Added to inquiry!
MOVIE

Born Picses

MOVIE 2020 30 min Episode(s): 1 english Japanese
[Short Movie]

10-year-old Midori lives with her mother while her father lives abroad on business and hardly ever comes home. Midori can sense that her mother feels alone but knows there’s nothing she can do to help. Midori’s feelings mirror her mother’s. She spends time with her friends to fill the void in her heart, but it never truly goes away. Meanwhile, 10-year-old Futa is also without a father. His mother is kind but devoutly religious and frequently at odds with his rebellious older sister. Midori and Futa both fall asleep at night, wishing things were different.



Click here to preview the program!

  •  

    Takaoka Mikuruma-yama Festival -Turning the Wheels of Tradition-
    2018 30 mins

    [Festivals of Japan Season 2] The Takaoka Mikuruma-yama Festival in Toyama Prefecture was registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Asset in December 2016. With the creaking sounds of the turning wheels, the seven lavish floats make their way along the same route they have gone since ancient times, pushed onwards...
    more details
  •  

    The Secrets of the Village with Japan's longest living population Takayama city, Nagano Pref.
    2014 30mins

    Nagano prefecture has the longest living population in Japan. Particularly this little village of Takayama is known as “the anti-aging village”. The village, with merely 8000 residents, is blessed with beautiful nature and climate. Preserving the healthy life and culture, it has been recognised as one of the Biosphere Reserves...
    more details
  •  

    ENGAWA 1 & 2
    2010

    Grand Prize at NAB Awards 2010. Japan has a large population that is aging rapidly. A Japanese woman's average life span is 86 years old, which has been at the top of the world record for 25 years. This documentary shows the life of four sisters whose average age is...
    more details
  •  

    An Eden for Two
    2016

    US International Film & Video Festival 2017 Entertainment Category  Gold Camera Award After World War 2, Japan experienced an economic boom and became a wealthy society. One couple fought against materialism, choosing otherwise to live deep in the mountains without electricity, a telephone, or plumbing. This program shows how these...
    more details