Katsumoto Saotome

Dungaree-wearing teenage tomboy Kaori lives next door to the brothers Ko and Yasu. One day as Kaori is walking to school, a US jet crashes near the boys' house. Based on the real life 1977 Yokohama F-4 crash incident.

An auto repairman's daughter questions him about what happened to her aunt during the war, but the father remains reticent. Finally the man opens up, and the girl is able to piece together her aunt's tragic story.

Stop motion animation based on the Katsumoto Saotome book

A story set in a small harmonica factory in Kita-Senju that celebrates the love lives of young workers.

A Japanese journalist reunites with a girl who lost her family in the Vietnam War

Costa Rica is one of few countries in the world to abolish its military. This documentary focuses on education, children and a co-operative in the Monteverde nature reserve.