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Prison Circle

It took Kaori Sakagami six years to receive permission for shooting her documentary in a Japanese prison. In a unique project, a limited number of inmates can participate in a therapeutic circle in order to understand the mental and social conditions of their behavior. Even after being released from prison, former inmates are supported by psychologists and social workers. What is remarkable in the process: the inmates learn to support each other and to open up toward the experiences of others.

Prison Circle

1.0 2020
Valley of Xuanyao

A millennia ago, the Wen people lived in the beautiful, fertile land of Yali, where they built the statelet of Wen. Around 800 B.C.E., King Xuan of the Zhou dynasty engaged in battle with Ma Lan, leader of Wen, and invaded the smaller state. Yali came under Zhou rule, but in the Valley of Xuanyao, a sacred place associated with the Wen's deity, Liu Liliu, a few resistance fighters covertly continued the struggle against their would-be conquerors. It is now spring. A young man who has been dispatched from Haojing, the Zhou capital, steps foot into Yali. His mission is to find the Valley of Xuanyao, where forces hostile still against King Xuan remain in hiding, and to bring them under the yoke of Zhou.

Valley of Xuanyao

NR 2020
The Microcosmic War of Dejima

In a parallel world where aliens crept into Dejima Nagasaki along with the foreigners. Recently, in Edo Town such rumors are circulating and seem plausible. In the Bakufu where war is looming, the Tenmonkata Office is the most knowledgeable of the cosmos, and Kageyasu has been ordered to infiltrate. Kageyasu has been working as a spy for the Edo shogunate who has experience with unknown cultures from his work on the expedition to Karafuto. He sets out for Kyushu, where an astonishing sight awaits. All of Nagasaki has been transformed into a strange, futuristic city. He meets a woman named Taki in Dejima, and with her cooperation begins to investigate the puzzle of the true origin of the Westerner who has brought such futuristic technology: Philipp Franz von Siebold. Who is an alien, and who isn't? What is real, and what isn't? Kageyasu is caught up in a space opera both micro and macro in this Digital Magical Musical; a staging of a parallel world Dejima with a touch of comedy.

The Microcosmic War of Dejima

NR 2020
犬神家の一族

The entire dialogue is extracted from the original work (narration is not used), although it is greatly abbreviated in order to make it a short film. However, with the exception of switching to a relatively realistic screen for the recollections that accompany the dialogue, almost the entire film takes place in a space within or around a single tatami room, as in a rehearsal (reading) of a play. The clothing is an exaggerated representation of the character attributes of the original story. Sakiyo's mask is a headgear that is an exact copy of the head of the actor who plays him, and is simply made unusually large so that it is recognisable as a mask.

犬神家の一族

NR 2020
Girls Commando

Haruka Koyamauchi, an ordinary junior high school student, is taken away and attacked by drug addicts on her way home from school. A mysterious beautiful girl, Mio Kurusu, suddenly appears at the scene and saves Haruka. The next day, Mio appears before Haruka as a transfer student. She is a girl commando on a secret mission from the police. Haruka volunteers to be the commando's assistant in order to help Mio in return for her help. Haruka tells him that it was just a coincidence that she saved him. Mio tells her that his purpose is to help the drug cartel.

Girls Commando

NR 2020
オメテオトル≠HERO

In the year 22XX, due to the drastic decrease in the human population, the government starts accepting races from other allied planets. As a result of genetic mixing, new species are born with special powers. A young man named Yuuki learns on his 18th birthday that while his father is a member of the "hero" tribe, his mother is a member of a tribe of beings who can manipulate plants who were supposedly wiped out due to the accelerated mechanization of the planet. As a result, Yuuki holds powers of both tribes, but he questions which side he should help with his powers.

オメテオトル≠HERO

NR 2020
Mask Ninja Nishida

An unemployed young man by chance gets into an age-old conflict of good versus bad. A magical fruit is said to be able to cure all diseases and when a malicious virus threatens the earth, its mission is clear: to save humanity from extinction. Before he knows it, he transforms into the intrepid Kamen Ninja Nishida and is plunged into a crazy adventure that takes him across time to the Japanese Middle Ages. Samurai versus ninja, wild fights, aerial acrobatics and clanking steel. The final battle for the future of the world begins.

