is a 2012 Japanese 3D music

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...

directed by

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. It was released on 19 January 2013 in Japan.

Cast

*Goma *Kosuke Tsuji *Kenta Tajika *Kyoichi Shiin

Reception

The film was in competition at the

25th Tokyo International Film Festival The 25th annual Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) was held from October 20 to October 28, 2012. Official selection Competition Special screenings †: 12 minutes Winds of Asia-Middle East †: Nominated for "Best Asian-Middl ...

, in October 2012. It opened the 14th

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, on 5 December 2012 and also the 1st Helsinki Cine Aasia, on 14 March 2013. It was also shown at the 13th

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in June 2013. Mark Adams, on

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, said the film was "more art installation than formal feature documentary".

Accolades

It was chosen as the 5th best film at the

23rd Japan Film Professional Awards The is the 23rd edition of the '' Japan Film Professional Awards''. It awarded the best of 2013 in film and it took place on June 28, 2014 at Theatre Shinjuku in Tokyo. Awards *Best Film: ''Bozo'' *Best Director: Shūichi Okita ('' A Story of ...

, as the 8th best Japanese film of the year by film magazine ''Eiga Geijutsu'' and as the 10th best Japanese film of the year by film magazine ''

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''.

References

External links

* * 2012 3D films 2012 documentary films 2012 films Japanese 3D films Japanese documentary films 3D documentary films 2010s Japanese films {{music-documentary-film-stub