Asian Studies Interdisciplinary: Asian Documentary Films in the Kenyon Library (by Director)

Asian Documentary Films in the Kenyon Library (by Director)

Title Date Running Time Color / B&W Location Director/Producer Other Notes

Small Happiness: Women of a Chinese village 1984 58 min. Color 87.0001 Carma Hinton First in the Long Bow series.

To Taste a Hundred Herbs: Gods, Ancestors, and Medicine in a Chinese Village 1986 58 min. Color 90.0291 Carma Hinton Third in Long Bow series. About religion & medicine in a Chinese village.

Abode of Illusion: The Life & Art of Chang Dai-chien (1899-1983) 1993 60 min. Color 94.0380 Carma Hinton & Richard Gordon

All Under Heaven: Life in a Chinese Village 1985 58 min. Color 89.0212 Carma Hinton & Richard Gordon Second in Long Bow series.

Pacific Century Series, The 1992 60 min. (each) Color 93.0216- 93.0225 Christopher Ralling 10 part series (‘The two coasts of China’, ‘The Meiji revolution’, ‘From the barrel of a gun’, ‘Writers and revolutionaries’, ‘Reinventing Japan’, ‘Inside Japan, Inc.’, ‘Big business and the ghost of Confucius’, ‘The fight for democracy’, ‘Sentimental imp

China's Cosmopolitan Age: The Tang, 618-907 1992 60 min. Color 93.0340 Chung-Wen Shih PBS Video, the Annenberg/CPB Collection.

Return from Silence: China's Revolutionary Writers 1982 59 min. Color 92.0331 Chung-wen Shih.

Shinto: nature, gods, and man in Japan 1984? 50 min. Color 89.0262 David Westphal Written by Peter Grilli & Christine Guth Kanda.

Battle of China, The: Assault on the Great Wall 1944 65 min. B/W 88.0247 Frank Capra Part six of the "Why we fight series" produced by US War Dept., Signal Corps, Army Services Forces for the Morale Services Division.

Know your enemy—Japan 194-? 62 min. B/W 95.0347 Frank Capra Frank Capra's The war years. Produced by US War Dept., Signal Corps, Army Services Forces for the Morale Services Division.

Tradition of Performing Arts in Japan, The: the Heart of Kabuki, Noh and Bunraku 1989 30 min. Color 92.0081 Hajime Funatsu Produced by Shin-ei.

Yamaguchi Story, The: Buddhism and the Family in Contemporary Japan 198-? 48 min. Color 91.0006 John Paul Davidson A BBC-TV Educational Communications coproduction for the BBC; writer/producer, Jamie Hubbard.

Japanese family: the lifestyle of the businessman. 1989 35 min. Color 92.0305 Makoto Takakuwa.

China, a revolution revisited 1971 82 min. B/W 89.0176 Mel Stuart T. H. White narrates, update of "China, the Roots of Madness."

Bunraku: The Classical Puppets of Japan 1975 29 min. Color 98.0116 Merrill Brockway. Creative Arts Television

Moving the mountain 1994 83 min. Color w/ b&w sequences 96.0078 Michael Apted Originally produced as motion picture in 1994. Captures the power and passion of the Chinese student demonstrations for democracy in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China during May 1989. Newsreel footage, dramatic re-enactment.

China: Beyond the Clouds 1994 224 min. (total) Color MLL National Geographic Society 2 parts (112 min./ea). About contemporary life in Yunnan (legal, administrative, mostly).

Glories of Ancient Chang-an 1990 55 min. Color 91.9128 NHK, CCTV/Hajime Suzuki The Silk Road Series, produced by Isao Tamai.

In Search of the Kingdom of Loulan 1990 55 min. Color 91.0131 NHK, CCTV/Hajime Suzuki The Silk Road Series, produced by Isao Tamai.

Where Horses Fly Like the Wind 1992 48 min. Color 97.0233 NHK, CCTV/Hajime Suzuki The Silk Road Series, produced by Isao Tamai.

Dark Castle, The 1990 55 min. Color 91.0130 NHK, CCTV/Isao Kitamoto The Silk Road Series, produced by Isao Tamai.

Across the Taklamakan Desert 1990 55 min. Color 91.0132 NHK, CCTV/Junzo Tagawa The Silk Road Series, produced by Isao Tamai.

Art-gallery in the Desert, The 1990 55 min. Color 91.0127 NHK, CCTV/Junzo Tagawa The Silk Road Series, produced by Isao Tamai.

Journey into Music: South Through the Tian Shan Mountains 1992 48 min. Color 97.0232 NHK, CCTV/Seiji Nakamura The Silk Road Series, produced by Isao Tamai.

Heat-Wave called Turfan, A 1992 48 min. Color 97.0230 NHK, CCTV/Tetsuya Kawamoto The Silk Road Series, produced by Isao Tamai.

Khotan: Oasis of Silk and Jade 1992 48 min. Color 97.0229 NHK, CCTV/Tetsuya Kawamoto The Silk Road Series, produced by Isao Tamai.

Thousand Kilometers Beyond the Yellow River, A 1990 55 min. Color 91.0129 NHK, CCTV/Tetsuya Kawamoto The Silk Road Series, produced by Isao Tamai.

Two Roads to the Pamirs 1992 48 min. Color 97.0234 NHK, CCTV/Tetsuya Kawamoto The Silk Road Series, produced by Isao Tamai.

Through the Tian Shan Mountains by Rail 1992 48 min. Color 97.0231 NHK, CCTV/Yukihiko Amagi The Silk Road Series, produced by Isao Tamai.

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters 1985 128 min. Color MLL Paul Schrader.

Pilgrimage to the Eighty-Eight Sacred Places of Shikoku, The 1983 30 min. Color 93.0077 Prod. Masakazu Ueda.

Power in the Pacific. Part Two, Japan Comes First 1990 58 min. Color w/ b&w sequences 92.0375 Prod. Tony Barrell

Gate of Heavenly Peace, The 1995 189 min. (total) Color 96.0312- 96.0313 Richard Gordon 2 parts (112 & 77 min). A Long Bow Group production, in association with Independent Television Service.

Japanese Society: In Tokyo and In the Country 1989 23 min. Color 93.0306 SHIN-EI Armz Inc.

China in Revolution: Battle for Survival, 1911-1936 1989 120 min. Color w/ b&w sequences 94.0191 Sue Williams A film by Ambrica Productions.

Mao years, The, 1949-1976 1994 120 min. Color w/ b&w sequences 94.0256 Sue Williams A film by Ambrica Productions and the WGBH Educational Foundation.

Amazing Marriage Customs (Gujin hunwu qi guan) 1988 91 min. Color 92.0297 Suen Wah & Guo Wu Ji Chinese documentary of minority customs. In Mandarin w/ Chinese & English subtitles.

City of Cathay, A 198-? 24 min. Color 94.0417 Tse-tuan Chang Examines a reproduction of the painting Ch'ing ming shan ho t'u which depicts the people and everyday activities in the Sung dynasty in an idealized city commonly thought to be Kaifeng. Previously issued as a motion picture in 1961?.

Tokyo-ga 1985 92 min. Color MLL Wim Wenders

Heshang (River Elegy) 1988 186 min. (total) Color MLL Xia Jun 2 tapes of an origional 6 part TV series (Parts 1-3 ‘Dream Hunt’, ‘Fate’, ‘Light of Wisdom’, 84 min.; Parts 4-6 ‘New Era’, ‘Worry and Suffer’, ‘Sky Blue’, 102 min). In Mandarin.

