Nobuko Shibuya

This impressionistic portrait of the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics pays as much attention to the crowds and workers as it does to the actual competitive events. Highlights include an epic pole-vaulting match between West Germany and America, and the final marathon race through Tokyo's streets. Two athletes are highlighted: Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila, who receives his second gold medal, and runner Ahamed Isa from Chad, representing a country younger than he is.

Kanami is a TV director. Her pet Natsu recently died due to a disease. Kanami begins to shoot a film about dogs after her movie director friend suggests the idea. For her movie, she visits an animal shelter and a shelter for dogs rescued from the area around Fukushima. She is touched by the people who work diligently to save the animals.

Nobuko Shibuya's Japanese volleyball documentary

Biography of Yuri Saito, who was blinded after contracting measles at the age of three and became a social activist for the blind

A documentary on children's song composer Megumi Ohnaka

Biography of Kaneko Yanagi, alto singer, 1892-1984

A movie documenting the daily life of director Yuka Sakaguchi after her mother is diagnosed with Alzheimer's and dementia.