Iwanami Productions Movies

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...

Documentary short.

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...

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,...

Haneda employed various cinematic and scientific technic to explore the world of cabbage butterfly, and the result was a completely new type of...

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...

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

This engaging documentary focuses on a group of ‘studying mothers’ who decide to involve themselves in the civic politics of a provincial...

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

From the opening sequence, combining underwater and aerial footage, this masterpiece about the construction of a steam-power plant in Kurihama (south...