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Showing 1 - 10 of 56 titles with a criteria of Available to public libraries AND Subject is Japan
Almost There
Three freshly retirees in US, UK and Japan, embark on a journey in search of meaning and happiness.
First Hand Films | 2017 | 80 minutes
The Apology
Former 'Comfort Women' who were forced to serve Japanese troops during World War II tell their harrowing stories.
Icarus Films | 2016 | 104 minutes
Bright Future
Two friends who work together at a Tokyo laundry are increasingly alienated from everyday life. They become fascinated with a deadly jellyfish
KimStim | 2003 | 115 minutes
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
Reiko Endo visits Nagaoka to find out why victims of the tsunami were welcomed so quickly and to see a play by a high-school student.
KimStim | 2012 | 160 minutes
Come Back Anytime
The story of a master who created a community in Tokyo, one bowl of ramen at a time
GOOD DOCS | 2021 | 57 minutes
Contact, Ep. 7 - Yakuza by Bruce Gilden
Members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia, are revealed in a series of irreverent photographs taken by Bruce Gilden.
First Hand Films | 2014 | 26 minutes
Dream Girls
DREAM GIRLS offers a compelling insight into gender and sexual identity and the contradictions experienced by Japanese women today.
Women Make Movies | 1995 | 50 minutes
Eat the Kimono
Hanayagi Genshu, a Japanese feminist and avant-garde dancer and performer, has spent her life defying her conservative culture's contempt for independence and unconventionality.
Women Make Movies | 1989 | 60 minutes
Education and Nationalism
Documents the Japanese government’s re-writing of textbooks and education to support their political point of view.
Icarus Films | 2023 | 108 minutes
