From Laboratory X Studios
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2012
Theatre 2
Theatre 26.00 2012 HD
Oriza Hirata is Japan's leading playwright and director, who runs his own theatrical company, Seinendan. Theatre 2 (Observational Film Series #4)...
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2010
Peace
Peace7.10 2010 HD
What is peace? What is coexistence? And what are the basis for them? PEACE is a visual-essay-like observational documentary, which contemplates these...
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2018
Inland Sea
Inland Sea7.20 2018 HD
Wai-chan is one of the last remaining fishermen in Ushimado, a small village in Seto Inland Sea, Japan. At the age of 86, he still fishes alone on a...
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2008
Mental
Mental6.80 2008 HD
MENTAL is a feature-length documentary that observes the complex world of an outpatient mental health clinic in Japan, interwoven with patients,...
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2024
The Cats of Gokogu Shrine
The Cats of Gokogu Shrine8.00 2024 HD
An ample community of cats has set up home around the Shinto shrine in Ushimado. Some local residents take care of them, others are disturbed by...
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2007
Campaign
Campaign5.80 2007 HD
Can a candidate with no political experience and no charisma win an election if he is backed by the political giant Prime Minister Koizumi and his...
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2012
Theatre 1
Theatre 15.00 2012 HD
Theatre 1 (Observational Film Series #3) is a feature length documentary, which closely depicts the world of Oriza Hirata, Japan's leading playwright...
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2013
Campaign 2
Campaign 25.70 2013 HD
In response to the Fukushima disaster, Yama-san is running an election campaign with an anti-nuclear message. But unlike last time, he has no money,...
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1995
A Night in New York
A Night in New York1 1995 HD
Late at night, a Japanese businessman enters a pizza shop and observes strange but typical New Yorkers, eating their pizza in their own queer ways....
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2023
Zero
Zero4.00 2023 HD
Follow up to the director's previous two films called Mental, follows the retirement of the head physician at a mental health facility in Japan
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2015
Oyster Factory
Oyster Factory5.00 2015 HD
In the Japanese town of Ushimado, the shortage of labor is a serious problem due to its population’s rapid decline. Traditionally, oyster...