European Association for Japanese Studies
ヨーロッパ日本研究協会

おみおくり〜Sending Off〜

Sending Off” follows the patients of Dr. Konta Kaoru and her team of nurses as they receive end-of-life medical care in their homes. Filmed over one year in rural Japan, the changing seasons provide a backdrop to the deepening relationships the patients form with their families as they reach the end of their lives.

Ōkunoshima

Ōkunoshima was the biggest poison gas factory in Asia, but today, it’s just known as the ‘bunny island’. Its chemical weapons are still around – and still dangerous.

joso

Joso is a film exploring the multiple layers of involvement in new wave cross-dressing (josō) subculture and media in the 2010s.

Human Error

The Japanese government claims that “everything is under control” in Fukushima. But is it?

沖波 (Okinami)

Every year, people from all over Japan gather in Okinami, a quiet seaside settlement with an aging and declining population, to help perform a ritual for the local deity by carrying lantern floats into the sea.

Ainu. Pathways to Memory

Film about Ainu culture and history and the contradictions regarding the preservation of its culture and identity today

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