Leaving Europe to look for Akiko, Jean-Noël discovers her city, the exotic Tokyo. A documentary on everyday life in Tokyo, its KABUKI theater, its nostalgic TAKENOKOZOKU dances, its thousands of suit-and-tie executives, its geishas, its Western style marriages, its tranquil green areas, its pulsating nightlife...

This is the story of Kaori Kawabuchi, a samurai sword performer, singer and motion capture actor. An...

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

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

Made in Japan, Last Room is both fiction and documentary. The occupants of the love-hotels and capsu...

This film is about Japanese women, escape, glamour and dreams. The Takarazuka Revue is an enormously...
Documentary about two boys and a girl who travel to surfing spots around the world.
"Heart of the Country" is the story of Shinichi Yasutomo, the extraordinary principal of a rural ele...

Just after midnight on 10 March 1945, the US launched an air-based attack on eastern Tokyo; continui...
A portrait of the German electronic band "Der Plan". Büld follows the band on their tour through Jap...

Actual footage by the United States Signal Corps of the landing and attack on Arawe Beach, Cape Glou...

Samurai Japan won the 2023 World Baseball Classic for the first time in 14 years, and went all the w...

A journey into the intricacies of mixed-race Japanese and their multicultural experiences in modern ...

A documentary exploring what it means to be Japanese.

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

Documentary about the world of the Japanese geisha. Unattainable by all but the wealthy and powerful...

What is peace? What is coexistence? And what are the basis for them? PEACE is a visual-essay-like ob...

How the Japanese process American pop culture and make it their own -- a mind-bending odyssey throug...

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

A visual documentary of Einstürzende Neubauten, the German underground band, by Japanese cult direct...

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