Launched in 2011 as a sister group to girl band behemoth AKB48, the Osaka-based NMB48 has become a musical force itself. With a string of No.1 hit singles and albums, not to mention sell-out performances, NMB48 continues Japan’s pop-music phenomena. Director Funahashi Atsushi, whose documentary work has previously chronicled such harrowing events as the Fukushima nuclear meltdown, pulls back the curtain on the life and struggles of the band members and the workings of the idol-making industry.

Ricky Gervais meets one of his comedy heroes, Larry David, much-lauded writer and co-creator of the ...

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Revealing the flaws of Japanese society, the 1995 sarin gas attack in the Tokyo subway prompted Mura...

This one-off TV special follows the exploits of camp comic Graham Norton on a visit to Tokyo. Stayin...

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A son films his elderly mother as she cares for his ailing father on his deathbed.

Other - An in-depth look at the world of Japanese street racing.

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A Day in TOKYO in 1968, Nostalgic bygone era. Planned by Japan National Tourism Organization. Produc...

This documentary film follows for 22 years a nine-member family involved in the manufacturing of Udo...

90-year-old architect Shuichi Tsubata and his 87-year-old wife Hideko live in Aichi Prefecture. Thei...

In the frigid valleys of Japan's Shiga Highlands, a troop of snow monkeys make their way and raise t...

What threads of history bind Manhattan's Ground Zero to those of Nagasaki and Hiroshima? Or connect ...

A recording of Asia's highly publicized concert at the Budokan in Japan. Songs performed include "Ti...
In 1908, the French banker and philanthropist Albert Kahn launched one of the most ambitious project...

The Cove tells the amazing true story of how an elite team of individuals, films makers and free div...

A journey into the unique, often bizarre, world of Japanese cat culture. Cat themed cafes, bars, tem...

ONE OK ROCK with Orchestra Japan Tour 2018 features the final performance of the special concert hel...

A group of friends come up with the brilliant idea of testing the non-existent drink known as "Tea C...