Movies

A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual...

A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion...

A documentary depicting the the impoverished fishing village in Honshu's northernmost region as they struggle in the face of modernization.

This film takes us into the microscopic world of the plankton that mass in the oceans. Their bodies ultimately turn to marine snow and accumulate...

Depiction of the harsh life in a rural town in Yamagata.

Located on Kanagawa Prefecture’s Miura Peninsula, Kikuna bustles with beachgoers in the summer. In October, the Miura Shirayama Shrine holds...

This film documents a snow festival with a history dating to the 13th century held at Izu Shrine in the Niino community of Anan-cho, a small town...

The Kashima Dance is performed in the area of Kanagawa Prefecture extending from Odawara City along the western shore of Sagami Bay. This film...

First film in the festival trilogy

On the nights of the 14th, 15th, and 16th of August, the obon festival takes over the streets of the Niino community of Nagano Prefecture. At its...

This film documents the Sagicho Fire Festival, which takes place in the eight communities constituting Oiso, a town located in the warm climate...

Documentary by Noda Shinkichi

This film documents painter Mizutani Isao’s creative process as he prepares for his solo exhibition “Between Ten Spiritual Worlds:Flies...

Documentary directed by Noda Shinkichi

For four hundred years, the Honmoku Shrine in Yokohama’s Naka Ward has hosted the Oumanagashi Horse Running Festival to ward off evil. The...

Sarushima Island lies off the coast of Yokosuka Port. In the late Edo Period the island was outfitted with artillery and in the Meiji period a fort...

The film consists of fragmentary images, of water flowing in stone-paved gutters, narrow alleys and the rooftops of buildings, afternoon and night ...

The Yokohama and Kawasaki factory district, industrial heart of Japan. In 1953, a Kanagawa Prefecture May Day (International Workers’ Day)...

This film documents a large-scale event organized by the Utagoe (Singing Voice) working class choral and musical movement that took place over the...