Movies
Special Invitation
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©Echoes inc
MURASAKI
- Director
- Takanori Noda
- Country
- Japan
Legendary Okinawan rock band "Murasaki" The band was formed in Okinawa in 1970 before its return to Japan, and was led by George Murasaki. They broke new ground・・・
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©Tajikara production
Tyida
- Director
- Yuji Nakamae
- Country
- Japan
This film depicts the personal growth of a woman who is betrayed by her loved ones in the city and is tired of life moves to Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, a place w・・・
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©2021 BlueHealers’ Inc. LongTau Pictures
LOST HORIZON
- Director
- Tanno Masato
- Country
- Japan
In 1970, Okinawa of Japan is under the rule of the United States. Contrary to the excitement of Expo'70 on the mainland, the frustration of the oppressed island・・・
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DREAM TRAIN
- Director
- Yusuke Koroyasu
- Country
- CHINA
Zhong hao,a graduate student in mechanical physics, is doing a magical study that simulates reality at supersonic speeds.When the research was nearing its final・・・
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©StageSupportOkinawa2022
Cinema Kumiodori Kokonomaki
- Director
- Takeo Miyahara
- Country
- Japan
"Cinema Kumiodori" is a project which attempts to view Kumiodori, a traditional song and dance performance that has been handed down for about 300 years, with a・・・
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©eizoTOMO
Miyata Busters Inc.
- Director
- Atuya Sakata
- Country
- Japan
Everything comes to an end. The SME's equilibrium of the long-term fight against space organisms to protect humanity is about to be shattered by "Technology's A・・・
Special Screening
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©Pure in the Moon
Born Balearic
- Director
- Lily Rinae
- Country
- USA/Japan
Ibiza, a World Heritage Site in the Mediterranean Sea, is a renowned party island. In the summer, famous European nightclubs open up and star DJs gather. But DJ・・・
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(C)2021 Office Crescendo
MIRACLE CITY KOZA
- Director
- Kazuhiro Taira
- Country
- Japan
In ‘70s Koza, Okinawa during the American occupation, American GIs streamed into town en route to Vietnam, and live music clubs raked in enough nightly cash to・・・
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©2020HIROSHIMAPIANO FILM PARTNERS
HIROSHIMA PIANO
- Director
- Toshihiro Goto
- Country
- Japan
Even after the bombing, the tone of the piano didn't change... The revived tone is beginning to speak to us today. At 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945... a single at・・・
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©2021 Chaz Island Living Production Committee
Chaz Island Living
- Director
- Aya Kunitake
- Country
- Japan
Chaz, an illustrator who has lived in Tokyo since childhood. Chaz has been busy working in Tokyo for four years since he got married. I was cramped every da・・・
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© STORIES LLC, 2022, All Rights Reserved.
WORLD SURF JOURNEY -Shimanto,Japan-
- Director
- Masataka Kiyono
- Country
- Japan
A surf documentary that reveals the surf culture that has taken root in various parts of the world. Following the first installment which was set in Hawaii, thi・・・
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©Shige&Hayashi
Are you ready for a mindset that will never sell?
- Director
- Hayashi Toma
- Country
- Japan
A music film that chronicles the colorful life of Shigeki Nasu (born in Miyazaki Prefecture), leader of the Okinawan band "Yachimun Shigeki Nasu," through live ・・・
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©SHIN HOSOKAWA ©Flying Ship Studio ©CGCG Studio HD ©Jet Inoue
Lively and fun 3 anime program [DINO!][Captain Bal] [Spring Pan Let's Go!]
- Director
- Jet Inoue, Masanori Numaguchi, SHIN HOSOKAWA, Jet Inoue
"DINO!" Is a swashbuckler of a boy and a crocodile looking for treasure. Animation made by a technique called stop motion animation, and enjoy great music. "Cap・・・
Local Origination Movies
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©Okinawa Prefectural Government. All Right Reseved.
