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Famed filmmaker tracks down former Japanese soldiers in Malaysia.

A detective is led by an accidental postcard to investigate an incident at USFK base Camp Long. Camp Long is in ruins with no one coming for twenty years. In the process of gathering, defragmenting, and arranging neglected information, the detective discovers that a strange geographic data value called Camp Long ATM occupies all space and time. However, there are no traces of any ATMs or banks at the scene, and only bright red bloodstains are disguised as evidence. The film is a mystery report of a detective trying to understand the legacy of time.

Actress Kei Mizutani takes you on a visit to Tateyama Onsen. With fresh cuisine and hot springs offering stunning views, the two of you are in for a wonderful time. From traditional Japanese-style restaurants and foot baths to roadside stations and zoos, there’s plenty to enjoy beyond the hot springs themselves. On this trip, actress Kei Mizutani has you all to herself. The destination is Tateyama Shiomi Onsen, a wonderful spot with a romantic, hideaway-like atmosphere. The two of you will explore stylish cafés and sushi restaurants, as well as Shiroyama Park and Tateyama Castle.

Documentary of the final episode of Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger.

A documentary showcasing a series of tributes to deceased D-beat legend, Kawakami.

This documentary started as part of a photography project about the indigenous Ainu population in northern Japan, portraying people from tightly knit communities. They feel deeply connected by their culture and tradition. With gorgeous pictures, the directors explore how different generations of Ainu reflect on their identity after centuries of oppression.

Second in the River series. Piano tuner Eiko visits a town on the banks of the Guadalquivir River in Andalusia, Spain. In the dazzling light, she interacts with the people of Andalusia—a master guitar maker, a cave excavator, and a flamenco prodigy—and spends a summer surrounded by the sounds they create.

The celebrated French choreographer Roland Petit had always had his eye on a film presentation of his ballet "Chaplin Dances", which premiered in 1991 and has been touring the world since, and he assigned this project to his trusted friend, Masayuki Suo, pioneer of the current revival of Japanese cinema. Drawing upon a wealth of worldwide ballet talent, Petit's ballet and Chaplin's films, Suo reinvented the work and has given it a new lease of life. The resulting piece is not simply a filmed record of the ballet but a union of the two media that reflects the meeting of the great talents of Chaplin, Petit and Suo

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Red Beard" (1965).

Many people have forgotten what happened in Fukushima.

This remarkable compilation follows an exchange of video letters that took place between Shuji Terayama and Shuntaro Tanikawa in the months immediately preceding Terayama's death. It can be thought of as a home video produced by two preeminent poets and inter-laid with highly abstract philosophizing, slightly aberrant behavior and occasionally flamboyant visuals.

Made as a pilot film of Chiyo, At Altitude is a self-reflexive film of a filmmaker’s brief visit to her grandmother in the Japanese suburbs. Not having seen her grandmother for a while, as the filmmaker has been living abroad for the past 5 years, she uses a 16mm film camera as a mediation tool to reconnect with her grandmother. Interweaving the juxtaposition of inside and outside spaces, the film offers an intimate look at family life and ageing.

Hatsune Miku is the cute personification of a synthesizer software, all her content is fan-created. This project explores the merger of fantasy into reality through Miku cosplay performed by the artist, along sampled fan-made music and animation.

Captures the optimistic attitude and entrepreneurial spirit characteristic of the Vietnamese people, who remain positive despite ever-present reminders of the horrors of the Vietnam War.

Band-Maid's live set on the Pacific Stage at the Summer Sonic Tokyo festival, Saturday 16 August 2025. Set list: 1) From Now On 2) Zen 3) Domination 4) Ready to Rock 5) Hate? (with Kanami & Misa battle) 6) What is Justice? 7) Saiki MC 8) No God 9) Tamaya! (with Kanami & Misa battle and Akane solo) 10) Choose Me (with extended intro) 11) Protect You 12) Screaming.

The 4th installment of the Japanese version of the Up Documentary Series.

A Visit to Ogawa Productions offers a rare insight into the social and cinematic philosophy of one of Japan's best-known documentary film collectives. As the film reveals, Ogawa Productions' in-depth portraits of Japanese society - whether of protest movements or traditional agricultural life - grew out of an unusual commitment to integrate themselves with the communities they filmed, to the extent that their film-making literally became an alternative lifestyle.

Amidst the profound social change and political turmoil of post-war Japan, a bold generation of avant-garde artists and photographers emerged in the 1960s, forever transforming the global art landscape.

Cruel Famine Continent documents the Great Sahelian drought in West Africa and its effect on the people. The production was an attempt to pivot Toei's output from yakuza films and Toei Porn towards "global issues" and "whatever makes money", as stated by then-Toei president Shigeru Okada. Theatrical proceeds were to be shared as relief funds through the Japanese Red Cross, though the box office returns are unknown. Footage shot for the documentary by Yoshimitsu Banno would later be reused in the 1974 Toho production Prophecies of Nostradamus.

