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The Story of Yanagawa Waterways (1987)
- Director
- TAKAHATA Isao
- Cast
- KAGAMI Sachiko, KUNII Masahiko
Feature-length documentary by "Grave of the Fireflies" director Takahata Isao. The film's eleven chapters interweave actual footage with animation of the canals that crisscross Yanagawa City in Fukuoka Prefecture, showing how they work, the history, ...
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WHO KiLLED IDOL? poetry of SiS annihilation (2017)
- Director
- Elizabeth MIYAJI
- Cast
- BiS, SiS, GANG PARADE
In-depth documentary that goes behind the scenes to show the dissolution of SiS, which was expected to be the rival to the idol group BiS. Serves as a sequel to The BiS Cannon Ball Run 2014, The Movie, which turned the camera on BiS. Directed by Eliz...
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GARAGE ROCKIN' CRAZE (2016)
- Director
- Mario Cuzic
- Cast
- The 5.6.7.8's, 20 Hits, Theee Bat
A documentary chronicling the event known as "Back From The Grave" which started in the latter half of the 1980s and continues to this day. Croatian director, Mario Cuzic, who became enamored by the event, closely examines its history and appeal. "B...
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Cinema hawaiians (2016)
- Director
- SUGIYAMA Taro, TOSHIKURA Akira
- Cast
- Moana Rie, Roselani Sachie, Makalea Mai
Documentary about the dance group at Spa Resort Hawaiians, one of Japan's premiere spa resort facilities, located in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture. The dancers throw themselves into rehearsals for a special show in celebration of the resort's foun...
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Resistance: The Old Writer Hayashi Eidai (2016)
- Director
- NISHIJIMA Shinji
- Cast
- HAYASHI Eidai, KANZAKI Azusa, KURACHI Mitsuko
Documentary about the documentary filmmaker Hayashi Eidai, who has covered Korean forced laborers and wartime tragedies from his base in Chikuho in Fukuoka Prefecture. Directed by Nishijima Shinji, who has been making documentaries about war. Hayash...
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Learning at a Correspondence Course Junior High School After 60 Years (2016)
- Director
- OTA Naoko
- Cast
Documentary about elderly people who couldn't finish junior high school after the war taking classes for correspondence school. Director Ota Naoko earned acclaim for Tsukiakari no shita de Aru teijisei koko no kioku. Kanda Hitotsubashi Junior High S...
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TSUTAKANTOKU (2016)
- Director
- TSUTA Tetsuichiro
- Cast
- TSUTA Fumiya, TSUTA Kimiko, HATAKEYAMA Hitoshi
Documentary about the famed high school baseball coach Tsuta Fumiya. Commentary from his contemporaries reveal the true persona of Tsuta, who led a prefectural high school baseball team in Tokushima to over ten appearances and three victories at the ...
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Chambara：The Art of Japanese Swordplay (2015)
- Director
- NAKAJIMA Sadao
- Cast
- NAKAJIMA Sadao, YAMAMOTO Chihiro, KUMURA Shogo
Focusing on the historical transition of period films, this documentary closely examines the appeal and essence of period films produced in Kyoto. Through interviews with film industry professionals, the distinctly Japanese views of life and death po...
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Katana –Respecting tradition, creating something new- (2016)
- Director
- SATO Toshihiro
- Cast
- YOSHIHARA Yoshikazu, YOSHIHARA Yoshindo, NAKAJIMA Yoshio
Documentary shot in 4K resolution that follows the creation of a Japanese sword from start to finish. Japanese swords are mesmerizing works of art, and this documentary shows the master sword maker, sword polisher, and sword mount craftsman as they b...
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Beyond the Landscape of Japan (2016)
- Director
- INDO Maki
- Cast
- MATSUI Tomie, SAISHO Iori, MORIYA Kouichi
A feature-length documentary by Tokyo based video production company, augment5 Inc., which shows the brand new appeal of time-honored Japan through the work and statements of a river fisherman, a sake brewer, a cattleman, and a cook. It was screened ...
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A Lullaby Under the Nuclear Sky (2014)
- Director
- KANA Tomoko
- Cast
Personal documentary from director Kana Tomoko, who has covered environmental issues and people suffering misfortune in films like Beautiful Islands. This film documents the pregnancy she discovered immediately after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and...
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DDT: Dramatic Dream Team!! -We are Japanese Wrestlers!- (2016)
- Director
- Muscle SAKAI, MATSUE Tetsuaki
- Cast
- OHKA Ken, HARASHIMA, DANSHOKU DIENO
Documentary about the DTT professional wrestling federation that advocates "cultural pro wrestling." Directed by wrestler Muscle Sakai of Gekijoban Proresu Kyanonboru 2014 and Matsue Tetsuaki of Flashback Memories 3D. Fall 2015. Matches are held bet...
