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355 Results
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Tsuma no Kao (2008)
- Director
- KAWAMOTO Akito
- Cast
- IWASAKI Toru, TANI Nobuko, KAWAMOTO Akito
A husband acquires an 8mm on the birth of his eldest son, and in the following 50 years continues to record images of his family. The 82 year old film creator Kawamoto Akito, who lives in Hiroshima, documents the day to day life of his wife Kiyoko. S...
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Children of the Woods (2008)
- Director
- HARAMURA Masaki
- Cast
As the title suggests, this documentary focuses on the relaxed, spontaneous approach to childcare adopted by the Kisarazu Shakaikan Nursery in Chiba Prefecture. Making good use of what satoyama (hilly countryside) landscapes remain in the city, the n...
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Little Challengers -chiisana chousensha tachi (2008)
- Director
- HARAMURA Masaki
- Cast
Second part of a documentary about the Kisarazu Shakaikan Nursery in Kisarazu that has become well-known for its satoyama educational philosophy based on spontaneous human interactions with nature. Here, children are left to their own devices and all...
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8000 MILES: SR Saitama's Rapper (2008)
- Director
- IRIE Yu
- Cast
- KOMAKINE Ryusuke, Mihiro, MIZUSAWA Shingo
A film cynically depicting the dull days of youths in a rural area with hip-hop music. The work won the Off-Theater Competition Grand Prix of the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival 2009 and the NETPAC AWARD (best Asian film award) of the Pu...
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Gybe : Carried On A Sea Breeze (2008)
- Director
- SATO Toshiki
- Cast
- ISHIGURO Ken, SHIMIZU Misa, UEHARA Takako
A story of a busy middle-aged man maturing as he reflects back on his life and emotions through a plan to travel around Hokkaido on a yacht. In this film director Sato Toshiki, whose exceptional talent has been standing out in the pink film industry,...
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THE CODE (2008)
- Director
- HAYASHI Kaizo
- Cast
- ONOE Kikunosuke, INAMORI Izumi, SHISHIDO Joe
A suspense action film directed by Hayashi Kaizo of Maiku Hama Private Eye (Shiritsu Tantei Hama Maiku). It is the theatrical version of the internet film series, Detective Office 5 (Tantei Jimusho 5). Onoe Kikunosuke, the shining young talent of upc...
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The Clone Returns Home (2008)
- Director
- NAKAJIMA Kanji
- Cast
- OIKAWA Mitsuhiro, ISHIDA Eri, NAGASAKU Hiromi
Winner of the 2006 Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Award, this film is a Sci-fi drama directed by up and coming Nakajima Kanji, and executive produced by Wim Wenders, which also caused a buzz. Killed in the line of duty, astronaut Takahara (Oik...
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The Amazing Grandma of Saga (2008)
- Director
- SHIMADA Yoshichi
- Cast
- KAYAMA Yoshiko, TAKASHIMA Reiko, KOBAYASHI Ayako
A film adaptation of the great hit memoir of Shimada Yoshichi 'Saga no Gabai Bachan' which sold a total of 6.7 million copies for the entire series. He directed and wrote the script for this film. This tear-jerking and side-splitting work depicts the...
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Chokora! (2008)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Shigeru
- Cast
Children living on the streets in the Republic of Kenya in East Africa collect garbage for a living. This documentary film features children who survive their severe conditions by helping each other out. A small city named Thika which is roughly an h...
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Chocolate Underground (2008)
- Director
- HAMANA Takayuki
- Cast
- TOYONAGA Toshiyuki, MIZUSAWA Fumie, TAKAHASHI Mikako
Director Hamana Takayuki, whose works include "Library War," has created an animated adventure version of the children's story from popular British author, Alex Shearer. Using innovative settings, he vividly depicts the story of a boy and girl's stru...
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Goodbye (2008)
- Director
- KIMURA Bunyo
- Cast
- NISHIYAMA Maki, HASEGAWA Hitoshi, KUDO Yoshiko
A story set in Rokkasho Village of Aomori Prefecture, where there is a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant, depicting the separation and reunion of a couple. A feature film debut work by Kimura Bunyo from Aomori Prefecture which drew much attention in Ja...
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Blue Symphony (2008)
- Director
- MITSUYOSHI Takahiro
- Cast
- Jacques MAYOL, YUKI Maomi, ASAGI Kuniko
This piece was officially invited to be shown at the 2008 Tokyo International Film Festival in the natural TIFF program. It is known to be an inspiration for director Luc Besson's masterpiece, Le Grand Bleu. Jacques Mayol was the first man in the wor...
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Kyo-en (2008)
- Director
- TSUJI Hiroyuki
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Shigeyuki, Hakuryu, NAKANO Hideo
A yakuza film based on the life of Agata Mitsunori, a real-life mobster who led a huge force in Shinjuku. Nakamura Shigeyuki passionately plays a young gang leader who rises to the top of the underground community with the philosophy, "become the wor...
