After the war, many filmmakers were expelled from the Japanese film industry due to the Toho Dispute and the Red Purge. Amid such circumstances, there were people who set up their own independent production companies and embarked on film production without relying on corporations. This documentary film focuses on the passionate "spirit of film" of directors such as Satsuo Yamamoto and Tadashi Imai, who, despite many hardships, produced a succession of masterpieces overflowing with humanism and rebellious spirit.

A documentary on Teruo Ishii, the Japanese "King of Cult".

This documentary follows the last days of actress KIKI Kirin, who passed away on September 15, 2018....

An intimate chronicle of the shooting of Ran (1985), a film directed by the legendary Japanese filmm...

Film director and screenwriter Seijun Suzuki (1923-2017), who in the sixties was the great innovator...

KEN SAN pieces together the puzzle of the life and legacy of Japan's mythical acting icon, Ken Takak...
A short documentary primarily focused on Nikkatsu's Roman Porno series.

Because his style was similar to that of Yasujiro Ozu, who was already active at Shochiku, he moved ...

The film is a series of vignettes from Taiji Tonoyama's life and film clips, interspersed with a dia...

Legendary anime director Rintaro’s (Metropolis, X/1999, Galaxy Express 999) first new work in over a...
Keichi Tanaamis new animation work Red Shade (2021) is based on paintings that he had produced on th...

Footage of the devastating fire in Thessaloniki that took place in 1917. A Serbian Colonel called Mi...
A look at the history of America's multi-billion dollar missile defence system, from President Eise...

A film about the Tibetan Freedom Concert in San Francisco in 1996.

An American story. Traces the career of Joe Louis (1914-1981) within the context of American racial ...
'Kabbalah Me' is a personal journey into the esoteric spiritual phenomenon known as Kabbalah. Throug...