Last Emperor of China, The: Pu Yi 1988 90 min. Color 94.0139 Mandarin w/ Chinese & English subtitles. (Chinese made)

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Title	Date	Running Time	Color / B&W	Location	Director/Producer	Other Notes
Small Happiness: Women of a Chinese village	1984	58 min.	Color	87.0001	Carma Hinton	First in the Long Bow series.
To Taste a Hundred Herbs: Gods, Ancestors, and Medicine in a Chinese Village	1986	58 min.	Color	90.0291	Carma Hinton	Third in Long Bow series. About religion & medicine in a Chinese village.
Abode of Illusion: The Life & Art of Chang Dai-chien (1899-1983)	1993	60 min.	Color	94.0380	Carma Hinton & Richard Gordon
All Under Heaven: Life in a Chinese Village	1985	58 min.	Color	89.0212	Carma Hinton & Richard Gordon	Second in Long Bow series.
Pacific Century Series, The	1992	60 min. (each)	Color	93.0216- 93.0225	Christopher Ralling	10 part series (‘The two coasts of China’, ‘The Meiji revolution’, ‘From the barrel of a gun’, ‘Writers and revolutionaries’, ‘Reinventing Japan’, ‘Inside Japan, Inc.’, ‘Big business and the ghost of Confucius’, ‘The fight for democracy’, ‘Sentimental imp
China's Cosmopolitan Age: The Tang, 618-907	1992	60 min.	Color	93.0340	Chung-Wen Shih	PBS Video, the Annenberg/CPB Collection.
Return from Silence: China's Revolutionary Writers	1982	59 min.	Color	92.0331	Chung-wen Shih.
Shinto: nature, gods, and man in Japan	1984?	50 min.	Color	89.0262	David Westphal	Written by Peter Grilli & Christine Guth Kanda.
Battle of China, The: Assault on the Great Wall	1944	65 min.	B/W	88.0247	Frank Capra	Part six of the "Why we fight series" produced by US War Dept., Signal Corps, Army Services Forces for the Morale Services Division.
Know your enemy—Japan	194-?	62 min.	B/W	95.0347	Frank Capra	Frank Capra's The war years. Produced by US War Dept., Signal Corps, Army Services Forces for the Morale Services Division.
Tradition of Performing Arts in Japan, The: the Heart of Kabuki, Noh and Bunraku	1989	30 min.	Color	92.0081	Hajime Funatsu	Produced by Shin-ei.
Yamaguchi Story, The: Buddhism and the Family in Contemporary Japan	198-?	48 min.	Color	91.0006	John Paul Davidson	A BBC-TV Educational Communications coproduction for the BBC; writer/producer, Jamie Hubbard.
Japanese family: the lifestyle of the businessman.	1989	35 min.	Color	92.0305	Makoto Takakuwa.
China, a revolution revisited	1971	82 min.	B/W	89.0176	Mel Stuart	T. H. White narrates, update of "China, the Roots of Madness."
Bunraku: The Classical Puppets of Japan	1975	29 min.	Color	98.0116	Merrill Brockway.	Creative Arts Television
Moving the mountain	1994	83 min.	Color w/ b&w sequences	96.0078	Michael Apted	Originally produced as motion picture in 1994. Captures the power and passion of the Chinese student demonstrations for democracy in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China during May 1989. Newsreel footage, dramatic re-enactment.
China: Beyond the Clouds	1994	224 min. (total)	Color	MLL	National Geographic Society	2 parts (112 min./ea). About contemporary life in Yunnan (legal, administrative, mostly).
Glories of Ancient Chang-an	1990	55 min.	Color	91.9128	NHK, CCTV/Hajime Suzuki	The Silk Road Series, produced by Isao Tamai.
