Being Japanese
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Poem of the Young Hearts (1969)
An independently produced documentary about growing up as a blind youth in 1960's Japan. It focuses on a group of elementary level students being...
Japan, a Tea Master's Quest (2023)
At the foot of Mount Fuji, Mohei Honda, 36, is one of the most innovative tea masters in Japan. Leading a handful of young trailblazers, Mohei...
Rendszerhiba - A magyar film el nem mondott története (2023)
Thirty years, three eras: they have been trying to save the Hungarian film industry again and again over the decades. Among these attempts were...
Raise Your Arms and Twist - Documentary of NMB48 (2016)
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...
Balance of Life (2012)
“Balance of Life” is a film about life’s and human kinds’ fight to find the balance between our own evolving life style and...
Baraka (1992)
A paralysingly beautiful documentary with a global vision—an odyssey through landscape and time—that attempts to capture the essence of...
Takumi: A 60,000 Hour Story on the Survival of Human Craft (2019)
There is a popular theory that it takes at least 10,000 hours of focused practice for a human to become expert in any field. In Japan, there are...
Angano... Angano... Tales from Madagascar (1989)
Venerable storytellers recount for the camera and their listeners the founding myths of Malagasy culture.
Like It Is (1968)
This documentary on the "youth movement" of the late 1960s focuses on the hippie pot smoking/free love culture in the San Francisco Bay area.
Yohji Yamamoto: Dressmaker (2016)
Yohji Yamamoto | Dressmaker is an intimate and delving portrait of one of fashion's most revered stalwarts. For a man who creates clothing as armour,...
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (2013)
Follows the behind-the-scenes work of Studio Ghibli, focusing on the notable figures Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki.