Kanto is a 14-year-old boy and a descendant of Japan’s indigenous Ainu people. He lives with his mother, Emi, who runs a souvenir store i...

Amanai Shigeki paves his own way to practice Ainu Puri (the Ainu way) and cherish his roots in Shiranuka, Hokkaido. He passes down the...

Duc Nguyen was born conjoined to his twin brother Viet in 1981 as a result of the use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. The separat...

Divorced office worker Yoji has just buried his mother in Tokyo. With few meaningful relationships left, he comes to grips with the...

This is the story of a family living on an island in Okinawa. Haunted by painful memories, Mika has stayed away from her home for many...

The real story of Shuichi Tsubata, a 90-year-old architect, and his 87-year-old wife, Hideko. They live in a one-story house designed by...

In the summer of 1945, as the war came to an end, a defeated battalion of the Japanese Imperial Army found itself at the border of Burma,...

In 1961, in the quiet village of Kuzuo, five women died after drinking wine at a community gathering. Masaru Okunishi, then 35, was...

Nozomi, who left her job behind, spends her days working part-time at a convenience store. Struggling with feelings of inadequacy, she...

With Each Passing Breath  follows Koryu, an 88-year-old Rokyoku performer, and her 93-year-old accompanist Yuko, as they pass down their...