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Japanese Documentaries in 2026 · page 5

125 documentaries · ordered 16 October 2026 · How we order lists

Newest first: the year each film was released, from the open film record (Wikidata), then the order the list has always had. Every film’s page names its source.

1. No. 1011984

   A Ilha De Moraes

   by Paulo Rocha · Japan · Portugal · Portuguese, Japanese
2. No. 10219841 h 12 min

   Antonio Gaudi

   by Hiroshi Teshigahara · Japan · Spanish

   Antoni Gaudí
3. No. 10319841 h 22 min

   A Turning Point

   Director not on record · Japan

   sport1984 Winter Olympics
4. No. 10419781 h 41 min

   Budo: The Art of Killing

   by Masayoshi Nemoto · Japan · English
5. No. 10519761 h 30 min

   God Speed You! Black Emperor

   by Mitsuo Yanagimachi · Japan · Japanese

   Watch free
6. No. 1061975

   Karayuki-san, the Making of a Prostitute

   by Shohei Imamura · Japan · Japanese

   prostitution
7. No. 10719752 h 30 min

   Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

   by Kaneto Shindō · Japan · Japanese

   Kenji Mizoguchi
8. No. 10819751 h 26 min

   The Man Who Skied Down Everest

   by Lawrence Schiller · Canada · Japan · English
9. No. 1091975

   The Shiranui Sea

   by Noriaki Tsuchimoto · Japan · Japanese

   natureenvironmental issue
10. No. 11019712 h

    Minamata: The Victims and Their World

    by Noriaki Tsuchimoto · Japan · Japanese

    natureenvironmental issue
11. No. 11119711 h 9 min

    Red Army/PFLP: Declaration of World War

    by Masao Adachi · Japan · Japanese
12. No. 11219701 h 45 min

    History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess

    by Shohei Imamura · Japan · Japanese
13. No. 11319672 h 9 min

    A Man Vanishes

    by Shohei Imamura · Japan · Japanese
14. No. 11419662 h 36 min

    Sensation of the Century

    Director not on record · Japan · Japanese

    sport1964 Summer Olympics
15. No. 11519652 h 50 min

    Tokyo Olympiad

    by Kon Ichikawa · Japan · Japanese

    sport1964 Summer Olympics
16. No. 116196454 min

    On the Road: A Document

    by Noriaki Tsuchimoto · Japan · Japanese

    sportroad transport
17. No. 1171963

    An Engineer's Assistant

    by Noriaki Tsuchimoto · Japan · Japanese
18. No. 11819631 h 40 min

    Children Hand in Hand

    by Susumu Hani · Japan · Japanese
19. No. 1191957

    Shiroi sanmyaku

    by Sadao Imamura · Japan
20. No. 1201950

    Sugawara denju tenarai kagami

    by Masahiro Makino · Japan · Japanese
21. No. 1211946

    The Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Director not on record · Japan · Japanese

    atomic bombing of Nagasakiatomic bombing of Hiroshima
22. No. 12219391 h 5 min

    Fighting Soldiers

    by Fumio Kamei · Japan · Japanese
23. No. 1231938

    Shanghai 1938

    by Fumio Kamei · Japan · Japanese
24. No. 124192925 min

    The Morning Sun Shines

    by Kenji Mizoguchi · Japan · Japanese
25. No. 1251912

    Nippon nankyoku tanken

    Director not on record · Japan · Japanese

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