Bamitori
- Director
- Karin Miyagi
- Country
- Japan
The Iriomote wildcat is only found on Iriomote Island. The island's youth feel threatened by the fact that traffic accidents are not decreasing. One day, a myst・・・
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©gazing into the distance production committee
gazing into the distance
- Director
- Tomohiro Ureshino
- Country
- Japan
Aoi, a new editor, moves to the town of Tsubata in Ishikawa Prefecture, where there is the legend of Genpei. Her mission is to retrieve a manuscript from Okada,・・・
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©Local Origination Project "Kaze no Naka no Piano" Production Committee
Piano in the Wind
- Director
- SHINSUKE TATSUKAWA
- Country
- Japan
The town of Misato, Nara Prefecture. 21-year old Yuzu is struggling to make ends meet in a family whose hearts have been torn apart. One day, he meets a woman c・・・
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©YOSHIMOTO WRITERS ACADEMY WEST(C)
a public servant from galaxy
- Director
- Shingo Soejima
- Country
- Japan
"There is a secret in this village ..." A civil servant "Tadokoro" who works at the Kashihara Village Office in Nara Prefecture. One morning, his old friend "Ay・・・
Creator's Factory Winner's New Movie
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©OHKAWA SATOSHI
AKANI MONOGATARI
- Director
- Satoshi Ohkawa
- Country
- Japan
Aona is an illustrator living in one corner of the city with her older lover, a folklorist Unosuke. They live together in an old apartment, leading a modest but・・・
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©Tsubasa Nishimura
Silver road
- Director
- Tsubasa Nishimura
- Country
- Japan
Ken moves to Tokyo and begins working for a film production company to make the movie "Nanka Tsumaranakunatta yo." However, he becomes busy with his daily life ・・・
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©FukaMiyajima
Wisdom tooth
- Director
- Fuka Miyajima
- Country
- Japan
Living alone without it. Unlike when an infant begins to get their teeth, parents never know when wisdom teeth are coming through. After having her wisdom teeth・・・
Okinawa Historical Movies
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©NPO.CinemaLaboTokkanKozo
8mm Okinawa Revived in Digital
- Director
- Community people
- Country
- Okinawa
We are grateful to introduce this popular project. This film will show rare 8mm footage shot by ordinary people in the 1950s to 1970s, along with fanatical comm・・・
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©Oshima Productions Ltd
Dear Summer Sister
- Director
- Nagisa Oshima
- Country
- Japan
A fresh coming-of-age film from director Nagisa Oshima, set in Okinawa in 1972 when it was returned to mainland Japan. This wonderful film looks at the complex ・・・
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©Toei
The Horrible Obsessions
- Director
- Shin Takakuwa
- Country
- Japan
At a party held to commemorate the publication of Tsusai Sugawara, the Chairman of the Three Evils Expulsion Association, Tsujimura, a prominent figure in the b・・・
Theater Donut Collaboration
Online Screening
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©2022PROJECT9
Room without sound
- Director
- Takayuki Nakama
- Country
- Japan
A room in an old apartment. A delivery man knocks on the door to deliver a package, but there is no answer. The quiet room is littered with objects, with a daug・・・
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©Zhejiang Films & TV (Group) Co.,ltd. China Academy of Art
Beyond the Skies
- Director
- LIU Zhihai
- Country
- China
To be or not to be is the question that Beyond the Skies asks. The war film follows a young soldier named Hong Qichen, who trudges through the bloodstained ruin・・・
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©2018 Flavors Of Youth
Flavors Of Youth
- Director
- Li Haoling, Yi Xiaoxing, Yoshitaka Takeuchi
- Country
- CHINA, JAPAN
Set in three cities in China, this "gem of a coming of age anthology" weaves together the past and present as young people grow into adulthood with precious mem・・・
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©Office Hassel
Left of Chopin
- Director
- Yoshino Takemoto
- Country
- Japan
Main Characters,Rinko and Kentaro dreamed of a bright future as pianists. However, an unexpected ordeal strikes them. The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and foc・・・
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©MCMSTV
Save the Reef -ACT NOW-
- Director
- Yoshuya Shimasaki
- Country
- Japan, Australia, China
Climate change and warming are affecting various ecosystems around the world, and coral is no exception. It has suffered enormous damage such as death due to th・・・
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© "Nirai no Oka" Production Committee
Nirai no Oka - A Song of Gondola
- Director
- Tatsuya Oshiro
- Country
- Japan
Screened at the 2nd Okinawa International Movie Festival. Ryo is a junior high school student that lives in Chatan town in the central part of Okinawa's main is・・・
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FURIMUN in Okinawa
- Director
- Gori
- Country
- Japan
This film was screened at the 1st Okinawa International Movie Festival. Eisho, who works at a pig farm in Okinawa, is always playing silly games with Masaru and・・・
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©Okinawa Prefectural Government. All Right Reserved.
Bullfight Girl
- Director
- Hitoshi Maehira
- Country
- Japan
Located in the central part of the main island of Okinawa, Uruma City has been garnering attention as an area popular for bullfighting. The main character, Tomo・・・
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©Okinawa Prefectural Government. All Rights Reserved.
Konna Kikuakari no Yoruni
- Director
- Sho Matsuda (Hatsukoi Cro-Magnon)
- Country
- Japan
This is a human-interest comedy centered on the story of Teppei, a young man working in farming, and his childhood friend Satsuki, who has returned to her homet・・・
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© Skeleton Films
Early Spring,Kyoto
- Director
- HIROSHI TODA
- Country
- Japan
Kenichi Kusuda, who lost his wife six months ago, runs a cafe alone. He lives in her memory, without even trying to bury her ashes. However, one day, when somet・・・
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© Yoshimoto Kogyo
Kyoto Elegy
- Director
- Kiki Sugino
- Country
- Japan
Kiki Sugino can do anything having worked as an actress, producer and film director. She has produced a series of films such as Kantai (2011), Hotori no Sakuko ・・・
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ⒸYoshimoto Kogyo
Jidaigeki wa Shinazu Chanbara Bigakuko
- Director
- Sadao Nakajima
- Country
- Japan
Director Sadao Nakajima has built up his film career in Kyoto spanning over half a century. As a filmmaker, Nakajima examines the chanbara (samurai fighting fil・・・