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Inspired by a text by legendary Japanese writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, and the “scintillating scotoma” that precedes a migraine, Eri Saito’s Slightest Pretense is a wordless, Super 8 near-narrative that feels like a lost oddity that could have washed up on a shoreline.
The story of a Japanese scholar, Minoru Hokari, who, before his death in 2004 at the age of 32, achieved work which today commands an ever-widening audience. It is a story of cross-cultural understanding, how Gurindji Elders in the Northern Territory tasked Minoru to relay stories from their culture to a wider world.
Two inquisitive kids, Tamo and Haru, might be the last people on Earth. They explore the silent, overgrown ruins of what was once rural Japan, documenting their discoveries in a notebook. When they come across a disused commuter train, and find out that it’s operational, who knows where it will take them?
Mamiko witnesses her boyfriend cheating on her. That night, she is stress eating and gets stomach ache. Her poop in the toilet goes and kills her cheating boyfriend.
This is the 118th installment of the “Posted Grudge Spirit Footage” film series.
The first installment in a film series of unforgettable "distorted" horror videos. Includes "The Unexpected Black Shadow," where a dashcam in a parked car captures something unforeseen, and "The Black Wanderer," among 10 videos that reveal the hidden horrors lurking in everyday life.
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Forever is an intimate portrait of Midori and their relationship with Morgyn Ember, a fictional character. Following daily life and dates, the film reveals how storytelling shapes their world, and how love and connection can exist beyond conventional understandings of relationships.
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In Tōei, a small mountain town in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, a sacred ritual called Hana Matsuri ("Flower Festival") has been passed down for over 700 years. Widely respected by folklorists and ritual enthusiasts both in Japan and abroad, Hana Matsuri is not only a spiritual tradition, but also the cultural core of the local community—an embodied memory of who they are. Like many rural areas in Japan, Tōei faces rapid population decline and shifting social structures. This film gently follows those who sustain the festival amid such changes.
Arita, Saga prefecture: While working at a pottery studio, Okubo continues to search for clay to use in his own creations. Fumi listens to the townspeople, records them, and draws an "invisible map" of the town. Seitaro rides around town on his fixed-gear bike, carrying a camera. Okubo's sister, Miu, has returned to town after wandering the world. Hands that dig the soil. Ears that listen to voices. Eyes that capture the light. Feet returning. Following the presence of "something that was once there but can no longer return," gazing at the glittering shapes of shadows, the artist depicts the figures of people who are certainly alive in this very moment.
This Summer, I took a solo trip to Tokyo. It was a blend of rush and silence. Mornings were quiet and soft, and evenings were quite chaotic. This is a compilation of what my eyes witnessed when I was there.
After I year I went back with my wife to my favorite place in the world. Here's a short little film of our moments. Not sure if 5 minutes will show how special this place is and how much it means to me, but I hope you enjoy.
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A silent experimental film shot on expired Fuji Single-8 R25N. It captures the quiet presence of a Monday that unfolds outside our awareness.
A bestselling novelist who practiced polygamy dies on New Year’s Eve. His five acknowledged children reunite after 12 years, and across five intersecting lives the “inheritance” dispute gradually exposes the family’s real truth.
A person in charge of a major incident is under the protection of the Wooden Law Police. He has no memory of anything before the incident.
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The story of a very busy man.
Each day, she defecates into the toilet. Each day, the toilet swallows it up. But over the course of seven days, this ritual falls apart.
Naomi lives with her older brother Shingo, who has a developmental disorder and Tourette's syndrome, and their father. There’s constant conflict between Shingo and their father, and Naomi often struggles at her part-time job, but she lives each day with her usual cheerful spirit, watching over her brother with care. However, one day, something she says at the park unintentionally hurts Shingo... Despite the challenges they face, this humorous story portrays the siblings' lives, overflowing with their rich and unique personalities.
Fukushima experienced the earthquake, the nuclear power plant incident, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The lives of people who have been living in Fukushima since before the earthquake, people who moved to the area after the reconstruction project, and Chinese people who live in various parts of the prefecture. A story of people living in Fukushima, who, though buffeted by many hardships, live with strength and, at times, with humor.
Bari and Kari are two dwarves who are very much in love. One summer day, Bari wears a hand-knitted scarf that Kari gave her on a date, and an endless comedy ensues.
Haru Momose, a 22-year-old student in Tokyo who works at a bar, is living with a sense of suffocation that she cannot express in words. One day, after finding yarn on the streets, the threads of fate draw her to Ori Tsukimoto, a woman knitting at a cafe. Haru falls in with Ori and the two spend their days together. With her, Haru begins to unravel her frustrations by knitting and talking and she soon begins to reknit herself and the world.
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The Sanya district of Tokyo is home to those pushed to the margins of society. For over 35 years, Shinpei and Hiroko Ishibashi ran a humble soup shop there. In 2020, large-scale redevelopment began in anticipation of the Tokyo Olympics. The elderly and unemployed were left behind, forgotten amid the city's transformation. Hoping to rebuildcommunity ties, Magokoro Yoshihira, a customer of the soup shop began cleaning the streets alongside the elderly. As Magokoro and the elders made a soup to serve, they begin to realise that what was truly passed down was not a recipe, but the time spent together—remembering, cooking, and reconnecting.
Japan's Vocaloid culture is currently experiencing a boom in popularity worldwide. We examine why people are drawn to the voice synthesis technology and the artists that emerged from this culture.
Is living life positively and always looking ahead truly the right thing to do? A girl, unable to find hope in her life, stumbles upon a teddy bear abandoned in a box labeled "Free to Take." As she begins to see herself reflected in the bear, what thoughts and emotions will arise within her heart?
Bo lin lives in the countryside, while Yu xin lives in the city. They are an eyesore to each other. However, on a stormy night, Bo lin's carelessness resulted in Yu xin getting lost. They went to a lot of trouble to find him! Upon returning home, they shared steaming hot typhoon noodles, a typical nickname for noodles in canned mackerel tomato sauce. This shared history not only brought them closer but also made them begin to accept each other.
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Yugo dreams of the time he spent training to be a champion with Gardevoir, his partner Pokémon, but now he’s too tired and busy with work. However, some friendships and dreams are just too mega to be forgotten...
I injured my right hand, and I live with my left hand for a while. I attend a Japanese language school with friends from Myanmar, and I go to meet a white dog. My left hand is awkward and imprecise as a foreign language. The left hand temporarily forgets the lives left behind by the right hand, offers food to the white dog, and slowly traces things that the right hand cannot reach.
Musician Ahmad Abu-Amsha has been forced to live as an evacuee in a refugee camp at Gaza’s Unknown Soldier Park. Despite bombings and food shortages, he continues to teach music to children within the camp.
The "Limited Express Shinano No. 81" is a special train that, unlike the regular "Limited Express Shinano" which connects Nagoya Station and Nagano Station, enters the Oito Line from Matsumoto Station and heads for Hakuba Station. This documentary captures the train, nicknamed "Hakuba Shinano," just before its final run, which disappeared from the timetable on February 11, 2025.
The paradise of life, I believe, exists in the interlude – a fleeting moment granted to all, equally, that quietly arrives between one thing and the next.
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