Japanese Documentaries presented by NHK World TV

Japanese Documentaries presented by NHK World TV
  • Thursday, May 25, 15:00 Theater Die Käs
  • The Phone of the Wind: Whispers to Lost Families
  • by Tomohiko YOKOYAMA, Ryo URABE
  • Japan 2016, Blu-ray, 49 min, program in English
  • German premiere in the presence of Ryo URABE
  • Free admission

A telephone booth known as the “Phone of the Wind” stands on a hill in northern Japan. It is not connected, but many people come here to “call” their loved ones lost in the 2011 tsunami.

Japanese Documentaries presented by NHK World TV
  • Friday, May 26, 12:30 Mousonturm Studio 1
  • Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki
  • by Kaku ARAKAWA
  • Japan 2017, Blu-ray, 70 min, program in English
  • German premiere
  • Free admission

This observational documentary follows Hayao MIYAZAKI, animation maestro and co-founder of Studio Ghibli, as he comes out of retirement to work on his first-ever CG film.

Japanese Documentaries presented by NHK World TV
  • Saturday, May 27, 17:30 Mousonturm Studio 1
  • What You Taught Me About My Son
  • by Takuya MARUYAMA
  • Japan 2014, Blu-ray, 59 min, program in English
  • German premiere
  • Free admission

An award-winning documentary about a Japanese boy with severe autism who wrote one of the most extraordinarily candid books on life with the condition.



  • Thursday, May 25, 21:30 Mousonturm Studio 1
  • Talk Event of Japanese Cinema by J-Flicks on NHK World TV
  • program in English
  • Free admission

The Nippon Connection & J-FLICKS Showcase introduces the 14 films chosen for this year by the festival and the program. Nippon Connection Program Director Martin Bregenzer and J-FLICKS Producer Sho Hirasawa will discuss the films, prior to a showcase screening of YAMATO (CALIFORNIA) at 22:15 preceded by a talk by director Daisuke MIYAZAKI.

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