Movies: Nhk World

  • 2016
    Masaaki Hatsumi: Living Ninja Legend

    Masaaki Hatsumi: Living Ninja Legend (2016)

    Masaaki Hatsumi: Living Ninja Legend

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    Ninjas are enduring, iconic figures of Japan. They were active about 500 years ago during the country's Warring States period. And these days, they're thought to be long gone. But centuries later, one ninja is still with us. 84-year-old Masaaki Hatsu...

    Masaaki Hatsumi: Living Ninja Legend
  • 2016
    The Phone of the Wind: Whispers to Lost Families

    The Phone of the Wind: Whispers to Lost Families (2016)

    The Phone of the Wind: Whispers to Lost Families

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    On a hill overlooking the ocean in northern Japan is a telephone booth known as the "Phone of the Wind." It is connected to nowhere, but many people come to here to "call" their loved ones lost in the 2011 tsunami. The phone booth is in a private gar...

    The Phone of the Wind: Whispers to Lost Families
  • 2024
    The Mysteries of Ozu: A Master Filmmaker's Enduring Legacy

    The Mysteries of Ozu: A Master Filmmaker's Enduring Legacy (2024)

    The Mysteries of Ozu: A Master Filmmaker's Enduring Legacy

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    Join experts such as Wim Wenders to explore the masterful film-making of renowned Tokyo Story director Ozu Yasujiro, the 120th anniversary of whose birth fell in December 2023....

    The Mysteries of Ozu: A Master Filmmaker's Enduring Legacy
  • 2016
    My Small Steps from Hiroshima

    My Small Steps from Hiroshima (2016)

    My Small Steps from Hiroshima

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    Kaoru Ogura dedicated his life to telling the world about the Japanese city where the first atomic bomb was dropped. He brought public figures from other countries together with survivors in postwar Hiroshima, even though he himself was born and rais...

    My Small Steps from Hiroshima
  • 2017
    A Tale of Love and Honor: Life in Gion

    A Tale of Love and Honor: Life in Gion (2017)

    A Tale of Love and Honor: Life in Gion

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    Within Japan, there's a place that's like another world: Gion, in Kyoto. When night falls in this historic district, nearly 100 geiko, or traditional entertainers, make their way to teahouses to perform classical arts, such as music and dance, for ca...

    A Tale of Love and Honor: Life in Gion