Dystonia

Documentary about patients and doctors dealing with dystonia, a chronic neurological ailment in which muscles atrophy and patients lose the ability to control movement. Sato Haruko serves as vice president for the…

We Are Reds! The Movie: Kaimaku Made No 7 Kakan

The first-ever documentary focusing on a J-League soccer club. It closely follows seven days leading up to the season opener for Urawa Red Diamonds, going behind the scenes to discover what ran through the minds of…

Fukushima Voice

Late summer, 2013. The Future Meeting in Iwaki was held on a regular basis in Iwaki City, which took in over 20,000 refugees and served as a forum where people could discuss their experiences and feelings about the…

Living with Feral Cats

Documentary that depicts stray cats, alone in birth and death, as a community and environmental problem from the vantage point of a preservationist. After her daughter got a kitten, the documentary's protagonist took…

Let's Dance

In 2009, a group of Korean obstetricians blew the whistle on their fellow doctors and hospitals that performed surgical abortions, leading to an uproar in the society. This gave various organizations such as religious…

Tanikawa san Shi o Hitotsu Tsukutte Kudasai

A documentary that uses the poem "Kotoba" (WORDS), written by poet Tanikawa Shuntaro about the Great East Japan Earthquake, as an entry point for exploring precious words spoken by people living in various regions.…

Tokyo Sentimental

7.5

The son of the second generation owner of a traditional Japanese confectionery shop ‘Kururiya’ in Tokyo’s Kototoibashi, Kururi Takuzo was born and raised in Tokyo. He received a strict education from his father,…

Saigo no Shounin

7.0

Sakata Sadato was a highly regarded public prosecutor but now has his own law practice and specializes in criminal cases. One day, Sadato accepts a request to defend a successful businessman accused of murdering a…

Karma

6.8

Fear comes from the heart. The eight separate stories will be about a hospital, a mansion, a university professor, a psychologist and hypnotist, a mysterious senior, a serial killer, an old camera lens and a luxurious…

Dalai Lama The 14th. The World Champion Of Peace

This documentary follows 1989 Nobel Peace Prize recipient and supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism, the 14th Dalai Lama. Through this film, he delivers a message of encouragement to Japan which marked the 70th year since…