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- Criminals plant a bomb on a high-speed train. It will explode when the train slows down, unless a ransom is paid.
- The story of a married silkworm merchant-turned-smuggler in 19th century France traveling to Japan for his town's supply of silkworms after a disease wipes out their African supply. During his stay in Japan, he becomes obsessed with the concubine of a local baron.
- Ichiko lived in a big city, but goes back to her small hometown Komori, located on a mountain in the Tohoku region. She is self-sufficient. Ichiko gains energy living among nature and eating foods she makes from seasonal ingredients.
- A portrait of genius music composer Ryuichi Sakamoto.
- A samurai goes to extraordinary lengths to provide for his family.
- Ichiko lived in a big city, but goes back to her small hometown Komori, located on a mountain in the Tohoku region. She is self-sufficient. Ichiko gains energy living among nature and eating foods she makes from seasonal ingredients.
- Gunshi Kanbei (Strategist Kanbei) is a-year long taiga drama by NHK in 2014. This fictional series consists of 50 episodes and follows the journey of Kuroda Kanbei, a historical figure who lived during Japan's Warring States period as he navigated the murky water of political intrigues and military conquests of Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu - the three unificators of feudal Japan. A brilliant tactician, Kanbei was one of Hideyoshi's trusted strategists who was known for his bravery and handicap.
- The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors.
- A middle-aged divorcee (Toshiyuki Nishida) embarks on a journey across Japan with his dog Happy. Along the way, they have to overcome health issues and financial difficulties.
- A young girl from Tokyo moves to the Tohoku region to become a female diver. A so-called 'Ama' diver.
- A content samurai is given ten years to comprehensively chronicle his clan before he commits harakiri, or ritual disembowelment, for being caught in a tryst with one of the concubines of the lord of the fief. However, not all is as it seems. Nonetheless, fearing dishonoured if the tasked samurai has second thoughts about his sentence chief retainer to the lord assigns a younger samurai to live with and oversee the older swordsman.
- A telephone booth known as the "Phone of the Wind" stands on a hill in northern Japan. It is not connected, but many people come here to "call" their loved ones lost in the 2011 tsunami.
- The True Story of an American Volunteer that lived through and witnessed the 2011 Japanese Fukushima Nuclear disaster cover-up.
- A tale of tragic love between Yoshimori, a station employee at a quiet, rural station, and Kahori, the wife of the heir to a family fortune.
- After the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in 2011, Komori Haruka and Seo Natsumi chose to live and film in Rikuzentakata. This work is a visual record of four people who applied for a workshop Komori and Seo devised, showing them visiting the town and getting to know its people and landscape. The opportunity to hear personal experiences of the disaster decreases with time, but this film provides a bridge to new encounters and communication, in addition to including a story written by Seo entitled "Double Layered Town."
- Movie depicts 10 days after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. At a morgue house in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, the workers treat the dead with dignity as they hand over the bodies to their families. Retired funeral worker, finds himself volunteering at the morgue house.
- Story of the struggling chorus group "Yamada Osamu and the Hello Nights", who gain an unexpected new member in the young Ai, who pursues her dream of becoming a singer.
- The Great Sasuke chronicles a-year-in-the-life of an aging Japanese professional wrestler and politician who once enjoyed a great fame. Reflecting on his 20 turbulent years as a wrestler, Sasuke decides to climb back into both arenas -- wrestling and politics -- for a final battle royale.
- Higashiyama Noriyuki stars as a playboy who is not about to be caught, and relative newcomer, Ryo, is the naive young woman who dreams of eventually ensnaring him even if she must sit back and watch him cavort with a string of other women and act like his mother, too.
- Tomoshibi follows the 2011 Japan tsunami survivors. Walls now stand as reminders, separating humanity from the sea. The film explores adaptation to life with these barriers, reflecting on the relationship between man and nature.
- Story of notebooks left in the Kotsunagi Station waiting room that more than a thousand travelers have written in over the years.
- Kagura refers to the performance of traditional Shinto music and dance. In the northeastern part of Japan, the Kuromori Kagura Troupe has been visiting the villages of Iwate Prefecture for more than 340 years, providing repose for the souls of the deceased and encouragement for the living. This film takes us on a fascinating journey into a country where gods, spirits, and demons still roam.
- Iwasaki Onikenbai is one of traditional Japanese performing arts, designated as the nation's significant intangible folklore cultural assets. It is practiced in a farming village called Iwasaki, in Kitakami city, Iwate prefecture. Iwasaki Onikenbai, with its 1300 year history, is what's called "Nenbutsu Kenbai", which is a sword dance (kenbai), danced as the performers chant the Buddhism prayer (nenbutsu). It is commonly known as "Onikenbai" for the performers heroically dance wearing a monstrous masks of ogre. The most of the performers are farmers, simultaneously working as carpenters or artisans. They regularly practice, teach children between works and perform almost every weekend. In Iwasaki region, Children start to learn Onikenbai at nursery school. Wives of the performers also dance Onikenbai as a team called "Onago (ladies) Kenbai". It seems as though the whole life in this region is led around Onikenbai. The director lived in this region for one year and filmed the life of the local people. How this traditional performing art is deep-rooted in their everyday life and how the community exists throw many questions to those who live in the modern society without communities.
- "After the Wave" looks at special relationship developed between the sister cities of Otsuchi, Japan, and Ft. Bragg, California, in the wake of last year's tsunami. "Alone on the Wall" follows a 26 year-old climber as he scales a 1,600 foot rock wall using only his hands and feet. "Andy Rooney" interviews the famous commentator on the eve of his last appearance on the show.
- After simmering in one of the Tohoku region's famous hot springs, Adam Liaw attempts a world gluttony record: devouring 500 bowls of Soba noodles.