In Search of the Kingdom of Loulan	1990	55 min.	Color	91.0131	NHK, CCTV/Hajime Suzuki	The Silk Road Series, produced by Isao Tamai.
Where Horses Fly Like the Wind	1992	48 min.	Color	97.0233	NHK, CCTV/Hajime Suzuki	The Silk Road Series, produced by Isao Tamai.
Dark Castle, The	1990	55 min.	Color	91.0130	NHK, CCTV/Isao Kitamoto	The Silk Road Series, produced by Isao Tamai.
Across the Taklamakan Desert	1990	55 min.	Color	91.0132	NHK, CCTV/Junzo Tagawa	The Silk Road Series, produced by Isao Tamai.
Art-gallery in the Desert, The	1990	55 min.	Color	91.0127	NHK, CCTV/Junzo Tagawa	The Silk Road Series, produced by Isao Tamai.
Journey into Music: South Through the Tian Shan Mountains	1992	48 min.	Color	97.0232	NHK, CCTV/Seiji Nakamura	The Silk Road Series, produced by Isao Tamai.
Heat-Wave called Turfan, A	1992	48 min.	Color	97.0230	NHK, CCTV/Tetsuya Kawamoto	The Silk Road Series, produced by Isao Tamai.
Khotan: Oasis of Silk and Jade	1992	48 min.	Color	97.0229	NHK, CCTV/Tetsuya Kawamoto	The Silk Road Series, produced by Isao Tamai.
Thousand Kilometers Beyond the Yellow River, A	1990	55 min.	Color	91.0129	NHK, CCTV/Tetsuya Kawamoto	The Silk Road Series, produced by Isao Tamai.
Two Roads to the Pamirs	1992	48 min.	Color	97.0234	NHK, CCTV/Tetsuya Kawamoto	The Silk Road Series, produced by Isao Tamai.
Through the Tian Shan Mountains by Rail	1992	48 min.	Color	97.0231	NHK, CCTV/Yukihiko Amagi	The Silk Road Series, produced by Isao Tamai.
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters	1985	128 min.	Color	MLL	Paul Schrader.
Pilgrimage to the Eighty-Eight Sacred Places of Shikoku, The	1983	30 min.	Color	93.0077	Prod. Masakazu Ueda.
Power in the Pacific. Part Two, Japan Comes First	1990	58 min.	Color w/ b&w sequences	92.0375	Prod. Tony Barrell
Gate of Heavenly Peace, The	1995	189 min. (total)	Color	96.0312- 96.0313	Richard Gordon	2 parts (112 & 77 min). A Long Bow Group production, in association with Independent Television Service.
Japanese Society: In Tokyo and In the Country	1989	23 min.	Color	93.0306	SHIN-EI Armz Inc.
China in Revolution: Battle for Survival, 1911-1936	1989	120 min.	Color w/ b&w sequences	94.0191	Sue Williams	A film by Ambrica Productions.
Mao years, The, 1949-1976	1994	120 min.	Color w/ b&w sequences	94.0256	Sue Williams	A film by Ambrica Productions and the WGBH Educational Foundation.
Amazing Marriage Customs (Gujin hunwu qi guan)	1988	91 min.	Color	92.0297	Suen Wah & Guo Wu Ji	Chinese documentary of minority customs. In Mandarin w/ Chinese & English subtitles.
City of Cathay, A	198-?	24 min.	Color	94.0417	Tse-tuan Chang	Examines a reproduction of the painting Ch'ing ming shan ho t'u which depicts the people and everyday activities in the Sung dynasty in an idealized city commonly thought to be Kaifeng. Previously issued as a motion picture in 1961?.
Tokyo-ga	1985	92 min.	Color	MLL	Wim Wenders
Heshang (River Elegy)	1988	186 min. (total)	Color	MLL	Xia Jun	2 tapes of an origional 6 part TV series (Parts 1-3 ‘Dream Hunt’, ‘Fate’, ‘Light of Wisdom’, 84 min.; Parts 4-6 ‘New Era’, ‘Worry and Suffer’, ‘Sky Blue’, 102 min). In Mandarin.
Last Emperor of China, The: Pu Yi	1988	90 min.	Color	94.0139		Mandarin w/ Chinese & English subtitles. (Chinese made)