Joe Hisaishi Movies

The giant squid is a creature of legend and myth which, even in the 21st century, has never been seen alive. But now, an international team of...

Led by the conductor Zahia Ziouani and the choreographer Mourad Merzouki, a humanist concert combining classical music, contemporary creation, dance...

This program will give you an up-close look at some of the studio’s most famous films along with the music of STUDIO GHIBLI that continues to...

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...

Kusoh no kikai-tachi no naka no hakai no hatsumei is an animated short wirtten and directed by Hideaki Anno and produced by Studio Ghibli. It's a...

It is the run-up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics but in one small town in southern China ZHANG Dachuan, a veteran of the 1950s Korean war, is either...

Nippon TV's NEWS ZERO program produced an hour long documentary on the making of Ponyo, known in Japan by it's full title "Ponyo on the Cliff." A...

Travel into Japan's nuttiest apartment house and meet its volatile inhabitants: Kyoko, the beautiful and mysterious new apartment manager; Yusaku,...

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

Kuso no Sora Tobu Kikaitachi (Imaginary Flying Machines) is a 2002 Japanese animated short film produced by Studio Ghibli for their near exclusive...

Fukuzawa Yukichi opens a school for samurai, who aim to learn Dutch language, most common for overseas trading. But when he was in Yokohama he...

First major English-language documentary profile of the cult Japanese actor/director, Takeshi Kitano. Featuring interviews with many of his regular...

"Quartet" tells the story of four young musicians as they form a string quartet and pursue fame.

Set in the nineteenth century and features two wooden "giant robots", directed from within by a human crew. In the style of a movie serial of the...

The NHK team that captured the world's first footage of a live giant squid in its natural habitat is setting out for another deep-sea adventure. They...

Based on the children's book by Sunada Hiroshi. Musuke "Shorty" Sato is a shortstop for the local junior baseball team, the Eggs, who is asked by...

Set in a high school in Nishi-Izu slated to close next spring, the story follows members of the school’s broadcasting club as they face their...

In an unspecified time when epidemics run rampant, botanist Yan Guo and his fiance-assistant Baobao move to Moon Island, a nature reserve, to...

2000 live-action Japanese film.

A grieving young mother employed at a video game company is recruited to test and train a new virtual world. She finds a character in this world of...