Beauty Within

69 years have passed since the atom bomb was dropped on Nagasaki and the consequences are still being felt. This documentary unites victims of the bomb and they range from Japanese women to Dutch and Koreans who were…

SAYAMA Mienai Tejo o Hazusu Made

The Sayama Incident and the fallout from the botched police investigation is the subject of this film. After the brutal murder of a girl, Kazuo Ishikawa was framed for the crime by police who was targeted because he…

Mother of the Bride

Fashion and weddings. Some may see romance, some see big business. Yumi Katsura is a titan in the Japanese bridal industry (is that even a phrase?) due to her fashion label which she established in the 1960s. She narrates…

A Voyage of Bun-you: Vietnam and Okinawa

Ishikawa Bunyo is a famous reporter who was stationed in Saigon during the Vietnam war and stayed there in the aftermath, photographing battles and the transition to modern Vietnam. He has also documented the presence…

Mystic Flower Life Yukio Nakagawa

Documentary about avant-garde floral artist Nakagawa Yukio, known for his unorthodox style of using bunches of rotting tulips and entire heads of napa cabbage. Illuminates the secrets of his creativity through his…

Let's Dance

In 2009, a group of Korean obstetricians blew the whistle on their fellow doctors and hospitals that performed surgical abortions, leading to an uproar in the society. This gave various organizations such as religious…

Winter Garden

A postcard being sent to you who is living in her first country My friend Cecile whom 'I (the director)' met in a small city in France is someone who was adopted there and is now an artist. I heard that she was visiting…

360 behind the Dream

Children of the Revolution

Koudou no Kioku Tankou Eshi Yamamoto Sakube

Sakube Yamamoto was a coal miner and artist who captured the details of mining to leave memories to the descendants of the miners of Fukuoka prefecture so they can understand what life was like. There are interviews…