Shoka Kanazawa Shoko Tomoniikiru

The Last Breath of Sam Yan

In June 2020, there was an order from Property Management of Chulalongkorn University (PMCU) to relocate the Mazu Shrine (Saphan Lueang, Bangkok) to build tall buildings instead, including suing the administrator of…

Loneliness Society: Behind the Scenes

Be Myself

What does it take to "be yourself"? In order to change their identity card from female to male, director Chang Yi Ching took their camera and recorded for a long time the obstacles of the protagonist and colleague…

The Internship: Behind the Scenes

Behind-the-scenes of the making of the short film "The Internship." (Source: MyDramaList)

Zessho Rokyoku Story

Asakusa’s Mokubatei is the only theater in the Kanto region that regularly bills Rokyoku—a form of narrative singing accompanied by shamisen. Backstage, a variety of lives intersect, and the art is passed down…

The City of Outlanders

Gunsan is a small fishing village where 500 Koreans and 77 Japanese lived. It will be the first planned city in Korea to gather strangers made for rice exploitation during Japanese colonial era. As Gunsan preserves…

Document Sunny Day Service

Maruki Iri Maruki Toshi: Okinawa-sen no Zu Zen 14 Bu

A documentary introducing all 14 parts of the large-scale work "Illustrations of the Battle of Okinawa'' created in the 1980s by painters Iri and Toshi Maruki. Throughout their lives, they paint pictures of war, including…

The Next: Behind the Scenes