Cute Saaya Irie shows off stunning body great ass and pussy in Saaya Age 20 Natural Color

Kyogen performers Mansaku Nomura, Mansai and Yuki, three generations of father and son! Kyogen is a human comedy! What is the goal of the father and son Kyogen performers who live in the traditional arts?

Samurai Japan won the 2023 World Baseball Classic for the first time in 14 years, and went all the way to the final undefeated. In addition to the never-before-seen footage of the team, the film also includes interviews with Manager Hideki Kuriyama, players, coaches, and team staff. What is the truth behind the glory and the suffering of the people involved?

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "No Regrets for Our Youth" (1946).

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Stray Dog" (1949).

A sensation to indies rock scene since 2000s and actively present today among fans even during their breaks. The first full-length documentary in the band’s history starts from the production base in LA for the first album in 16 years, and navigates the stories from how they started, took break after breaking through, and reunited with nationwide fans awaited.

Dancer Murata Kaori choreographs the dolphin show at Enoshima Aquarium and teaches the caretakers at Sumida Aquarium about improvisational dance communication, and she also takes care of her bedridden mother.

"Orgy Party" A secret apartment in Kansai. Everyone is naked, and while some drink alcohol calmly, five women and seven men intertwine silently or loudly. "Sexual Perverts" A perverted man is chained and whipped. A man and woman, dressed as dogs, drink a woman's urine and indulge in abnormal sex. "Vagabond Gathering" A group of vagabonds suddenly gather at Hanazono Shrine while under police surveillance. The group of vagabonds dance, sing, and light fires in a frenzy. "Bizarre Ritual" Men try to express the pain of childbirth by getting on a gynecological examination table, spreading their legs, screaming, and writhing in agony. "Kansai Striptease" Miyako Masumi, a popular figure in the Kansai nude scene, works as a nude model for magazines and chats with other strippers backstage. "Summer Night Park" Summer night parks are a paradise for couples. As the excitement builds with kissing and petting, they tumble onto the grass. They are oblivious to the sounds and sights around them.

Ten years ago, the Kogures moved from Tokyo to a satoyama area (an area where traditional sustainable agriculture has been long practiced) in a snowy mountain village in Echigo-Tsumari where they repaired an old thatched farmhouse and began growing organic, pesticide-free rice. Their life may appear unrestrained and free of worldly cares but they cannot make it alone. All the work is done together with their cheerful neighbors. Then, in the spring of 2011, an earthquake strikes on the border of Nagano and Niigata prefectures. The Kogures’ house is destroyed, but they decide to rebuild. An adventure told in a fantastical tone that expresses the joy of living with a sometimes harsh natural world.

In the 60's and into the 70's, Kazuo Ohno himself produced three 16mm films. His many performances at the "Teatro Fonte" in Yokohama have been preserved with high quality Beta cameras. In addition, the television station NHK has made recordings of many of his theater performances since the premiere of "The Dead Sea" in 1985. Together, the Kazuo Ohno Dance Studio and NHK own over one hundred hours of footage. This is complemented by a 1994 film by Daniel Schmid and new 16mm footage of Kazuo Ohno filmed especially for this project in October of 2000. From these resources, this 111 minute Video/DVD was assembled. "Beauty and Strength" includes dance performances, film excerpts and interviews, examples of Ohno's drawings and writings, as well as biographical information, creating a comprehensive look into the world of Kazuo Ohno's dance.

On Yonaguni Island, the westernmost island of Japan, there is a language in danger of disappearing. How far can we take the language, culture and history that are being quietly forgotten at the edge of Japan? A semi-documentary fantasy full of life force.

Noriaki has been a ski jumper as long as he can remember and has no plans of retiring. In the world's biggest ski jumping hill, all his skills and experience will be tested.

Touring Issey Miyake's design studio and factory as well as spotlighting his garments on the runway, this program presents a total look at one of the world's leading fashion designers. Half innovation, half invention, Issey's use of pleats and twists has opened up a whole new world of possibilities in fabric by exploiting texture and wrinkles. The process of folding and twisting the fabrics by hand, then baking them, is captured on film. Miyake talks about his background, training, and some of his favorite projects, such as designing costumes for William Forsythe's Frankfurt Ballet and outfits for Lithuania's 1992 Olympic team.

