thurd Wrote:but I can't seem to find anything for Campaign. It is available through stream but not in my location.

Mental DDL links are on Google. Just add whatever your favourite DDL site is to the filename search. The audio is out of synch but see my comment on KMPlayer above.

For Campaign: http://tinyurl.com/2f35op5 (seems to look best in MPC)

nest0r Wrote:

thurd Wrote:but I can't seem to find anything for Campaign. It is available through stream but not in my location.

Mental DDL links are on Google. Just add whatever your favourite DDL site is to the filename search. The audio is out of synch but see my comment on KMPlayer above.

For Campaign: http://tinyurl.com/2f35op5 (seems to look best in MPC)

Same, I found DDL for Mental here http://bit.ly/frrGqj and it's already downloading.

Still looking for a documentaries about Japan's pre WWII era history though.

A & A2 - Aum Cult Documentary(2 Movies)
http://www.asiatorrents.com/index.php?pa...5cc8d81dac

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aum_Shinrikyo

http://www.asiatorrents.com/index.php?pa...y&active=0


http://documentary-reality.blogspot.com/....html#more
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megumi_Yokota

It is about North Korea - a Polish documentary, one of the best I've ever seen.

Perhaps you will understand better Megumi Yokota's story above.

Here are some documentaries I saw and found interesting:

Japan In Colour - The Wonderful World Of Albert Kahn documentary(2009)
Kidnapped documentary BBC (2005)
Matsumoto Takako - Yayoi Kusama I Love Me.2008 documentary
Fukui Shozin - Hentai Land documentary
Low Adam - Kurosawa (2001) documentary
McAllister, Sean - Japan A story od love and hate (2008) documentary BBC4
Teenage Japanese Killers (Crime And Investigation, 2000) BBC documentary
Nemoto Masayoshi - Budo The Art Of Killing (1978)documentar>
Nozawa Kazuyuki - Haruko (2004) documentary
Limosin, Jean-Pierre - Young Yakuza (2007)

I once saw an English language documentary about Unit 731 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731
I don't remember the title. I downloaded it form demonoid.com as far as I remember.

Big Bird in Japan (1988)
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Subway Monkey Hour (2002)
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buonaparte Wrote:Here are some documentaries I saw and found interesting:
I once saw an English language documentary about Unit 731 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731
I don't remember the title. I downloaded it form demonoid.com as far as I remember.

That one is Japanese Devils and there are currently working DDL links if you search on Google.

UPDATE
Check this upcoming documentary about Noh theater from Kurosawa, looking promising -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gendai_no_Noh

I just watched "The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief" (2006). It's a documentary about a male host club and its female customers in Osaka.

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Apparently Production IG's "Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai" is like a documentary, using anime scenes mixed with the style of computer animation used in the Mr. Brain dorama's exposition sequences.

Lots of documentaries to look for, this is a great thread. This is a good one about The Great Wave by Hokusai.

I think it is in five parts.

Children Full of Life

"In the award-winning documentary Children Full of Life, a fourth-grade class in a primary school in Kanazawa, northwest of Tokyo, learn lessons about compassion from their homeroom teacher, Toshiro Kanamori. He instructs each to write their true inner feelings in a letter, and read it aloud in front of the class. By sharing their lives, the children begin to realize the importance of caring for their classmates."

Just watched this and it was pretty good.

Go to D-Addicts and look for a series called "Bi no Tsubo." It's not a documentary, per say, but it's a TV show where each episode covers different areas of Japan (Yokohama, etc.) and seems really relaxing. The synopsis the uploader provided in his post for Yashikirin:

"'Bi No Tsubo' is a series of NHK programs mostly on arts and crafts in Japan, presented in a comic and relaxing manner. Often footage from these programs later appears in NHK 'Japanology' broadcasts, but in the case of 'Bi No Tsubo,' the presentation is far more detailed and humorous. The Japanese is very easy to understand. Even JPLT level 2 should be sufficient, with a few dictionary look-ups. This particular broadcast features Yashikirin, the traditional tree windbreak seen around farm houses in rural Japan. Yashikirin are surprisingly functional and beautiful from many standpoints. History, art, and appreciation.

Passing Japan's Hardest Test

A fascinating look into the mental predisposition of the highest ranked kendo practitioners. Harder than becoming a lawyer or a surgeon in Japan is becoming a 8th dan Kendo Swordsman.

http://www.videosift.com/video/Passing-J...rdest-Test

Excellent watch.

Is it really harder than becoming a surgeon or lawyer, though?

I cant say for certain but I can say that higher education in Japan is not what it is in the West. I dont imagine the law exam in Japan is nearly as bad as passing the bar back home. I cant speak for medical school though...

I had no idea you could use two swords in kendo.

You could tell the old guy got thrown off by that.

tokyostyle Wrote:

dusmar84 Wrote:I dont imagine the law exam in Japan is nearly as bad as passing the bar back home.

You are completely and utterly wrong.

Since reforms were put into place in 2004, the passing rate of the Japanese bar exam has gone from about 3% to over 25% in 2010 and the Japanese government wants to increase this rate much further.

I stand corrected about the law exam. My opinion was based purely on conjecture, however I still stand by my assertion that higher education in Japan leaves a lot to be desired.

A tour of Nigo's (founder of Bape) house. Even if you dont like Bape its an enjoyable watch.

http://vimeo.com/3130051
(this version is dubbed in English but if you look in the playlist youll be able to find the non-English versions)

An article about the downfall of Bape:
http://neojaponisme.com/2011/02/02/a-bat...inal-bath/

If you have no idea what Bape is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bathing_Ape

The Way of the Samurai The Will of the Shogun
The Return of the Barbarians Japan’s Secret Watergarden
How to Live to 101 Japan's Mysterious Pyramids
Godzilla and Postwar Japan Japanese Calligraphy
Mizu Hyakkei - Eastern Japan Land of rising suicide
Sakura Nostalgia Japanese Mandalas
Customs and Manners Japan Behind The Mask
Yakuza Japan's Dirty Secret An Age Old Problem School Bullies
Sumo Confidential Harsh Justice Boot the Bases Bend it like Jong

Cosmos (English with Japanese subs):1 - The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean
2 - One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue 3 - Harmony of the Worlds
4 - Heaven and Hell 5 - Blues for a Red Planet
6 - Travellers' Tales 7 - The Backbone Of Night
8 - Travels in Space & Time 9 - The Lives of the Stars
10 - The Edge of Forever 11 - The Persistence of Memory
12 - Encyclopaedia Galactica 13 - Who Speaks for Earth?

I just uploaded this, but it could get deleted in the future (like my last channel) 八百長 sumo match fixing

In America as well where it is not uncommon to graduate with $50,000 in student loans to repay, even after eating macaroni and cheese every meal for four years.

I recommend 'Tokyo Freeters', a arte documentary available in German and French:

http://www.arte.tv/fr/Comprendre-le-mond...67448.html

http://dokujunkies.org/dokus/lander/asie...dh264.html

I also recommend 'The Cannibal That Walked Free'. It's about Issei Sagawa, a cannibal who murdered and ate a woman in Paris, returned to Japan and now walks free.

http://documentaryheaven.com/the-canniba...lked-free/

http://uncannyterrain.com/blog/ - ‘A documentary about organic farmers facing Japan's nuclear crisis’.

Ghibli – The Miyazaki Temple
http://documentaryheaven.com/ghibli-the-...ki-temple/

Does anyone know were I can watch documentaries spoken in japanese? About anything, as long as I learn something from them (animals, technology, culture, etc etc).