| May 19 | Agonising family choice in Japanese film at Cannes festival |
 A film about baby-switching by Japan's Kore-eda Hirokazu that ponders nature versus nurture premiered at the Cannes film festival on Saturday, joining an Iranian challenger as contenders for the top prize. (Reuters  ) |
| May 10 | Wild Japan - National Geographic (Nature Documentary) |
 Join our cameras to see Japan's Wild Secrets on Nat Geo WILD as they take an island-hopping excursion to explore this little-known Land of the Rising Sun. (DocumentaryChannel24 ) |
| May 10 | A Life in Japan |
 Ever wondered how a life in Japan might be? 19 foreigners share their personal experiences, likes and dislikes. See the country through the eyes of, mostly western, foreign residents, who have lived in Japan between a few months and several decades. (PetriStorlopare ) |
| May 10 | Real Ninjas - History Documentary |
 Documentary on the history of real life ninjas, and their origins in ancient Japan. (HistoricalDoc ) |
| May 10 | Japan's War in Colour |
 Using rare and, in some cases, never before seen color footage, this documentary examines World War II from the perspective of the Japanese. (ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΕΠΙΚΑΙΡΑ ) |
| May 03 | 'Harry Potter' star to feature in 'Tokyo Vice' yakuza thriller |
 Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe will star in "Tokyo Vice," a thriller featuring a real-life American journalist who explored Japan's underworld, according to a joint statement released by the movie's producers, John Lesher and Adam Kassan. (Japan Times ) |
| Apr 21 | Double joy for Japanese film at Cannes |
 Japan will have two very different representatives in the main competition section with the latest films from Hirokazu Kore-eda and Takashi Miike. (hollywoodreporter.com ) |
| Apr 20 | Enola Gay, The Men, The Mission, The Atomic Bomb |
 Movie Starring Patrick Duffey & Billy Crystal on the dropping of the atomic Bomb on Japan. (holysnappingarsehole ) |
| Apr 18 | Documentary chronicles disappearing world of 'bosozoku' |
 Once a symbol of a burgeoning postwar counterculture, the "bosozoku" are fading. Gone are the days when gangs of bikers would zoom through neighborhoods with daredevil temerity. (Japan Times ) |
| Apr 17 | Film sheds light on plight of left-behind parents |
 Images of left-behind parents, holding up photos of their children, flash across the screen. In the United States, Canada, Europe and even Japan, these parents are waiting to reunite with offspring taken away by their estranged Japanese spouses. (Japan Times ) |
| Apr 16 | 'Iron Man 3' to become first film to play in 4DX format in Japan |
 Iron Man 3 will be shown starting April 26 in 4DX at a theater in Nagoya, central Japan, operated by the Korona World chain, which plans to screen 12 titles a year using the new format. (hollywoodreporter.com ) |
| Apr 11 | Potters of Japan |
 Peeler Ceramic Art Films, Potters of Japan Part One (WagonerPottery ) |
| Apr 09 | HIFI DOT JP : A Japanese Music Industry documentary |
 A documentary about Western music marketing in Japan's Music Industry. Filmed during 2012's Audio Oiso Haçienda Music Festival, Kanagawa Prefecture and in Tokyo, Japan. (Kriss Baird ) |
| Apr 09 | The Secret Lives Of Geisha |
 Maiko (apprentice Geisha) and Geiko (Geisha) strive to carry on a mysterious and beautiful tradition. (LadySythe ) |
| Apr 04 | 101 East Battling the Yakuza |
 The Yakuza in Japan has links that extend as far back as 400 years to Edo era. But their days of protecting the weak against the strong are long gone. (AlJazeeraEnglish ) |
| Mar 26 | Doraemon beats Godzilla to become top movie by audience attendance |
 The Doraemon movie series have drawn more than 100 million spectators to theaters since its 1980 launch to become the biggest hit movie series in audience attendance in Japan, beating Godzilla's record of 99 million, film production and distributing house Toho Co. said Monday. (Kyodo ) |
| Mar 20 | 40 years of 'Battles Without Honor and Humanity' |
 On Thursday, a new five-disc Blu-ray box set by Toei Video will hit stores to commemorate four decades of "Battles Without Honor and Humanity" - the highly influential series, also known as "The Yakuza Papers," that helped expose the gangster genre to audiences worldwide. (Tokyo Reporter ) |
| Mar 17 | Japan says hello Bollywood |
 The war between Bollywood's three Khans now has gone international with the best films of all the three Khans are competing to win hearts of Japanese viewers. (timesnow.tv ) |
| Mar 12 | Frank Hanson: The Battle of Okinawa |
 Frank Hanson recounts his experience as an 18-year-old U.S. Marine in the bloody Battle of Okinawa in WWII. (Kurt Hanson ) |
| Mar 12 | Memoirs of a Secret Empire: The Way of the Samurai |
 Tokugawa Ieyasu unifies Japan and establishes a dynasty that will rule Japan for over 250 years. (PBS ) |
| Mar 09 | 'The Kirishima Thing,' 'The Intouchables' win at Japan Academy Awards |
 High school drama Kirishima, Bukatsu Yamerutteyo (The Kirishima Thing) won best picture and best director for Daihachi Yoshida at the 36th Japan Academy Prize on Friday, with other honors widely shared in a year featuring few critically acclaimed films. (hollywoodreporter.com ) |
| Mar 08 | 'Emperor' stirs deep emotions in Japan and U.S. |
 The film, about the dilemma Gen. Douglas MacArthur faced regarding Emperor Hirohito at the end of World War II, delves into a painful history. (Los Angeles Times ) |
| Mar 05 | U.S. Woman Who Died in Tsunami Remembered in Movie |
 A documentary movie to remember Taylor Anderson, a young American woman who died in the monster tsunami that hit northeastern Japan in March 2011, has been screened in Japan for the first time. (Jiji Press ) |
| Feb 25 | 'The Intermission' pays tribute to closing Ginza theater |
 Following the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, numerous structures in Tokyo and elsewhere were scrutinized regarding seismic safety. One venue deemed unsafe was the venerable Cine Pathos the theater. (Tokyo Reporter) |
| Feb 19 | Film documents the troubled lives of Japan's male porn stars |
 Being a porn star is a dream job for a lot of men. Yet, according to Nikkan Gendai (Feb. 15), Japan has only 70 such positions in its immense adult video (AV) industry. For those left to contemplate what might have been, there is this month’s release of "The Other Side Of The Sex," a documentary in which 20 male actors, including veterans Taka Kato, Tatsuro Hibino, Ryuji Yamamoto, discuss women, sex, and more. (Tokyo Reporter ) |