Kazuo Hara follows Ayumi Yasutomi, a transgender candidate, who is also a Tokyo University professor...
A Zen priest in San Francisco and cookbook author use Zen Buddhism and cooking to relate to everyday...
Sake is a traditional alcoholic beverage from Japan and is otherwise known as rice wine. Women were ...
Intimately following 1st and 6th graders at a public elementary school in Tokyo, we observe kids lea...
Using never-before-seen archival footage, personal photos, first-person narratives, and cutting-edge...
The cooking show is as old as television itself. But why do we like watching the making of a meal th...
Documentary about the world of the Japanese geisha. Unattainable by all but the wealthy and powerful...
A modern geisha travels through Japan trying to find a job as entertainer, and ends up by finding lo...
What is peace? What is coexistence? And what are the basis for them? PEACE is a visual-essay-like ob...
A look at the life of chef, restaurateur and cookbook author Lidia Bastianich both on and off the sc...
This is the story of Kaori Kawabuchi, a samurai sword performer, singer and motion capture actor. An...
Steven Okazaki presents a deeply moving look at the painful legacy of the first -- and hopefully las...
An intimate, behind-the-scenes look at how an anonymous chef became a world-renowned cultural icon. ...
Food in the 21st century has become much more than “meat and potatoes” and canned soup casseroles.” ...
This is the story of colorful Japanese customs and manners of the past, and their contrast with pres...
Women have always sought ways to terminate unwanted pregnancies, despite powerful patriarchal struct...
A young and ambitious team of chefs face the life-changing challenges of competing in the world's mo...
With his industry on lockdown and no end in sight, Toronto chef Luke Donato tries to keep his culina...