Hokushin Japan

A movie about Hokushin Japan

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The person Yuichi Kawatani, the president of the Kyowakai, was secretly meeting with was Mayumi Omiya. She is the daughter of Kazunari Omiya, head of the Mikami Group. Mayumi is being chased by the Chinese mafia who are

Homeless in Japan

From camping out in the Park, to capsule hotels and cyber cafes, we dive into the weird and wonderful world of the homeless in Japan. Their cardboard houses may be painted in technicolor, but the shame of the former day

Super Junior - Live in Japan

MacArthur's Japan

Vol. 15, Number 11 edition of the March of Time newreel, covering the Administration of occupied Japan by General Douglas MacArthur

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The Tohoku conflict erupts over a succession dispute within Aomori’s major Shinno organization, the Shobugawa-ikka. Kyowakai direct affiliate Himuro (Yasukaze Motomiya) heads to Akita to quell the escalating violence, b

Papermaking in Japan

In this short film Bernard Leach follows the papermaking processes at the workshop of renowned papermaker Abe Eishiro, one of the early members of the Mingei movement. The entire process of making Japanese washi in Yakum

Japan Beauty Story

Tokyo Trial: Judging Japan

The story of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, known as the Tokyo Trial, which, just after the Second World War, was established in Japan as a special jurisdiction in 1946 (it was closed in 1948) to j

Arrupe in Japan

The story is about Father Arrupe, a Jesuit priest who is unexpectedly sent to Japan as a missionary, right at the brink of World War II. However, as he ventures to the land of the rising sun to study the “people’s la

Defeat of Militaristic Japan

Refugees In Japan

Out of thousands of people who sought asylum in Japan, 28 people were granted refugee status in 2016. A further 97 people, though not recognized as refugees, were approved to stay in Japan on humanitarian grounds. More e

Old Japan Now

Old Japan Now (2003) explores temple spaces, traditional Noh drama and modern Butoh dance to discover where ritual began and how it persists in modern practices. With footage from several important temples in Kyoto and T

Irresponsible Age of Japan

An irresponsible salaryman works his way to the top of the corporate ladder.

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As war looms between the Kanto gambling syndicate Marugami-kai and the Tohoku tekiya group Kyokuzankai, Himuro Renji (Yasukaze Motomiya), wakagashira of Kyowakai, survives an assassination attempt, leaving tensions high.

Japan, the Red Years

After 30 years spent in Palestinians camps in Lebanon, Fusako Shigenobu the leader of The Japanese Red Army (Nihon Sekigun) was arrested by the Japanese police on November 8 2000 after returning to Japan secretly. The d

Evil Spirits of Japan

Murase is a bodyguard of yakuza group. Ochiai is a police officer who once was a student activist. When they meet, they are surprised how identical they look.

Thunder Go Mad in Japan

It follows the band around as they leave the UK and zoom off to Tokyo. It charts almost everything they did while they were there (for reasons of good taste we left out the vomiting)

Made in Japan

Innovators of Japan Anime

Rare access to animation filmmaker Oshiyama Kiyotaka (Look Back) allows cameras to follow as he dives into creating his latest film. Having honed his skills under legendary titans Miyazaki Hayao and Anno Hideaki, Oshiyam