Jiyu Kobo

Set in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo, the tragic theme of the film is the destruction of millions of lives in the 13 years before Manchukuo...

Release : 2009.06.13
Popularity : 1.761

Iwate Prefecture, Ohasamacho. In the foothills of Mt. Hayachine, the kagura (devotional dance) offered to the mountain goddess by the mountain...

Release : 1982.05.29
Popularity : 0.606

Sumiko Haneda returns to film what will be the final bits of Akiko Kanda's life, documenting Kanda's will to dance as she struggles with terminal...

Release : 2012.01.01
Popularity : 0.421

The poignant focal point for this film is a cherry tree that is over 1400 years old. Beginning with the tree, the director then explores the families...

Release : 1977.03.11
Popularity : 0.406

This extraordinary film presents Japanese classical scroll painting as never before. The Yamanaka Tokiwa comprises twelve scrolls painted by Matabei...

Release : 2004.10.24
Popularity : 0.402

The care facilities for the elderly in a small town in Gifu prefecture, and the comparison with the welfare in Denmark, Sweden and Australia.

Release : 1990.10.13
Popularity : 0.298

Haneda Sumiko, documentary filmmaker who was born in Dalian, Manchuria in 1926 and was there to experience the conclusion of the Pacific War....

Release : 2011.06.11
Popularity : 0.249

Documentary film from Japan.

Release : 1992.04.18
Popularity : 0.132

Documentary on end-of-life care in Japan

Release : 2007.06.02
Popularity : 0.122

Toru Iwakawa is elected mayor of Takanosu on the platform of improving welfare. With the support of a group formed by residents, he aims to develop a...

Release : 1997.09.03
Popularity : 0.001

Documentary on pioneer Japanese feminist Hiratsuka Raicho

Release : 2002.03.23
Popularity : 0.001

Mayor Iwakawa was voted into office in 1991, promising better welfare for senior citizens. As a result of his efforts to create a town with resident...

Release : 2006.03.18
Popularity : 0.001

In 1982, the socialist researcher Ishidō Kiyotomo organized a round table with women activists who had participated in the rise of the labor...

Release : 1996.01.01
Popularity : 0.001