Documentary Videos in National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka |
33 pieces short documentary videos in the database “Maritime Culture Materials from Southeast Asia and Oceania” of the National Museum of Ethnology. |
Produced in 2022. Director: Osamu Monden, Camera: Masakatsu Oki, Yoshinori Sugiura, Taro Akashi, Kyoko Miyazawa © 2022 Studio UMI,Inc. |
Areas covered: Indonesia, Myanmar, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Samoa |
Documentary Video Exhibition at The Oceanic Culture Museum in Okinawa |
115 pieces of educational documentary videos featuring the Pacific cultures are shown permanently from Oct 2013 at The Oceanic Culture Museum in Okinawa. |
Produced: 2011- 2013 Director: Osamu Monden, Kyoko Miyazawa Camera: Masaaki Oki, Yoshinori Sugiura, Taro Akashi, Koji Fujii, Kyoko Miyazawa Editing: Osamu Monden |
< CONTENT > Traditional canoes: Traditional fishing methods: Culinary knowledge: Body adornment: Sounds, words and body movements: Inherited world views: |
Areas covered: Guam, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, American Samoa, Cook Islands, New Zealand, Hawaii, French Polynesia, Indonesia, Taiwan. |
DVD video series |
Bahari, A Look at People, Ocean and Forests |
No.01. "Papua New Guinea / New Ireland Is. " No.02. "Asia's Ocean (1) Poison and Bombs" No.03. "Okinawa's Fishermen and Their Boats" |
Documentary film |
SUGIME:Documentary on the Holistic Reenactment Project of Voyages 30,000 years ago |
2020, National Museum of Nature and Science, 87 minutes |
Director / Script writer: Osamu Monden Camera: Yoshinori Sugiura, Kyoko Miyazawa, Hirotatsu Kumagai, Tatsuo Mori Drone: Ichiro Senoo, Yuki Nishiyama, VE: Naruhiko Kodama Music: Masaaki Poet-type. M Computer graphic: Rui Iwasaki Productuin manager: Kumino Nakamura Executive producer: Yousuke Kaifu © 2020 National Museum of Nature and Science |
TV documentary |
GREAT NATURE “Tracing the geo history of 600 million years in Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia).” |
2023, NHK BS4K and BS-Premium, 89 minutes |
Director: Shohei Matsumoto Camera: Takayuki Hazui, Taro Otsuka Researcher: Kyoko Miyazawa Producer: Osamu Monden, Kisoya Nakajima(NHK), Masaaki Yanagida (NEP) |
MEGAFIRES : Engulfing Forests and Cities (Part 1 and 2) Indonesia and Japan |
2020, NHK World , each part 49 minutes |
Director: Shohei Matsumoto Camera: Hirotatsu Kumagai , VE: Naruhiko Kodama, Drone: Muhammad Ridwan Alimuddin Researcher: Kyoko Miyazawa Producer: Osamu Monden, Executive Producers: Kyoko Gendatsu(NEP), Yoshio Furuya(NHK) International coproduction: NHK / Georama TV Productions / ARTE France / Luna Blue Film |
GREAT NATURE “Explore Sumatera! Land of Peat Swamp Forests and Volcanos--” Indonesia |
2018, NHK BS-Premium, 89 minutes |
Director: Shohei Matsumoto Camera: Takayuki Hazui Researcher and Assistant Cameraman: Kyoko Miyazawa Coordinator: Muhammad Ridwan Alimuddin Producer: Osamu Monden, Kisoya Nakajima(NEP), Itsuki Kunisawa(NHK) |
GREAT NATURE “Explore the revealed continent Zealandia”, New Zealand,New Caledonia, Australia |
2017, NHK BS-Premium, 89 minutes |
Director: Shohei Matsumoto Camera: Taiki Ikemura, Ichiro Seno Researcher: Kyoko Miyazawa Producer: Osamu Monden, Kisoya Nakajima(NEP), Itsuki Kunisawa(NHK) |
BS1 Special "Voices along Subway No.7 ---Reportage from New York City---" |
2017,NHK BS1, 50 minutes |
Director: Shohei Matsumoto Camera: Sergei Krasikov Producer: Osamu Monden, Hirohiko Chino(NHK Global Media Service), Hajime Yoda(NHK) |
Where did we come from? ----Documentary on the project “Holistic Reenactment Project of the Voyage 30 000 Years Ago” by National Museum of Nature and Science,Japan---- |
2016, Yonaguni Island, (Japan), TV Tokyo, 70 minutes |
Director: Osamu Monden Camera: Yoshinori Sugiura, Kyoko Miyazawa,Takeshi Nakasone Drone: Ichiro Seno Producer: Kenji Matsuoka, Chief producer: Hiroaki Fukuda |
GREAT NATURE ----“ Explore the Wonder of Oman”, Sultanate of Oman |
2016, NHK BS-Premium, 89 minutes/29 minutes |
Director: Shohei Matsumoto Camera: Yoshinori Sugiura, Ichiro Seno Researcher: Kyoko Miyazawa Producer: Osamu Monden, Naohito Kato(NEP),Kisoya Nakajima(NHK) |
GREAT NATURE ----“ Wind Island”, Canary Islands, Spain |
2015, NHK BS-Premium, 89 minutes/29 minutes |
