The Past is Always New, the Future is Always Nostalgic: Photographer Daido Moriyama

Through the lives of professionals working at Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, the film portrays how Tsukiji has been the center of fish culinary culture a...

WWII from Space delivers World War II in a way you've never experienced it before. This HISTORY special uses an all-seeing CGI eye that offers a satel...

30 years of the band, 30 years of Japanese rock. The story of passion toward the band and music.

In this poetic portrayal of Luigi Ghirri (1943–1992),a master of contemporary photography, the director gives voice and, in particular the image, to...

Revisit photographs created by Kentucky school children in the 1970s and the place where their photos were made. Photographer and artist Wendy Ewald,...

Antonia Quirke looks at the history of the colour film industry to find out who produced the first moving colour images.

Kunashir, one of the biggest islands of the Kuril Archipelago, is situated 16 kilometers from Japan. It was occupied by the Soviet army in 1945. One y...

On March 11 2011, after a magnitude 9 earthquake, a giant tsunami destroyed most of the north eastern japanese coast, killing almost 20,000 people.

Feature documentary debut of 29 year old director Kei Tanaka. In the Japanese town of Kawasaki, elderly residents who have lived hard lives are now fa...

On April 1, 1945, the United States military launched its invasion of the main island of Okinawa, the start of a battle that was to last 12 weeks and...

A dive, the midday sunlight filtering down through the water. The air in her lungs has to last until she can dislodge the abalone. Dives like these ha...

David Griecos documentary showcases the underappreciated photography of Domenico Notarangelo, and through it, tells the story of Matera, it's people a...

Women getting onto a rickshaw.

By following the lives of five Japanese individuals this documentary explores the problem of depression in Japan and how the marketing of anti-depress...

In Japan, a survivor of the 2011 tsunami turns beach debris into gorgeous jewelry.