Laboratory X Movies
- 2010
Peace
Peace7.12010HD
What is peace? What is coexistence? And what are the basis for them? PEACE is a visual-essay-like observational documentary, which contemplates these...
- 2012
Theatre 2
Theatre 262012HD
Oriza Hirata is Japan's leading playwright and director, who runs his own theatrical company, Seinendan. Theatre 2 (Observational Film Series #4)...
- 2012
Theatre 1
Theatre 152012HD
Theatre 1 (Observational Film Series #3) is a feature length documentary, which closely depicts the world of Oriza Hirata, Japan's leading playwright...
- 2008
Mental
Mental6.82008HD
MENTAL is a feature-length documentary that observes the complex world of an outpatient mental health clinic in Japan, interwoven with patients,...
- 2023
Zero
Zero42023HD
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
- 2024
The Cats of Gokogu Shrine
The Cats of Gokogu Shrine82024HD
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...
- 2013
Campaign 2
Campaign 25.72013HD
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,...
- 2018
Inland Sea
Inland Sea7.22018HD
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...
- 2007
Campaign
Campaign5.82007HD
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...
- 2015
Oyster Factory
Oyster Factory52015HD
In the Japanese town of Ushimado, the shortage of labor is a serious problem due to its population’s rapid decline. Traditionally, oyster...
- 1995
A Night in New York
A Night in New York01995HD
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....