuaki, who has continued to photograph cats for over 40 years and is known for the books 'Neko' and 'Neko Aruki'. The film is a...
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Pelican: 74 Years of Japanease Tradition (2017)
- Director
- UCHIDA Shuntaro
- Cast
- WATANABE Kazuo, WATANABE Riku, NAGI HIoriki
Documentary about the venerable Pelican bakery that was founded 74 years ago. Directed by Uchida Shuntaro of Portrait. Tokyo is crowded with bakeries that sell bread of all varieties imaginable. Located in Tokyo's old-style downtown district of Asa...
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Yakan mo yatteru hoikuen (2017)
- Director
- OMIYA Koichi
- Cast
Documentary from director Omiya Koichi of TADAIMA I'm home, a place for everyone and The Voyage of Bunyo Ishikawa about the challenges facing childcare workers and parents who are raising kids in a wide range of circumstances, based on the real-life ...
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A Whale of A Tale (2017)
- Director
- SASAKI Megumi
- Cast
Herb & Dorothy director Sasaki Megumi tackles the whaling industry controversy in this documentary which took six years to make. The tiny fishing village of Taiji in Wakayama Prefecture has become entangled in an international controversy over its h...
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MOTHER FUCKER (2017)
- Director
- OISHI Noriko
- Cast
- TANIGUCHI Jun, YUKARI, TANIGUCHI Tomonari
A documentary providing a close-up look at 25-year-old music label Less Than TV which introduced or launched many bands in the 90s such as Guitar Wolf, bloodthirsty butchers, among others. It is directed by Oishi Noriko who has worked on the live DVD...
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Taiwan Banzai (2017)
- Director
- SAKAI Atsuko
- Cast
The third and final film in a trilogy which includes Taiwanjinesei and Memories of Taiwan. The director is Sakai Atsuko, who has used this series to focus on Taiwan under Japanese rule and the people who have lived there afterward. Taiwan's unspoile...
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YAMADA TAKAYUKI The movie (2017)
- Director
- MATSUE Tetsuaki, YAMASHITA Nobuhiro
- Cast
- YAMADA Takayuki, ASHIDA Mana
A film derived from the documentary TV series "Takayuki Yamada's Festival de Cannes" which accompanies The Devil's Path and "Ushijima the Loan Shark" series actor, Yamada Takayuki, as he turns producer and scrambles to make a film that will win the C...
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Close but Distant (2017)
- Director
- OKUBO Yui
- Cast
Documentary from Okubo Yui, who came out with Tsuchioto in 2011, focusing on his hometown of Otsuchi in Iwate Prefecture, which was devastated by the tsunami in the Great East Japan Earthquake. Screenings include the Cinema With Us program at the Yam...
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Tasha Tudor A still water story (2017)
- Director
- MATSUTANI Mitsue
- Cast
- Tasha Tudor, Seth Tudor, Winslow Tudor
Documentary exploring the lifestyle of the great American illustrated book author Tasha Tudor, who passed away in 2008 at the age of 92. Directed by Matsutani Mitsue, who documented Tasha's final years. Living in the beautiful garden she created in ...
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The Most Beautiful Village In The World (2016)
- Director
- ISHIKAWA Bon
- Cast
- Punam GURUNG, Asha Bahadur GURUNG
Innovative documentary that questions what real happiness looks like for human beings, set against the majestic Himalayas and dealing with family bonds, prayer, and people living with nature. In the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, 9,000 people lost their ...
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Gekijoban BiS tanjo no uta (2017)
- Director
- Company MATSUO
- Cast
- BiS, WATANABE Junnosuke, SHIMIZU Hiromitsu
Documentary about auditions to recruit new members for the reboot of idol group BiS, which broke up in July 2014, directed by Company Matsuo of The Sex Cannon Ball Run 2013, The Movie. The final overnight-stay auditions for BiS new members were held...
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LIFE IS FRUITY (2016)
- Director
- FUSHIHARA Kenshi
- Cast
- TSUBATA Shuichi, TSUBATA Hideko
Documentary produced by Tokai TV and directed by Fushihara Kenshi of Journey with the Gods: The Rebuilding of Ise Jingu Shrine that follows the lives of an architect and his wife. Narrated by Kiki Kirin of An. Architect Tsubata Shuichi and his wife ...
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KUPIPO SOS! –The Dreamers from Underground (2017)
- Director
- YANAGIMOTO Satsuki
- Cast
- HATTORI Maki, BIBIT Aina, Mecro
Documentary about the idol group Kupipo, which was formed in 2014 with Hattori Maki as the leader. Maki is a man who wishes to act like a cute gal and dresses up in woman's clothes. Follows the group from early summer 2016 through the end of the year...
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VESSEL (2017)
- Director
- INO Hidetaka
- Cast
A documentary combining footage of the collaborative process between choreographer Damien Jalet and sculptor Nawa Kohei and the resulting performance art piece. Jalet takes the representation of myth, indigenous beliefs, and rituals from each part o...
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Vietnam in Turmoil (1965)
- Director
- AKASA Masaharu
- Cast
- OZAWA Eitaro
A documentary about Vietnam, its history and the present war. Here are scenes of the countryside, of Saigon, and many details of actual battles. The on-the-spot scenes show not only the actual fighting, but also incidents of alleged torture. The brut...
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It’s a Woman’s World (1964)
- Director
- KURATA Takeo, AKUTAGAWA Kazutoshi
- Cast
This is the sequel to Women...Oh, Women!...... - and like its predecessor it is a documentary film devoted to women, what they are like, who they are, what they do. In the maternity ward another baby girl is born - and what will her life be like? The...
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Women… Oh, Women! (1963)
- Director
- TAKECHI Tetsuji
- Cast
This is an epoch-making feature length documentary, of Japan at night...with a sharp focus on women, whose beauty, charm, energy, sadness and mysterious eroticism are vividly portrayed. The colorful scenes photographed with a highly polished touch i...
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Two Journalists: One Century (2017)
- Director
- KAWAMURA Atsunori
- Cast
- SASAMOTO Tsuneko, MUNO Takeji
Documentary about the lives of Japan's first female photojournalist and a legendary newspaper reporter who still are on the job at age 101. Directed by Kawamura Atsunori, who has won numerous awards as a director of NHK programs including "The Tibeta...
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Trace of Breath (2016)
- Director
- KOMORI Haruka
- Cast
- SATO Teiichi, SATO Kinue
Documentary about Sato Teiichi's daily life spent doing everything by hand at his seed shop in Rikuzentakata City, which was devastated by the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami. Filmmaker Komori Haruka handles directing, camera and editing in h...
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CHOCOLATE CAKE AND HORYUJI TEMPLE (2016)
- Director
- MUKAI Keita
- Cast
- Seiya, Yusuke, Tomomi
Autobiographical documentary by director Mukai Keita, who was raised in an orphanage after his mother died when he was a child. The director's interior life comes into view through his interviews of friends from the orphanage, his rebellion against h...
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Nihonto The Movie (2016)
- Director
- OUCHI Tatsuo
- Cast
- GASSAN Sadatoshi, HONAMI Koshu
A documentary revealing episodes of famous swords and the high-ranking samurai or swordsmen who bore them while shining a spotlight on the techniques of master sword smiths and sword polishers who carry on the skill in the present day. This is the di...
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As it is like a flower (2015)
- Director
- MINATO Kenjiro
- Cast
- Ewha Bae
A documentary following second generation "Zainichi" Korean resident living in Japan, Ewha Bae, who is active as a dance performer in the heart of Kyoto. Directed by Minato Kenjiro of ARAKI-Sakae no Uta ga Kikoeru, the film draws in on Bae who follow...
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Freedom Moon (2016)
- Director
- KIM Sung Woong
- Cast
- HAKAMADA Iwao, HAKAMADA Hideko
A documentary closely observing the daily life of Hakamada Iwao who was released forty-eight years after being tried as the murderer in the Hakamada case. The director is Kim Sung-woong who won the Mainichi Film Award for best documentary with INVISI...
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The Ondekoza Digitally Remastered Version (1981)
- Director
- KATO Tai
- Cast
- KAWAUCHI Toshio, HAYASHI Eitetsu, OI Yoshiaki
Kato Tai's posthumous documentary The Ondekoza is remastered in 2K from a 4K scan of the 35mm film negative. It depicts young members of the performance troupe, The Ondekoza, which continues to perform taiko drumming on Sado Island. Young people tra...
