Masaki Kobayashi

Fukushima Hula Girls

The Hawaiian Spa Resort in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture, was heavily damaged by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake. This documentary accompanies their famous Hula dance troupe at their tour through Japan and shows the rebuilding of the resort. The film team also goes with one of the dancers to her former home in the evacuated zone near the Fukushima I nuclear power plant.

Ski Jumping Pairs: Road to Torino 2006

Consistently designed, hilarious mockumentary about the history of the sport doubles ski jumping at the Olympic Winter games in Turin 2006.

TAKI 183

Five youngsters are obsessed with graffiti, but after painting their masterpiece in Shibuya, they begin to drift apart.