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Musho de naku yatsu warau yatsu (2008)
- Director
- YAMAMURA Atsushi
- Cast
- EHARA Shu, MUSASHI Ken
A film adaptation of the same name nonfiction novel by Kageno Tominao, who now works in various areas as the "Kabukicho negotiator," about his experiences in prison. The film comically depicts incidents in the secluded world of prison that happen to ...
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Toyo’s Camera –Japanese American History during WWⅡ- (2008)
- Director
- SUZUKI Junichi
- Cast
- Archie MIYATAKE, Daniel INOUYE, George TAKEI
A concentration camp for people of Japanese descent in the United States during the Second World War. This is a documentary film which depicts the lives of the people of Japanese descent at the time, as well as the personality of Toyo Miyatake. The s...
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The Universal Principle ～How everything is created in love～ (2008)
- Director
- IWASAKI Yasuko
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Katsuko, MURAKAMI Kazuo, FUNATO Takashi
A sequel to the documentary film The Miracle of the Gifted Quarter - Life's Truth revealed (Yonbun no ichi no kiseki : honto no koto dakara) which was screened in 450 locations around the world and drew in 50,000 viewers. This work again strongly she...
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The Miracle of the colored light (2008)
- Director
- IRIE Fumiko
- Cast
- TERADA Noriko, TESHIGAWARA Shisui
The second film by Director Irie Fumiko who garnered attention from all quarters when she produced her documentary film The Miracle of the Gifted Quarter - Life's Truth Revealed (Yonbun no ichi no kiseki : honto no koto dakara) without any experience...
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Solo Contest (2008)
- Director
- SHIMOJO Takeshi
- Cast
- KANAZAWA Miho, MIYOSHI Ayaka, ONO Mayumi
Based on an original draft selected in the Second Cinema Plot Competition, this film is a youthful music drama depicting the sensitive feelings of junior high school students. Maria (Kanazawa Miho), who is in charge of the saxophone in the school's w...
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IREZUMI CHOHAN (2008)
- Director
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Kanzaburo, BANDO Tamasaburo, KATAOKA Kamezo
The eighth film of "Cinema Kabuki" where kabuki stage performances filmed digitally with an HD camera are screened at movie theaters. This work about the deep love of married couples has a rich cast lineup and is a heart-grabbing masterpiece by Haseg...
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Dear Heart (2008)
- Director
- ISAKA Satoshi
- Cast
- TAKASHIMA Reiko, ENOKI Takaaki, KATO Kazuki
A suspense horror film inspired by the real-life case of a heart transplant affecting change in the recipient's preferences and tastes. It is directed by Isaka Satoshi of The Frame (Hasen no Marisu). Miwako (Takashima Reiko) is worried about her husb...
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KUJIRA GOKUDO－NO－SYOKUTAKU (2008)
- Director
- YOKOYAMA Kazuhiro
- Cast
- MATSUDAIRA Ken, IWASA Mayuko
A film adaptation of the comic series 'Gokudo no Shokutaku' by Tachihara Ayumi. Period drama film star Matsudaira Ken, who showcases his professional-level culinary skills on variety shows and other programs, is the perfect actor for the unique role ...
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SHISEI Like a smelling moon (2008)
- Director
- MISHIMA Yukiko
- Cast
- IMURA Kumi, SATO Tamao, SUZUKI Kazuma
A modern day sensual film adaptation of Tanizaki Junichiro's classic 'Shisei' (*The Tattooer). Previously involved in numerous NHK TV documentaries, Mishima Yukiko makes her directing debut with this feature film. University student Hazuki (Imura Kum...
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ELECTRONIC GIRL (2008)
- Director
- MATSUDA Keita
- Cast
- KOIZUMI Maya, AYANO Go, SUWA Taro
In a SF love story, pin-up model Koizumi Maya plays a beautiful female android which falls in love with a human boy. The first film by well-known television CG director Matsuda Keita who scripted, directed and created VFX for this production. Set in ...
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Nobody to Watch Over Me (2008)
- Director
- KIMIZUKA Ryoichi
- Cast
- SATO Koichi, SHIDA Mirai, MATSUDA Ryuhei
A deep drama depicting the fears of a modern day society, it portrays the distress of the family of a juvenile criminal and the conflicts of the detective ordered to protect them. A film by Kimizuka Ryoichi, the writer and director of "Bayside Shaked...
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GELATIN SILVER,LOVE (2008)
- Director
- KURIGAMI Kazumi
- Cast
- NAGASE Masatoshi, MIYAZAWA Rie, AMAMI Yuki
Normally putting his lens to work in the world of advertising, Kurigami Kazumi picks up the videocamera for the first time to direct this sensual suspense film. The fates of a man and a woman, entwined under the guise of "surveillance," are artistica...
