The life and work of Japanese-Canadian chef Hidekazu Tojo and his omakase menu fuel foodie doc The Chef & the Daruma.
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Alice Shin's Landscapes of Home offers perspectives on the history of Japanese internment camps in Canada and the complexity of dual identities.
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Laurence Lévèsque's Okurimono follows Noriko back home to her native Nagasaki, Japan where she discovers her mother's silent pain.
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Shiori Ito's personal investigation Black Box Diaries is full of twists and turns as it shape-shifts to become a powerful affirmation of resilience.
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An interview with The Contestant director Clair Titley about access to people, archival materials, and different cultures in her documentary.
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The Contestant revisits the cultural phenomenon of Tomoaki Hamatsu, aka Nasubi, on the Japanese reality show Denpa Shonen: A Life in Prizes.
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AUM: The Cult and the End of the World probes the makings of a Japanese cult responsible for a Sarin gas attack in a Tokyo subway.
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Yoshigai Nao's documentary Shari is a primal scream, remarkable little thing, and a creature feature for the modern age.
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An interview with Come Back Anytime's John Daschbach about life and noodles.
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The Pursuit of Perfection profiles chefs Takemasa Shinohar, Natsuko Shoji, Yosuke Suga, and Takaaki Sugita and a Japanese philosophy about (im)perfection.
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