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A documentary exploring what it means to be Japanese.
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IMDB 6.6 | Jun , 2014
IMDB 7.5 | Aug , 2007
IMDB 9 | Mar , 2019
IMDB 9 | Aug , 2024
IMDB 6.7 | Jul , 2017
IMDB 6.8 | Apr , 2013
IMDB 6 | Dec , 2013
IMDB 7.9 | Jul , 2009
IMDB 7.1 | Jan , 2006
IMDB 6.5 | Jul , 2021
IMDB 8.2 | Sep , 1992
IMDB 5.6 | Jan , 2016
IMDB 5 | Mar , 1989
IMDB 7.5 | Nov , 2013
IMDB 6.6 | Sep , 2013
IMDB 7 | Jul , 1986
IMDB 5.8 | Nov , 2017
IMDB 6.7 | Sep , 2023
IMDB 7.1 | Jan , 2010
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The 50 Year Argument
White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Takumi: A 60,000 Hour Story on the Survival of Human Craft
BABYMETAL LEGEND - 43 The Movie
Tokyo Idols
Hafu
Grandma's Eternal Forest
The Cove
The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief
The Witches of the Orient
Baraka
Raise Your Arms and Twist - Documentary of NMB48
Angano... Angano... Tales from Madagascar
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
Samurai Headhunters
1/2 Man
Out of State
The Contestant
Peace
Cat Nation
SIMILAR MOVIES
The 50 Year Argument
IMDB 6.6 | Jun , 2014
Follows the waves of literary, political, and cultural history as charted by the The New York Review of Books, America’s leading journal of ideas for over 50 years. Provocative, idiosyncratic and incendiary, the film weaves rarely seen archival material, contributor interviews, excerpts from writings by such icons as James Baldwin, Gore Vidal, and Joan Didion along with original verité footage filmed in the Review’s West Village offices.White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
IMDB 7.5 | Aug , 2007
Steven Okazaki presents a deeply moving look at the painful legacy of the first -- and hopefully last -- uses of nuclear weapons in war. Featuring interviews with fourteen atomic bomb survivors - many who have never spoken publicly before - and four Americans intimately involved in the bombings, White Light/Black Rain provides a detailed exploration of the bombings and their aftermath.Takumi: A 60,000 Hour Story on the Survival of Human Craft
IMDB 9 | Mar , 2019
There is a popular theory that it takes at least 10,000 hours of focused practice for a human to become expert in any field. In Japan, there are craftspeople who go far beyond this to reach a special kind of mastery. These people are called Takumi and they devote 60,000 hours to their craft. That's 8 hours a day, 240 days a year, for over 30 years. It's an almost superhuman level of dedication to a life of repetition and no shortcuts. This film asks the question: Will human craft disappear as artificial intelligence reaches beyond our limits?BABYMETAL LEGEND - 43 The Movie
IMDB 9 | Aug , 2024
In April 2023, SU-METAL (vocal, dance), MOAMETAL (scream, dance), and MOMOMETAL (scream, dance) entered a new stage as the new BABYMETAL, and since then, they have embarked on their largest-ever world tour, "BABYMETAL WORLD TOUR 2023-2024," visiting 25 countries including Japan. The 98 performances, excluding festivals and guest act appearances, recorded a total audience of over 280,000 people.Tokyo Idols
IMDB 6.7 | Jul , 2017
This exploration of Japan's fascination with girl bands and their music follows an aspiring pop singer and her fans, delving into the cultural obsession with young female sexuality and the growing disconnect between men and women in hypermodern societies.Hafu
IMDB 6.8 | Apr , 2013
A journey into the intricacies of mixed-race Japanese and their multicultural experiences in modern day Japan. For some hafus, Japan is the only home they know, for some living in Japan is an entirely new experience, and the others are caught somewhere between two different worlds.Grandma's Eternal Forest
IMDB 6 | Dec , 2013
A 49 minutes documentary on the footsteps of 87 years old "Grandma" Kuniko Shiiba, perpetuating a 4000 years traditional and sustainable form of agriculture. Shohei SHIBATA followed her a whole year through the forest and its medicinal plants, fire spirits and mountains.The Cove
IMDB 7.9 | Jul , 2009
The Cove tells the amazing true story of how an elite team of individuals, films makers and free divers embarked on a covert mission to penetrate the hidden cove in Japan, shining light on a dark and deadly secret. The shocking discoveries were only the tip of the iceberg.The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief
IMDB 7.1 | Jan , 2006
Welcome to The Great Happiness Space: Rakkyo Café. The club's owner, Issei (22), has a staff of twenty boys all under his training to become the top escorts of Osaka's underground love scene. During their training, they learn how to dress, how to talk, how to walk, and most importantly, how to fake relationships with the girls who become their source of income. Join us as Osaka's number one host boy takes us on a journey through the complex and heartrenching world of love for sale in the Japanese underground.The Witches of the Orient
IMDB 6.5 | Jul , 2021
The Japanese volleyball players called the “Oriental Witches” are now in their 70s. From the formation of the team at the factory until their victory at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, memories and legends rise to the surface and blend inextricably.Baraka
IMDB 8.2 | Sep , 1992
A paralysingly beautiful documentary with a global vision—an odyssey through landscape and time—that attempts to capture the essence of life.Raise Your Arms and Twist - Documentary of NMB48
IMDB 5.6 | Jan , 2016
Launched in 2011 as a sister group to girl band behemoth AKB48, the Osaka-based NMB48 has become a musical force itself. With a string of No.1 hit singles and albums, not to mention sell-out performances, NMB48 continues Japan’s pop-music phenomena. Director Funahashi Atsushi, whose documentary work has previously chronicled such harrowing events as the Fukushima nuclear meltdown, pulls back the curtain on the life and struggles of the band members and the workings of the idol-making industry.Angano... Angano... Tales from Madagascar
IMDB 5 | Mar , 1989
Venerable storytellers recount for the camera and their listeners the founding myths of Malagasy culture.The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
IMDB 7.5 | Nov , 2013
Follows the behind-the-scenes work of Studio Ghibli, focusing on the notable figures Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki.Samurai Headhunters
IMDB 6.6 | Sep , 2013
A documentary on the dark and brutal side of the Samurai warrior clans featuring the life of peasant Masa who is pressganged into the ruthless world of the Samurai.1/2 Man
IMDB 7 | Jul , 1986
A visual documentary of Einstürzende Neubauten, the German underground band, by Japanese cult director Sogo Ishii, made during their 1985 tour of Japan. The band makes an elaborate and remarkably choreographed appearance in the ruins of an old ironworks which was scheduled for demolition; footage of same was incorporated into the movie and a brief appearance on stage.Out of State
IMDB 5.8 | Nov , 2017
Out of State is the unlikely story of native Hawaiians men discovering their native culture as prisoners in the desert of Arizona, 3,000 miles, and across the ocean, from their island home.The Contestant
IMDB 6.7 | Sep , 2023
The incredible true story of a man who lived for 15 months trapped inside a small room, naked, starving and alone... and completely unaware that his life was being broadcast on national TV in Japan, to over 15 million viewers a week.Peace
IMDB 7.1 | Jan , 2010
What is peace? What is coexistence? And what are the basis for them? PEACE is a visual-essay-like observational documentary, which contemplates these questions by observing the daily lives of people and cats in Okayama city, Japan, where life and death, acceptance and rejection are intermingled.Cat Nation
IMDB 6.7 | Jul , 2017
A journey into the unique, often bizarre, world of Japanese cat culture. Cat themed cafes, bars, temples, cat islands, cats with human jobs, cat friendly businesses, and the origins of the iconic beckoning cat statue.