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A Balance- Yujiro HARUMOTO
- Japan
- 2020
- 153min
A Balance is one of the most challenging Japanese independent films in recent years. Inspired by a true story, the film follows a female documentary filmmaker, Yuko, who is ...
- 부산국제영화제 뉴커런츠상
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Small, Slow but Steady- Sho MIYAKE
- Japan/France
- 2022
- 100min
The latest film by Miyake Sho, one of the most anticipated Japanese filmmakers, is a creative, never-before-seen movie about boxing based on the autobiographical story of Ogasawara...
- 베를린영화제 엔카운터
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Antonym- Natsuka KUSANO
- Japan
- 2014
- 73min
A sisterhood drama about an unlikely friendship between two women who find themselves entwined together. The process of two different women beginning to form a bond as they work on...
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The Night I Swam- Kohei IGARASHI,Damien MANIVEL
- Japan/France
- 2017
- 89min
A joint project that came together through an encounter between Igarashi Kohei and Damien Manivel at the 2014 Locarno International Film Festival. Set in Hirosakishi, Aomori Prefec...
- 베니스영화제 오리종티
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Passage of Life- Akio FUJIMOTO
- Japan/Myanmar
- 2017
- 98min
A film depicting the difficulties faced by a Myanmarese family living in Japan as they await their refugee status determination. Passage of Life is Fujimoto Akio’s feature-l...
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Our House- Yui KIYOHARA
- Japan
- 2017
- 80min
The winner of the Grand Prize at the 2017 Pia Film Festival, directed by Kiyohara Yui over the course of her 20s. With a powerful idea full of logical leaps and meticulous descript...
- 베를린영화제 포럼
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Siblings of the Cape- Shinzo KATAYAMA
- Japan
- 2018
- 91min
Katayama Shinzo poured his heart and soul into the film, serving as director, writer and editor on this portrayal of a brother and a sister struggling to survive which was shot ove...
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Third Time Lucky- Tadashi NOHARA
- Japan
- 2021
- 113min
A spiritual sequel to Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s Happy Hour (2015), the most significant Japanese film of the 2010s. After Hamaguchi moved his base from Kobe to Tokyo, most of his ...
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Listen to Light- Kyoshi SUGITA
- Japan
- 2017
- 153min
The second feature-length film by Sugita Kyoshi, released about six years since his debut feature A Song I Remember (2011) drew attention of the film world. Listen to Lig...
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My Small Land- Emma KAWAWADA
- Japan/France
- 2022
- 114min
A commercial feature directorial debut for Kawawada Emma, who joined the Bun-Buku production company headed by Kore-eda Hirokazu and has since served as his assistant director. ...
- 베를린영화제 제너레이션K플러스, 2018 APM 프로젝트