AMES 511/DOCST 511/ICS 513: Documentary and East Asian Cultures

All the steaming film databases include documentary films from Japan, usually a search of "Japan" will bring the relevant results. See some selected films below:

• Tokyo Olympiad (東京オリンピック) by Kon Ichikawa
• Red Persimmons by Shinsuke Ogawa (2001)
• Hiroshima no pika by Noriaki Tsuchimoto (2005)
• Antonio Gaudi by Hiroshi Teshigahara (1984)
• ANPO, art x war : the art of resistance by Linda Hoaglund (2010)

We have a very good collection in DVDs at Lilly that you can find by searching by title or author, for example:

• 人間蒸発 = A man vanishes / Ningen jōhatsu by Imamura Shōhei
• 水俣 : 患者さんとその世界 = Minamata : the victims and their world by Tsuchimoto Noriaki
• 小さき声のカノン : 選択する人々= Little voices from Fukushima by Hitomi Kamanaka
• 未帰還兵を追って、タイ編 ; 無法松故鄉に帰る ; おとなしい日本人 / Mikikan-hei o otte, Tai-hen ; Muhōmatsu kokyō ni kaeru by Imamura Shōhei

Asian Films Online is rich in Korean documentary films, you can find them by searching "Korea". Here're some notable documentary filmmakers/films:

• Kim Dong-won
• In the Absence by Yi Seung-jun

Contact Duke's Korean studies librarian, Miree Ku, for more recommendations, and take a look at her guide on Korean films in general.