Iwanami Productions Movies

As her husband Eiichi becomes more entangled in his life as businessman, Naoko looks for ways to expand her own life even as her husband's life...

A young delinquent takes part in a robbery and is sentenced to a juvenile detention center, where he clashes with other youths and reflects on his...

This celebrated documentary, filmed in colour, depicts one of the most famous of all Japanese temples. Horyu-ji, in the small town of Ikaruga outside...

Shot in a retirement home over a period of two years, this film raises the question of "how to take care". The director films with great tenderness,...

A college graduate falls in love with a woman during a business trip in Hokkaido

Children Who Draw explores the delicate chemistry of school children interacting in an art class through a constant juxtaposition of observational...

A teaching film for social studies, which was developed as a new educational subject in 1947. At an elementary school in Hokkaido, children have...

A short documentary about the behaviour of Japanese primary school students.

One day, Kandume's can boy, who happily lived with his friends in the kitchen, becomes an empty can and is discarded. Eventually, he has a dream...