John Junkerman

Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden

John Junkerman

Exquisite exploration of landscape and Toru Takemitsu's music for a Japanese moss garden.

Noam Chomsky: Distorted Morality

John Junkerman

Noam Chomsky

In this remarkable documentary, Noam Chomsky offers a riveting but devastating critique of America's current war on terror arguing, in fact, that it is a logistical impossibility for such a war to be taking place. Professor Chomsky presents his reasoning with astonishing and refreshing clarity, drawing from a wealth of historical knowledge and analysis. "Only those who are entirely ignorant of modern history will be surprised by the course of events, or by the justifications that are provided..."

Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima

Michael Camerini, James MacDonald

Toshi Maruki, Iri Maruki

Japanese husband and wife muralists Iri and Toshi Maruki are known for their depictions of the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Their collaborative relationship is unique: one paints a painfully detailed vision of the victims of the atomic blast; the other conceals the carefully delineated brush strokes with a grey-black ink “wash.” The first artist restates the specifics of the image; the second re-conceals. Through the repetition of this process, the work emerges.

映画監督って何だ！

Shunya Ito

Kinji Fukasaku, Yoshiho Fukuoka

Works commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of Japan mapping Supervision Association

Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times

John Junkerman

Noam Chomsky

This documentary compiles a series of Noam Chomsky's interviews and lectures that address the events of 9/11.

Okinawa: The Afterburn

John Junkerman

On April 1, 1945, the United States military launched its invasion of the main island of Okinawa, the start of a battle that was to last 12 weeks and claim the lives of some 240,000 people. This film depicts the Battle through the eyes of Japanese and American soldiers who fought each other on the same battlefield, along with Okinawa civilians who were swept up in the fighting. The film also depicts the history of discrimination and oppression forced upon Okinawa by the American and Japanese governments. Carrying up to the current controversy over the construction of a new base at Henoko, the film explores the root causes of the widespread disillusionment and anger expressed by many Okinawans. This ambitious documentary was directed by the American John Junkerman, long-term resident of Japan and Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker. Okinawa: The Afterburn is a heartfelt plea for peace and an expression of deep respect for the unyielding spirit of the Okinawa people.

老人と海

John Junkerman

The Havana port of Cuba, which is the stage of the novel "old people and the sea", and Yonaguni Island, which is located on the far west end of Japan, have a similar current like the same latitude. The producer who noticed this interesting resemblance and flew to Yonaguni island for the world of "the old man and the sea". Then, he met with an old fisherman, Shigeru itoko, who took Savion fishing on the sabbani,and took a long time to capture the time spent with the old fishman.

老人と海

John Junkerman

Traces: The Kabul Museum

Noriaki Tsuchimoto

John Junkerman

The Kabul National Museum, once known as the "face of Afghanistan," was destroyed in 1993. We filmed the most important cultural treasures of the still-intact museum in 1988: ancient Greco-Roman art and antiquitied of Hellenistic civilization, as well as Buddhist sculpture that was said to have mythology--the art of Gandhara, Bamiyan, and Shotorak among them. After the fall of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan in 1992, some seventy percent of the contents of the museum was destroyed, stolen, or smuggled overseas to Japan and other countries. The movement to return these items is also touched upon. The footage in this video represents that only film documentation of the Kabul Museum ever made.