Mask Ninja Nishida

4.0 2020
Sotai 2: Organized Crime Unit vs. Anti-Social Forces

"Crime City Shinjuku" - The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Organized Crime Control Division, commonly known as "Sotai", keeps an eye on the dark side of society. Among them is a special section called the "Guerror Division," which was set up solely for the purpose of making a breakthrough in the investigation. Ushijima (Ryohei Abe) works hard to eliminate the Black Dragon Society, but he is unable to grasp the reality. As the investigation continues, Ushijima is targeted by people from the Black Dragon Society. When Ushijima, who was supposed to be a member of the guerrilla division and whose existence was not known, was targeted, he begins to suspect that there is a whistleblower.

Sotai 2: Organized Crime Unit vs. Anti-Social Forces

NR 2020
N.P

Based on the 1990 experimental novel by Japanese author Banana Yoshimoto, Lisa Spilliaert’s feature debut N.P is a translation of the text into a "silent" cinematic scenario. Translation itself is at the heart of N.P’s narrative, which details the absurdities of protagonist Kazami’s attempts to translate the short stories of fictional author Sarao Takase-- as well as her sometimes disturbing interactions with the late author’s children. The previous three translators of Takase’s writing committed suicide in mysterious circumstances and Kazami’s encounters with his daughter (and lover) Sui increasingly pull her into a world of darkly chaotic energy.

N.P

8.2 2020
Anti Anti Generation Tour 2019

The documentary follows RADWIMPS on their long tour from last year, which saw them play 20 shows in 11 cities across Japan. It includes rehearsal and backstage footage, as well as the band interacting with the artists that joined them across the 2019 tour. The DVD and Blu-ray will feature 23 songs which includes the guest performance from Aimyon for Nakidashisodayo, a song by RADWIMPS which she features on. It also includes a documentary of the tour, as well as guest appearances from artists who joined the band on stage including Miyachi, Titan Zombies, Taka from ONE OK ROCK, and Toko Miura. RADWIMPS are set to embark on an all-new tour starting this March. Titled “KONNICHIWA NIPPON TOUR 2020,” it will take them to seven cities in Japan for 10 showsーincluding four dome venues.

Anti Anti Generation Tour 2019

NR 2020
Yokai Girl Kirin

Basically, most Yōkai are peace-loving, harmless demons who rarely interfere with the human world, but do serve them well from time to time. OniKiri, however, are the fiends among the Yōkai, and they are currently wreaking havoc in Japan by plaguing the common people. Fortunately, Kiri, a horned Yōkai in human form, roams the countryside with her faithful Kasa-obake - a chatty umbrella with one eye - and catches the scent of the malevolent creatures. For to her, there is nothing more delicious than the lumpy essence of the oni.

Yokai Girl Kirin

NR 2020
The Body, The Expression of a Creature’s True Nature

The work contains Butoh works and methods by Tomoe Shizune in omnibus format. It will be re-edited and published based on what was provided as the text for the Butoh course at the Grotowski Institute, Poland by Tomoe Shizune & Hakutobo, 2018. The Grotowski Institute is engaged in a wide range of research related to physical expression, as well as physical training based on the research of the prominent Polish director Jeray Grotowski (1933-1999) who founded the experimental theater "Teatr Laboratorium" in 1959. The coaction between Tomoe's music and Butoh is highlight.

The Body, The Expression of a Creature’s True Nature

NR 2020
Kanata no Tabi Live at Yokohama Kaikō Kinen Kaikan

In the sound of the historic building, Port Opening Memorial Hall, the overlapping tone of the band formation with percussion Ryota Tanaka and guitar Gen Tanabe became a performance that felt a certain heat with the new wind. A new song "some site" written for this day is also included, and it will be released for the first time in this work. Following Kanata, Rinko Kawauchi is on the jacket. Beautiful photographs of the sun moving to the endless sea, shining a faint light and disappearing all the boundaries , gently snuggle up to this album.

Kanata no Tabi Live at Yokohama Kaikō Kinen Kaikan

NR 2020