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- The story of the 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, and the series of preceding American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness.
- A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.
- Chronological exploits of Iwao Enokizu, a murderous thief on the run.
- A vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide.
- While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school days.
- Mika is a fresh high school student who starts texting a mysterious boy. She is shocked when he reveals who he is - Hiro, a delinquent attending her school. What she doesn't know is that Hiro isn't as bad as he seems.
- Mio (Honoka Ishibashi) runs a funeral parlor in a small port town. Following the accidental death of her husband in a typhoon, Mio also craves sex only during heavy rain storms. A young man starts working with her and he and Mio carry on a strange relationship, developing into a romance but with tragic undertones.
- The descendant of the servant of a cruel and vicious samurai returns to the town where she was born, only to find that a cat who is possessed by the spirits of those murdered by the samurai is trying to kill her.
- Masaya is going through a period of intensely rebellious behavior. He then learned that his mom has contracted cancer; suddenly, his mother comes to live with him in Tokyo the entire emotional landscape of his life is altered.
- Men and one woman have drifted to an uninhabited island. The only woman will try to survive by taking advantage of her own sexual attractiveness.
- A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a mysterious hitman -- an assassin the hustler has no idea how to contact. Instead, he hires an actor to play the role, though the thespian has no idea what he's getting into.
- The talented Korean tenor, Bae, who penetrate the audience's hears through his delicate and powerful singing, is on the rise to stardom at the European opera scene. Sawada, a Japanese music producer, is searching for a new tenor for an upcoming performance. He watches a performance of Bae and invites him to Japan, which marks the beginning of friendship. But, the thyroid cancer strikes Bae. During an operation, the nerves of his vocal cords has be cut due to the widely spread cancer. Unfortunately, Ba ends up losing his voice at the peak of his career. Sawada cant's stand to watch Bae's miserable so he starts to look for a solution.
- The mentally troubled son of a shogun falls for a girl who's been raised in the mountains.
- On March 19, 1945, the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, one of a group of ships off the coast of Kobe, Japan, was attacked by a Japanese bomber. The plane scored direct hits with two large bombs. This newsreel, shot by US Navy photographers, shows what happened on the Franklin after the attack. The Franklin was heavily laden with bombs, rockets, and fuel-loaded aircraft. For about 24 hours, the ship's armaments exploded. These explosions caused great damage to the ship, and the deaths of over 800 crewmen. Over 250 additional personnel were injured, with over 700 of the crew being awarded the Purple Heart. During the attempt to save the ship, it was under extended attack from Japanese fighter planes, with their American counterparts furiously defending the wounded vessel. There were many acts of heroism performed. Several ships came to the aid of the Franklin, which was now listing sharply to one side, some to fight the fires that all but gutted the ship, others to rescue survivors. Miraculously, the ship stayed afloat and was able to move under her own power to undertake the 14,000-mile journey home. After undergoing a cleanup at Pearl Harbor, she made the voyage through the Panama Canal to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for repairs. Father (Lieutenant Commander) Joseph O'Callahan, the ship's chaplain, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions.
- A comedy about a train-loving young business man ventures from Tokyo to Kyushu to help his company.
- Masao is falsely accused and jailed for the murder of a loanshark to whom he owed a lot of money. His sister Kiriko makes the long trip to Tokyo, specifically to accost Otsuka, Japan's top criminal defence lawyer, and plead with him to take her brother's case. They live in KitaKyushu which, though a city, she contends that the local lawyers are not up to the job. Otsuka contemptuously brushes her off. A year passes. Masao has suicided in jail, his appeal having failed due to the lack of interest and competence of the local defence lawyer. Kiriko returns to Tokyo, planning revenge on Otsuka for refusing the case and causing her brother's death. Meanwhile, through the actions of a crusading young journalist, Otsuka is informed of Masao's death. His curiosity piqued, he requests the file and reviews the evidence. Otsuka also has an adoring mistress who owns a bar. By coincidence (?), the real murderer is an associate of one of her employees. Kiriko, now working as a hostess in a different bar, is asked by a friend to tail her boyfriend, whom she suspects of cheating. The boyfriend is murdered in the bar owner's flat, and Kiriko grabs the chance to set her revenge plan into action. Kiriko rigs the crime scene to falsely incriminate the bar owner, who is subsequently jailed. Otsuka's mistress out of the way, Kiriko sets out to seduce and entrap Otsuka, against the advice of the crusading journalist.
- Continues the history and technique of the samurai.
- See Japan through foreign eyes. Nineteen foreigners tell about their personal experiences and opinions of the country. Both the positive and negative aspects.
- Continues the history and technique of the samurai.
- It is story about a surfer. Human drama in isolated Tanega-Island.
- Continues the history and technique of the samurai.
- Continues the history and technique of the samurai.
- Continues the history and technique of the samurai.
- Continues the history and technique of the samurai.
- Continues the history and technique of the samurai.
- Continues the history and technique of the samurai.
- Continues the history and technique of the samurai.
- Continues the history and technique of the samurai.
- Continues the history and technique of the samurai.
- Continues the history and technique of the samurai.
- Continues the history and technique of the samurai.
- An introduction to the art of the Samurai sword including History, Philosophy and Basic Technique.
- Continues the history and technique of the samurai.
- Continues the history and technique of the samurai.
- This film is a collaboration between Michael Levin and Brad Kremer and their love for photography, film, Japan and adventure. The final result is something that I think is truly original... something that showcases who Michael is, and more importantly, what his work is all about.
- Continues the history and technique of the samurai.
- Continues the history and technique of the samurai.
- Continues the history and technique of the samurai.
- Continues the history and technique of the samurai.
- A newsreel showing footage of the aftermath of a typhoon in Japan and a hurricane in Louisiana; the construction of a replica of the Mayflower in a British ship[yard; army medics jumping out of a plane in a parachute drill; workers on trial in Poland in the aftermath of food riots; a ceremony in Vatican City on the elevation to sainthood of Pope Pius XII; mountain climbing in Japan; exploration of the sunken ocean liner Andrea Doria.
- A lorcha is a 26 meters long ship, designed by the Portuguese in the 16th century, combining the principles of Chinese and European ship building, and it was used to transport people and merchandise between Macao and the other Portuguese out-posts in the East. One such ship was specially built in Macao in 1988, and named "Macau", and traveled from Macao to Tanageshima - 15 days with several intermediate ports, using the same instruments of Old, to commemorate the first day Europeans arrived and make friends with the Japanese people.
- This time Tony Robinson heads to Japan, taking the bullet train to Kyoto and meeting young people there who are rebelling against the traditional corporate lifestyle expectations of Japanese society. Tony then travels through the world's longest - and deepest - undersea rail tunnel, emerging in the thick snow of Hakodate.
- The Team searches Lake Ikeda in Kyushu, Japan for Issie, Japan's version of the Loch Ness Monster. The Team then searches for mischievous elves in Iceland.