Spirits' Homecoming, Unfinished Story

7.8

A look at the story behind the box office hit "Spirits' Homecoming", a film about comfort women of the Japanese army. This documentary explores the honor of the victims and the promise for the recovery of their human…

Becoming Who I Was

After a Buddhist boy in the highlands of northern India discovers that he is the reincarnation of a centuries-old Tibetan monk, his aging godfather takes him on a journey to discover his past in a beautiful story of…

Looking For?

10.0

"Looking for?" is one of the most common questions raised by users of gay dating apps. However, it is not an easy question to answer, as people do not really know what they are looking for. In this documentary, 60…

A Woman of the Butcher Shop

Documentary by artist Yamashiro Chikako, who jumps between reality and fiction to trigger multifaceted interpretations from viewers through the use of allegories. Screened in the New Asian Currents section at the Yamagata…

The Night Kindergarten

ABC Childcare Center offers 24-hour childcare in Okubo, neighboring the Kabukicho nightlife district in Shinjuku. The facility has tried out numerous unique experiments including nutrition education through meals prepared…

Sennan Asbestos Disaster

A documentary in which Hara Kazuo, director of The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On, covers the eight-year-long court proceedings of a lawsuit against the national government demanding restitution for wrongful injury…

The Road Home

Oura Miran was a university student when she shot this documentary about her family in the aftermath of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. The Oura family are forced to leave their hometown of Namie because of the…

I Want to Run for Office

Lee is attempting to become Japan's first "Chinese-born politician". In the past, Lee had once held mixed feelings for his parents who received unfair treatment during the Cultural Revolution and the rift dividing…

Path of Destiny

The Sikawasay, from the Amis tribe in Hualien, are known as the people who possess spirits. They are fated to maintain traditional rituals in service of the tribe, their lives a process of interacting with the gods.…

"Children of the Hakkyo School Project”, Work-in-Progress 2017

10.0

Documentary about kids growing up as they attend the Korean school in Edakawa in Tokyo's Koto district. Footage covering first-graders in 2010 through graduation was edited as a work-in-progress and given a special…