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Zen and Bones (2016)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Takayuki
- Cast
- Henry MITTWER, WENTZ Eiji, YO Kimiko
Documentar y about the tumul tuous li fe of Japanese-American zen monk Henry Mittwer. Delves into Henry Mittwer as a person using documentary footage along with varied techniques including animation and drama vignettes. Directed by Nakamura Takayuki ...
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Watanabe Mamoru jidenteki documentary Dai 2 bu tsuwamono domo ga asobi no ato Watanabe Mamoru ga kataru pink eigashi kohen (2012)
- Director
- IKAWA Koichiro
- Cast
- WATANABE Mamoru
Watanabe Mamoru has shot over 200 pink films, dedicating the entirety of his directing career to the genre. In this final installment of a four-part documentary series, Watanabe talks about his own life. The director, Ikawa Koichiro, served as the sc...
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Watanabe Mamoru jidenteki documentary Dai 1 bu ito no kireta tako Watanabe Mamoru ga kataru Watanabe Mamoru kohen (2012)
- Director
- IKAWA Koichiro
- Cast
- WATANABE Mamoru
Watanabe Mamoru jidenteki documentary Dai 1 bu ito no kireta tako Watanabe Mamoru ga kataru Watanabe Mamoru kohen Watanabe Mamoru has shot over 200 pink films, dedicating the entirety of his directing career to the genre. In this second installment ...
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Inheritance (2015)
- Director
- INOUE Junichi
- Cast
- TARUKAWA Kazuya, TARUKAWA Mitsuyo
Documentary about the dialogue between students from Tokyo who visit Fukushima Prefecture's Sukagawa City in the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident and a family struggling to keep their farm in operation. Directed by Inou...
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TSUKIJI WONDERLAND (2016)
- Director
- ENDO Naotaro
- Cast
A documentary filmed over 16 months closely chronicling, including areas never before filmed, the Tsukiji Market which is due to be moved to Toyosu in November of 2016. Endo Naotaro, who has been involved in wide ranging works from advertisements to ...
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HIGH HEELS REVOLUTION (2016)
- Director
- KOHATSU Yo
- Cast
- MAJIKINA Natsuki, HAMADA Tatsuomi, FUJITA Tomoko
Documentary covering the experiences of transsexual Majikina Natsuki from teenage years to the present. Vivid depiction of how Majikina made her choice to live as a woman, interspersed with drama sequences. Directed by Kohatsu Yo of Raise the Castle!...
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Start Line (2016)
- Director
- IMAMURA Ayako
- Cast
- IMAMURA Ayako
Film director Imamura Ayako, who was born deaf, turns the camera on herself and documents her bicycle journey traversing the length of Japan from Okinawa to Hokkaido. The film's theme is "communication" and depicts her interactions with the people me...
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Watanabe Mamoru jidenteki documentary dai 2 bu tsuwamono domo ga asobi no ato Watanabe Mamoru ga kataru pink eigashi zenpen (2012)
- Director
- IKAWA Koichiro
- Cast
- WATANABE Mamoru
Watanabe Mamoru has shot over 200 pink films, dedicating the entirety of his directing career to the genre. In this third installment of a four-part documentary series, Watanabe talks about his own life. The director, Ikawa Koichiro, served as the sc...
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The Rainbow Over The River Kwai (2016)
- Director
- MITSUDA Yasuhiro
- Cast
- NAGASE Takashi
Documentary about the so-called Death Railway built by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Pacific War. In-depth coverage of Nagase Takashi, who was stationed in Thailand as an army interpreter and spent his life atoning for the many lives taken du...
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Time to Dance (2015)
- Director
- NONAKA Mariko
- Cast
- MURATA Kaori
Film directed by Nonaka Mariko of {Children's Time} and Bing Bang Zing Zang Art Class. Documentary about people who have no dance experience or knowledge, showing those same people liberate their bodies and minds through dance. Dancer Murata Kaori c...
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KEN SAN (2016)
- Director
- HIBI Yuichi
- Cast
- TAKAKURA Ken, Michael DOUGLAS, Martin SCORSESE
Interviews with over 20 people from Japan and abroad relate the unseen side of actor Takakura Ken, who passed away in 2014. The documentary is directed by New York based photographer Hibi Yuichi and was awarded the Best Documentary in the Documentari...
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Watanabe Mamoru jidenteki documentary Dai 1 bu ito no kireta tako Watanabe Mamoru ga kataru Watanabe Mamoru zenpen (2012)
- Director
- IKAWA Koichiro
- Cast
- WATANABE Mamoru
Watanabe Mamoru has shot over 200 pink films, dedicating the entirety of his directing career to the genre. In this first installment of a four-part documentary series, Watanabe talks about his own life. The director, Ikawa Koichiro, served as the sc...
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Tora-san in Goto (2016)
- Director
- OURA Masaru
- Cast
- INUZUKA Torao
A documentary shot from 1993 and over 22 years chronicled a large family who make their living as udon noodle makers on the Goto Archipelago in Nagasaki Prefecture. It was awarded the Magnolia Award for Best Documentary at the 22nd Shanghai TV Festiv...