Director: Shohei Matsumoto Camera: Oki Masakatsu, Ichiro Seno Researcher: Kyoko Miyazawa Producer: Osamu Monden, Naohito Kato(NEP),Kisoya Nakajima(NHK) |
GREAT NATURE ----Zagros Mountains, Iran---- |
2014, NHK BS-Premium, 89 minutes/29 minutes |
Director: Shohei Matsumoto Camera: Oki Masakatsu, Ichiro Seno Researcher: Kyoko Miyazawa Producer: Osamu Monden, Naohito Kato(NEP),Yasuo Matsumoto(NHK) |
Gentle Giant ----Swimming with Whale Shark----- |
2009, Donsol (Philippines)NHK BS-1, 20 minutes |
Director: Hiromu Igarashi Camera: Koji Fujii Producer: Kyoko Miyazawa, Akihiko Motegi(NHK), Masaaki Sugiura(NEP) |
In Search of Flying Fish --- From Equator to Japan 5000 km---- |
2008, NHK 59 minutes West Sulawesi / South Sulawesi (Indonesia), Ifalik (Micronesia), Lan Yu Island (Taiwan), Tottori (Japan) |
Director:Osamu Monden Assistant director: Yaeko Uno Camera: Taro Akashi, Oki Masakatsu, Tadashi Shibahashi, Yoshinori Sugiura Underwater camera: Yoshinori Sugiura, Katsuyuki Sugimori Producer: Kyoko Miyazawa, Nobuya Yamamoto(NHK) |
Journey On The Sea Route of Flying Fish --- From Equator to Japan 5000 km--- |
2008, NHK BS-hi, 109 minutes West Sulawesi / South Sulawesi (Indonesia), Ifalik (Micronesia), Lan Yu Island (Taiwan), Tottori (Japan) |
Director:Osamu Monden Assistant director: Yaeko Uno Camera: Taro Akashi, Oki Masakatsu, Tadashi Shibahashi, Yoshinori Sugiura Underwater camera: Yoshinori Sugiura, Katsuyuki Sugimori Producer: Kyoko Miyazawa, Nobuya Yamamoto(NHK) |
Flying Roses, a flower road from Naivasha to Japan |
2008, Kenya, TV-Asahi, 25 minutes |
Director:Osamu Monden Camera: Oki Masakatsu Assistant director: Kyoko Miyazawa Producer: Kyoko Miyazawa, Hiroshi Yasuda(TV-Asahi) |
Fluorescent fish, Medaka, and Coral Farming |
2007, Taiwan, Indonesia, Japan, TV-Asahi, 25 minutes |
Director:Osamu Monden Camera: Oki Masakatsu Underwater camera: Yoshinori Sugiura Producer: Kyoko Miyazawa, Hiroshi Yasuda(TV-Asahi) |
Pearl of Arabia, Dubai's waterfront project |
Dubai-UAE, 2005, TV-Asahi, 30 minutes |
Director:Osamu Monden Camera:Taro Akashi Underwater camera: Yoshinori Sugiura Producer: Kyoko Miyazawa, Hiroshi Yasuda(TV-Asahi) |
Living root bridge in the forest |
India, 2004, TV-Asahi, 30 minutes |
Director:Osamu Monden Camera:Koji Fujii Assistant director:Kyoko Miyazawa |
White rice field #2 |
Japan, 2004, “ News Station TV-Asahi ”, 10 minutes |
Director:Osamu Monden Camera:Masashi Nakamori |
White rice field #1 |
Japan, 2004, “ News Station TV-Asahi ”, 10 minutes |
Director:Osamu Monden Camera:Masashi Nakamori |
Searching for Stone Char to Kamchatka |
Russia, 2002, NHK-BS HiVision, 120 minutes |
Director:Yasuhiro Hagihara Camera:Koji Fujii Assistant director:Osamu Monden |
Aquaponics, the combination of aquaculture and hydroponics |
USA, 2002, TV-Asahi, 30 minutes |
Director:Osamu Monden Camera:Kiyoshi Namikawa Assistant director:Kyoko Miyazawa |
A man hatching eggs of bird on his belly |
Bangladesh, 2001, TV-Asahi, 7 minutes |
Director:Kyoko Miyazawa Camera:Masakatsu Oki |
Moken, Sea Nomads in Mergui Archipelagos |
Myanmar, 2001, TV-Asahi, 30 minutes |
Director:Osamu Monden Camera:Masakatsu Oki Assistant director:Kyoko Miyazawa |
Cattle Crossing in Niger River |
Mali, 2001, TV-Asahi, 30 minutes |
Director:Osamu Monden Camera:Masakatsu Oki Assistant director:Kyoko Miyazawa |
Floating Garden in Inle Lake |
Myanmar, 2000, TBS, 30 minutes |
Director:Osamu Monden Camera:Koji Fujii Assistant director:Kyoko Miyazawa |
Bamboo raft in Bangladesh |
Bangladesh, 2000, TBS, 30 minutes |
Director:Osamu Monden Camera:Koji Fujii Assistant director:Kyoko Miyazawa |
Jatra, a folk theater of Bangladesh and its small actress |
Bangladesh, 2000, TBS, 30 minutes |
Director:Osamu Monden Camera:Koji Fujii Assistant director:Kyoko Miyazawa |
Cutty Sark 1998, a tall ship race |
Portugal/ Spain, 1998, Sky-PerfecTV, 60 minutes |
Director:Masato Fukushima Camera:Koji Fujii |
Great Voyage -- Vasco da Gama and His Successors -- Places Featured --- A series of 11 travelogue documentaries tracing the routes of Portuguese sailors --- |
1998-1999, Sky-PerfecTV, 85 minutes See this Demo (Broadband Quality) Real Player 2.14MB or Media Player 1.67MB |
Director:Osamu Monden Camera:Taro Akashi, Koji Fujii, Kiyoshi Namikawa Assistant director:Kyoko Miyazawa |