Japan Movies

Travel journalist Rudy Maxa and Washington, D.C. restaurateur Daisuke Utagawa present three distinct regions of Japan, focusing on the nation's food a...

In Japan, more than four million young people survive by taking on precarious jobs. They are called “freeters”. The film gives voice to these “discard...

In 'Sakura Petals: The Samurai' we leave to the South and we stop in Kurashiki, one of the few cities in Japan that was not bombed during the WW2, pre...

Katsuhiro Yamaguchi and Hakudo Kobayashi presented the video performance Eat at Video Hiroba's first exhibition, Video Communication DO IT YOURSELF KI...

Director Miho Niikura examines the modern practice of tee (Okinawan karate),and its attractiveness to Westerners—some of whom travel thousands of mil...

A portrait of Japan's culture and landscape, highlighting the country's contrasts.

The first DVD release of two Okada Yukiko videos, "Okada Yukiko in Switzerland" and "Okada Yukiko Memories of Switzerland", both released in 1985, on...

In Japan, a survivor of the 2011 tsunami turns beach debris into gorgeous jewelry.

Follows the morning shift of Seiichi Tajima, a local bus driver in Beppu, Japan

Artist Chris Berens finds his inspiration in his own magical inner world. The animals and creatures that play a major role in his imagination also pop...

An unusual family portrait questioning the definitions of art, family, and what it means to be disabled. Imamura Hanako is a 22-year-old girl with se...

A short film commemorating the 1927 doll exchange between the US and Japan organized by the Committee on World Friendship Among Children

Short US propaganda cartoon.

This work is a representation of the deterioration of the first love of Nakano Eiji. He uses a psychedelic effect to represent the deterioration.

Documentary about a stay in Japan.

Tracing the Future follows In the Wake exhibition artist Naoya Hatakeyama as he photographs the devastated landscape of his hometown of Rikuzentakada...

Kyushu ist die südlichste Hauptinsel Japans. Auf ihr herrscht ein subtropisches Klima. Im Schatten des Sakurajima, einem der aktivsten Vulkane Japans,...