Movies

Making of documentary on the Hayao Miyazaki film "Ponyo".

The first specially edited memorial episode featuring Jean’s narration. This is a breath-taking sea adventure action animation. The story...

A partially-animated documentary about the preservation and restoration of the canal system in Yanagawa, Fukuoka

The third and final specially edited memorial episode featuring Jean’s narration. This is a breath-taking sea adventure action animation. The...

Part 2 of Mononoke Hime wa koushite umareta, also known as The Making of "Princess Mononoke", an exhaustive three-part making of documentary of Hayao...

The people that brought the film Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) (a.k.a. "Spirited Away") to the US explain how it was converted into English,...

A short TV advertisement based on a children's book about a fox who gives a boy a seed which grows into a giant house.

Kujiratori tells the story of school children pretending they are building a boat. As imagination replaces reality, they find themselves on the...

Chu Zumo is the story of an old farmer who discovers a group of rats heading to a sumo wrestling bout. After they lose miserably he decides to feed...

A girl goes exploring to find a new house. Along the way, she encounters many of Japan's guardian spirits.

A documentary produced by NHK following the production of "The Boy & The Heron" over 7 years.

The story surrounds a boy and a cow who have always lived their lives together. One winter, a famine strikes their village. The villagers resolve to...

EVANGELION is coming to an end. NHK spent 4 years with exclusive access to director Hideaki Anno, documenting the creative process behind the final...

A promotional film by Studio Ghibli about the work on the film "The Cat Returns" (directed by Hiroyuki Morita)

A legendary entertainer and a pioneer of gay activism, Miwa was born Akihiro Maruyama. As a young singer, Miwa popularized androgyny as a fashion...

A contemporary look at the creation and evolution of Studio Ghibli, from ‘The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun’ (1968) to...

This documentary by Hubert Niogret looks at the revival of Japanese cinema during the 1990s.

Tsuruta Mayu visits the places of “good old Japan” and discovers profound attractions like Totoro and Spirited Away and also shows the...

Studio Ghibli is Japan's most successful animation studio, with helmers Hayao Miyazaki ("Spirited Away," "My Neighbor Totoro") and Isao Takahata...

NHK TV Special