Toypunks is a documentary film series covering the converging world of Japanese toys, fashion and punk rock. Exploring the birth of the designer vinyl explosion from its roots in character culture and punk music, Toypunks takes you in-depth with Japanese fashion icon, Hikaru Iwanaga, creator of the worlds first designer toy. Frank Kozik, Hiddy Kinoshita of Secret Base, Balzac, Three Tides Tattoo and more are interviewed highlighting profound cross-cultural connections between todays top creative talents in toys and fashion.
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Matsuko Deluxe explores the seemingly familiar yet overlooked facets of Japanese culture through rea...
A modern geisha travels through Japan trying to find a job as entertainer, and ends up by finding lo...

This film is about Japanese women, escape, glamour and dreams. The Takarazuka Revue is an enormously...

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This short focuses on the job of the costume designer in the production of motion pictures. The cost...

Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual cu...
A portrait of the German electronic band "Der Plan". Büld follows the band on their tour through Jap...

Join Mike, Tom, and Yuri in the studio as they record their album "Secret Weapon."

A documentary about an Iowa artist who made his career from two antique photo albums that he found i...

Twiggy takes a comprehensive look at the life story of UK model and cultural icon Twiggy, real name ...

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

As the first all-female band to play their instruments, write their songs and have a No. 1 album, Th...

Largely ignored and left to their own devices, a group of unassuming teenagers in late 80s and early...
Documentary about two boys and a girl who travel to surfing spots around the world.

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The death of punk icon and X-Ray Spex front-woman Poly Styrene sends her daughter on a journey throu...

A merger of megastar music. Discover the story of multi-genre performer and fashion promoter, Beyonc...

Minor Threat played one of its last shows at Washington DC's 930 Club in June of 1983; they would on...

Kim Kardashian is the embodiment of our times. She's a total social figure. To analyze her is to tal...