Movies: Japan Document Film
- 1957
The World Is Terrified: The Reality of the “Ash of Death” (1957)
The World Is Terrified: The Reality of the “Ash of Death”01957HD
At a time when the USSR and the USA fervently vied to develop nuclear arms, the mass media buzzed with terms inspired by nuclear testing on Bikini Atoll such as the “Daigo Fukuryu Maru Incident,” the “ash of death,” “radioactive tuna,” and “radioacti...
![The World Is Terrified: The Reality of the “Ash of Death”]()
- 1956
It Is Good to Live (1956)
It Is Good to Live51956HD
A documentary about the survivors of attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki....
![It Is Good to Live]()
- 1955
Wheat Will Never Fall (1955)
Wheat Will Never Fall01955HD
Follow-up to 'The People of Sunagawa'...
![Wheat Will Never Fall]()
- 1960
Men Are All Brothers (1960)
Men Are All Brothers01960HD
Documentary against buraku discrimination...
![Men Are All Brothers]()
- 1956
Record of Bloodshed: Sunagawa (1956)
Record of Bloodshed: Sunagawa01956HD
On October 12, 1956, 53 surveyors and 1,300 armed police rushed the gathered union and Zen Gaku Ren (the All Japan Federation of Self-Governing Students Associations) members who then formed a scrum to protect themselves. 278 people from both sides w...
![Record of Bloodshed: Sunagawa]()
- 1958
Living in a Rough Sea (1958)
Living in a Rough Sea01958HD
The inhabitants of Cape Muroto in Kochi Prefecture depend on fishing for their living, but have no fishing port in their village and so use the port of Uraga in Kanagawa Prefecture as their main port. 22 crew members in a wooden boat of less than 100...
![Living in a Rough Sea]()
- 1955
The People of Sunagawa (1955)
The People of Sunagawa01955HD
The citizens of Sunagawa oppose the expansion of Tachikawa Air Base...
![The People of Sunagawa]()