Sexual abuse has been characterized as a “murder of the spirit.” But is this a suffering that one person must bear alone? Beyond despair, there is hope, a faint ray of light from the spirit. A friend of the filmmaker suffers from PTSD, having flashbacks of sexual abuse. Having witnessed this, the filmmaker meets a photographer who is also a survivor and decides to make a film. The long production process lasted eight years. What is the nature of the despair, and the hope, that reside deep within these people suffering from PTSD conditions including regret, murderous impulses, depression, insomnia, detachment, and suicidal thoughts? The director appears on screen, questioning the very meaning of making this film. He tries to see light in how they live, looking upward from the depths of suffering.

A little Japanese girl of six is transferred to a school in Sardinia where she slowly finds friends and a place before going off again.

Propaganda anime produced by the notorius Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo.

In the Japanese town of Ushimado, the shortage of labor is a serious problem due to its population’s rapid decline. Traditionally, oyster shucking has been a job for local men and women, but for a few years now, some of the factories have had to use foreigners in order to keep functioning. Hirano oyster factory has never employed any outsiders but finally decides to bring in two workers from China. Will all the employees get along?

The documentary Carving the Divine offers a rare and intimate look into the life and artistic process of modern-day Busshi – practitioners of a 1400 year lineage of woodcarving that’s at the heart of Japanese, Mahayana Buddhism.

In this tender and inspired short, the director sets delicate sand imagery to a conversation with her grandmother who experienced WWII in Kobe. -JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film

Meet four Taiwanese women, the actual "leftover ladies" fighting to stay breathing in a somewhat stifling society. Since 2012, their friend in common, Chou Tung-yen, has been "stalking" them, capturing on film moments of these women's daily lives.

In 1994, Alexander Sokurov accompanied Russian troops assigned to a frontier military post at the Tajikistan/Afghanistan border to film their experiences. While unnamed tribal forces occasionally engaged the troops in skirmishes, Sokurov’s haunting documentary chronicles the downtime between activity.

Documentary focuses on Sona, the daughter of the director’s brother who moved to North Korea from Japan in the early 1970s. Through Sona, the film shows the generation that migrated from Japan to North Korea and their offspring who were born and raised in North Korea.

Documentary on Sion Sono's Tokyo Tribe.

The same submarine which successfully captured the world's first moving images of a giant squid in its natural habitat is used for exploring the deep sea cliffs off the coast of New Guinea. The team encounters true living fossil species one after another. Join this exciting deep sea adventure!

The global hit manga series Detective Conan, also known as Case Closed, has reached thirty years in 2024. NHK is allowed rare access into the world of its creator Aoyama Gosho. The program reveals the never-before-told account of how Conan came to be, how Aoyama wore himself dangerously close to the edge, and the story he really wanted to tell.

Didgeridoo performer GOMA developed higher brain dysfunction as the result of an expressway accident. While looking back on his rehabilitation and recovery with his family's help, animation recreates his “flashbacks” - incongruous images that suddenly appear in his brain. This completely new style of 3D movie that blends past footage, flashbacks, and studio performances is also emphatically a story of familial love.

Yuu Shinohara, Toruka Moriya, Miyu Tomita, Kaori Maeda, on location in Hakodate, Hokkaido! Internet radio station Onsen's popular original program "Yu and Kyoka's 'Atsumare! Sasamori! and "Mimyu Tomita and Kaori Maeda are waiting for your request for investigation! The collaboration location projects will be released on Blu-ray. The first project investigates legendary creatures in Hakodate, Hokkaido! What kind of creatures did they find? In addition, there are many enjoyable elements such as secret guests and narration by the popular hamster "Chuchumaru"!

The three-year history of past violence that changed the fate of thousands of Indonesian women forever through the ianfu system seems to have never been fully resolved. Instead, the gap in knowledge of history to the current generation seems to be widening.

In Relation, the focus of the viewer’s attention is guided by pointers moving through the screen.

"Live Tour V6 groove" is the culmination of V6's 26-year-long career. The footage is from their concert at Saitama Super Arena. The v6 members pulled out all the stops to make this a great performance, down to the last details. Don't miss witnessing the strong bond that the six members of V6 have built together over 26 years.

Recording a 24-hour period throughout every country in the world, we explore a greater diversity of perspectives than ever seen before on screen. We follow characters and events that evolve throughout the day, interspersed with expansive global montages that explore the progression of life from birth, to death, to birth again. In the end, despite unprecedented challenges and tragedies throughout the world, we are reminded that every day we are alive there is hope and a choice to see a better future together. Founded in 2008, it set out to explore our planet's identity and challenges in an attempt to answer the question: Who are we?

☆ Hugely Popular! Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro Assault! Highly Anticipated New Release in Two Parts! Assault on the Most Terrifying Haunted Spots in the Kanto Region! The latest installment in the popular series "Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro Assault"! A complete tie-up with Movie Treasure, invading haunted spots in the Kanto region! Last year’s broadcast of the "Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro Assault Special" recorded 160,000 visitors on Niconico Video, and this year, it’s another complete tie-up!