大人計画「生きてるし死んでるし」 / 1997

The Forest Is Alive / 1956

Film adaptation of the stage version of Samuil Marshak's "Twelve Months"

Why We Live / 2016

The Film is Alive / 1990

This is a compilation of Tezuka Osamu's classic animated film masterpieces. His uniqueness and love for animated films can be fully appreciated, ranging from his very first work to the work that marked the culmination of his career as an animated film writer, "The Legend of the Forest." This film was produced for the Tezuka Osamu Exhibition (held at the Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art) in the summer of 1990, and was then released in different parts of Japan. Some of Japan's leading cartoonists and animators who had been good friends with Tezuka Osamu wrote each of the 10 letters comprising the title.

The Wages of Resistance: Narita Stories / 2014

The Wages of Resistance is a feature-length documentary film that portrays an "extended span of time" of the protests against building Narita International Airport which have continued from the 1960's to today through documenting monologues of those whose lives were twisted by the movement.

The Living Koheiji / 1957

The actor Koheiji is terribly in love with the wife of his best friend, the playwright Takuro; to get her, he would even kill Takuro.

The Angry Sea / 1960

A semi-documentary story about the vicissitudes in the life of an elderly fisherman.

Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi / 1962

1962 Japanese movie

Victoria / 20167.430 voti

La serie racconta gli anni giovanili della celeberrima Regina Victoria I, Regina del Regno Unito di Gran Bretagna e Irlanda ed Imperatrice delle Indie, il cui regno durò dal 1837 al 1901. Nella serie vedremo rappresentati gli anni della gioventù di Victoria, dall’incoronazione avvenuta a 18 anni fino al corteggiamento e matrimonio col Principe...

Kiki Kirin's Life / 2019

This documentary follows the last days of actress KIKI Kirin, who passed away on September 15, 2018. The documentary is the first long-term, in-depth coverage of Ki-kin, and is a re-edited version of the NHK documentary of the same title that was broadcast on September 26, 2006, adding previously unseen footage. She was loved all over Japan for her blunt remarks, her attentive concern for those around her, and her overflowing sense of humor. Despite her busy schedule, she valued her daily life and had her own unique style, even though she talked about life as it came. This film captures the last days of her life and gives us hints for living from her "life as it comes" and her many inspiring words.

And Life Goes On / 2019

Despite losing her parents at age three in a car accident, Toko experiences an idyllic childhood thanks to her uncle, who raises her. She dreams of being an actress and, having had some local notoriety in her town, she is ready to take a leap of faith and travel to Tokyo to audition. But, as fate would have it, her hopes are dashed as her world and her country are turned upside down when Japan is struck by the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011. This motivates Toko to assist with aid efforts in Kesennuma where she meets volunteer organizer Kiyotaka. While she initially senses something about Kiyotaka is amiss in the midst of their devastated surroundings, feelings of hope grow as do their feelings for one another.

Alive. / 2022

A prequel to "I'm Here." An 18-minute short film about a man with a torch who appears at a modern-day shrine festival and causes a commotion. This work is a new chapter in the Wolf Sozan series. No planned theatrical release date.

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru' / 2002

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Ikiru" (1952).

The Great Hanshin Earthquake / 2005

A documentary following the reconstruction of a district in Nagata Ward, Kobe after the Great Hanshin Earthquake

1000 Pine Groves / 1992

Minamata no ko wa ikiteiru / 1965

Follows the treatment of Minamata disease patients

Wakarete ikiru toki mo / 1961

A Hiromichi Horikawa movie

竪川に生きる / 2022

Atomic Refugee Moms / 2020

Living on Kotobuki Street / 1981

Kotobuki-cho is a section of Yokohama whose residents consist of about 4500 single men, 300 women and 180 children. The day laborers living there have no secure social standing, but they do have one thing: pride in their daily work routine.