Chōnosuke Ise

Documentary following the travels of the Waseda University Middle-Africa Expedition Team and their encounters with the beauty of the African continent and the life and customs of its people. Locations include Mombasa, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Nairobi, Kenya, Lake Victoria, the Congo River, and Leopoldville.

From March 13, 1970—a snowy day in the Senri Hills of Osaka—through the 180-plus days leading up to the closing of the World Expo on September 16, a total of 18,000 staff members, led by Executive Producer Suketaro Taguchi, captured this celebration of the century on 100,000 feet of film, documenting everything from that first day to the final, deserted scenes of the venue.

Documentary short on professional skiing.

Documentary short.

One day, Kandume's can boy, who happily lived with his friends in the kitchen, becomes an empty can and is discarded. Eventually, he has a dream about the history of iron and humanity. He sees how iron that melted and flowed out during a forest fire was discovered by humans once it cooled and solidified. This iron then transformed into knives and machines, leading to the development of civilization. When the can boy awakens, he is taken to a steelworks and reborn as a new steel material.

Cameraman Yonesaku Kobayashi (1905-2005) is a pioneer of scientific films of Japan. He and producer Sozo Okada made many scientific educational films, and in 60's - 70's, many avant-garde composers composed music for these films.