Movies

This program will give you an up-close look at some of the studio’s most famous films along with the music of STUDIO GHIBLI that continues to...

In an unspecified time when epidemics run rampant, botanist Yan Guo and his fiance-assistant Baobao move to Moon Island, a nature reserve, to...

This coming-of-age story from Japan opens just after 17-year-old Sataka has gotten dumped by her boyfriend. When her mother is hospitalized with a...

Ye Rutang, a single-living woman in her late fifties, struggles to maintain a dignified life amid the dangers of Shanghai.

Studio Ghibli is Japan's most successful animation studio, with helmers Hayao Miyazaki ("Spirited Away," "My Neighbor Totoro") and Isao Takahata...

Eiji Kawano (Kunie Tanaka) has recently broken from the Japanese company he used to work for. As an immigrant to Tasmania, he has been won over by...

A Japanese high school student passionate about photography discovers love while confronting the past choices of her deceased mother.

A grieving young mother employed at a video game company is recruited to test and train a new virtual world. She finds a character in this world of...

"When the King of Monsters discovers that a group of rebel monsters are kidnapping innocent human beings, he sends his son into the human world with...

Life and love stories of stunt men and women.

The story of a man who has an obsession with an automata he has been secretly constructing in an attempt to compensate for the lack of any close...

The giant squid is a creature of legend and myth which, even in the 21st century, has never been seen alive. But now, an international team of...

A chronicle of the life of Yasui Santetsu, a 17th century master of go who turned his attention to astronomy and created a new calendar for Japan....

A young theatre actress fights for her uncertain career while having to confront the personal sacrifices that will arise from it.

First major English-language documentary profile of the cult Japanese actor/director, Takeshi Kitano. Featuring interviews with many of his regular...

Fukuzawa Yukichi opens a school for samurai, who aim to learn Dutch language, most common for overseas trading. But when he was in Yokohama he...

a semi-animated documentary biopic about Shigeo Nagashima

After preventing the rape of a beautiful girl at the beach and falling in love with her, a medical student gets the chance to discover more about her...

Exploring an unknown world 10,000 m beneath the waves. After capturing a giant squid on film, NHK's deep-sea film crew explores our planet's deepest...

A brother and sister leave the big city to live with their veterinarian father when their mother is hospitalized. As they are adjusting to their new...