Nhk Movies

Documentary celebrating the life and work of Yasujiro Ozu, fifty years after his death.

Perfume's Reframe 2019 concert, performed to great effect in the newly reconstructed LINE Cube Shibuya, is recreated as a high-tech concert film.

It seems highly unlikely that Colonel Sanders ever thought that he would be selling his Kentucky Fried Chicken to the Japanese, but Kentucky Fried...

Exploring an unknown world 10,000 m beneath the waves. After capturing a giant squid on film, NHK's deep-sea film crew explores our planet's deepest...

More and more people in Japan are living in their cars. And many can be found parked in rest areas in roadside facilities. They are driven to this...

An NHK documentary about the talented actresses who have portrayed the beautiful, intelligent and resourceful heroines of the long running series....

here is a small old-fashioned shop called ‘Fuji Family’ at the foot of Mt Fuji that is a convenience store in name only. It is run by...

Documentary profile of legendary dance choreographer Busby Berkeley.

A story of a rat family who have to leave their home because humans start a construction site. Now the rats are searching for a place to stay.

Deliveryman Jong-su is out on a job when he runs into Hae-mi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he'd mind looking after her cat...

Born in the Chinese state of Lu in 551 B.C., Confucius is raised by his mother after his father dies when he is only three. He marries at 19 and...

A fantasy movie directed by Ernst Wolfram Marboe.

A live stage at the NHK Hall where the performance created by Perfume was reconstructed from a new perspective. Directed and choreographed by MIKIKO....

Journalist and activist Masih Alinejad has 4.5 million followers on Instagram after urging Iranian women to rebel against the forced hijab on social...

San and Mayu are two schoolgirls living in Okinawa during the closing months of the Pacific War. Together with their classmates, the two friends are...

MAG・ネット is a television program aired on NHK which delves into the realm of otaku culture on a weekly basis. They cover a...

The history of the Ariane rocket is a space epic that has seen Europeans unite and innovate to make a place for themselves in the space race. Faced...

Few singers have plumbed the depths of the role of Violetta as did she incomparable soprano Renata Scotto. Her interpretation surprises with fresh...

This year saw the end of Sominsai, a unique festival in which loinclothed men plunge into freezing water, are enveloped in smoke, and jostle through...