Shiori Ito’s “Black Box Diaries” and Ema Ryan Yamazaki’s “Instruments of a Beating Heart” both mark firsts in their ...

Lawyers including an attorney who fought alongside the journalist in a civil suit against her attacker have raised legal and ...

What makes Japanese people Japanese?” That’s the question director Ema Ryan Yamazaki set out to explore in her ...

All of this is recounted in a disturbing new documentary, Black Box Diaries, directed by Ito. The film is the first by a ...

The award-winning independent documentary film ... What makes the story so “Japanese”, according to Rionne McAvoy, is how the country’s conformist culture makes many women accept their ...

It was really great to see audiences embracing that challenge and engaging with the artwork and the documentary film in such numbers.' said Mark. So what’s it like to have your mind changed by Japan ...

This series features individuals involved in the makings of broadcast programs in the pioneering days of TV documentaries in Japan. The authors delve into their personalities and productions as ...

A Japanese film crew has visited the island as part of a knitting documentary which includes ... She said: "To be able to be so proud of a culture that you feel like you're from and be able ...

Black Box Diaries” directed by journalist Shiori Ito is up for Oscar consideration in the Documentary Feature Film category ...

Instruments of a Beating Heart” follows a group of first graders in Japan who form an orchestra to play Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” as part of a welcoming ceremony for the incoming class of 6-year-olds.