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Showing 1 - 10 of 48 titles with a criteria of Subject is Japan


After Silence

Examines the treatment of Japanese-Americans during WW II, and its relevance to post 9/11 America.

Bullfrog Films | 2003 | 30 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

Bluefin

A story about the extraordinary bluefin tuna, and its questionable future.

Bullfrog Films | 2018 | 53 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

The Coming War on China

John Pilger reveals that the United States and China, both nuclear-armed, may well be on the road to war. The film is both a warning and an inspiring story of resistance.

Bullfrog Films | 2017 | 112 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

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

Finding Her Beat

A master of Japanese drumming and a Korean adoptee from Minnesota boldly convene an all-female troupe to perform Taiko, the Japanese drumming art that has been off-limits to women for centuries

GOOD DOCS | 2022 | 88 minutes

Halving the Bones

HALVING THE BONES provides a spirited exploration of the meaning of family, history and memory, cultural identity and what it means to have been named after Babe Ruth!

Women Make Movies | 1995 | 70 minutes

Hiroshima Bound

A personal documentary that tracks the construction of America's collective memory (or lack of one) of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Icarus Films | 2015 | 56 minutes