After the disaster of March 2011, the Japanese authorities decided to build a gigantic 15 meter high, 500 kilometer long, anti-tsunami wall, separating the land and the ocean. But what is the environmental and human impact of this wall? The population is divided on their opinion: should they cut the island off from the sea or stay vulnerable to tsunamis? Is there another way?
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...
Sake is a traditional alcoholic beverage from Japan and is otherwise known as rice wine. Women were ...
In Japan, more than four million young people survive by taking on precarious jobs. They are called ...
February 2010. On a remote island in the Pacific Ocean called Juan Fernández, everyone slept in town...
Japan blossomed into its Renaissance at approximately the same time as Europe. Unlike the West, it f...
Kazuo Hara follows Ayumi Yasutomi, a transgender candidate, who is also a Tokyo University professor...
The culture of Japan is incredible, from bloom festivals to ultra-modern cities. But there are also ...
This is the story of colorful Japanese customs and manners of the past, and their contrast with pres...
In the last fifty years the culture of Zen has spread far beyond Japan. Zen centers and zen retreats...
Documentary about two boys and a girl who travel to surfing spots around the world.
In this tape, Ko Nakajima and Video Earth Tokyo interview a homeless man. The subject is initially a...
A (her)story told through the very people involved in the women’s liberation movement beginning in J...
This is the story of Kaori Kawabuchi, a samurai sword performer, singer and motion capture actor. An...
Back in May 2013, The One Piece Podcast managed to run a successful Kickstarter which funded a trip ...
The Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004 was the most devastating natural disaster in modern times, killing 22...
Matsuko Deluxe explores the seemingly familiar yet overlooked facets of Japanese culture through rea...
A documentary film that includes footage of past Olympics held in different countries with an partic...
In the frigid valleys of Japan's Shiga Highlands, a troop of snow monkeys make their way and raise t...