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| Ethnographic film for Museum |
| Rafts and Dugout Canoe / Voyaging Canoes from Micronesia / Tatala Boat − Lanyu / Single Outrigger Canoe in Sri Lanka / Malagasy Canoes and Fishing / Sabani Boat in Okinawa / Large Wooden Sailing Vessels in Asian Waters / Painted Boats in Caves − Indonesia / Boats and Souls / Humans and Boats Maritime Life in Asia and Oceania / Digest version of the documentary film Chechemeni's Adventure / Sandeq in Full Sail / Fishing in a Dugout Canoe |
| 2025, Special Exhibition “Human and Boats: Maritime Life in Asia and Oceania”, National Museum of Ethnology |
| Director: Osamu Monden Camera: Masakatsu Oki, Yoshinori Sugiura, Taro Akashi, Kyoko Miyazawa VR camera: Muhammad Ridwan Alimuddin © 2025 Studio UMI, Inc. |
| When Humans Met the Sea - Maritime Adaptation and Cultural Foundations (10 minutes) |
| 2022, Thematic Exhibition “Maritime People and Art of Their World: Material Culture in Southeast Asia and Oceania” at National Museum of Ethnology, Japan |
| Director: Osamu Monden Camera: Masakatsu Oki, Yoshinori Sugiura, Taro Akashi, Kyoko Miyazawa © 2022 Studio UMI, Inc. |
| “Maritime Culture Database for Southeast Asia and Oceania” for National Museum of Ethnology, Japan (since 2022) |
| < CONTENT > Areas covered: Indonesia, Myanmar, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Samoa |
| Director: Osamu Monden Camera: Masakatsu Oki, Yoshinori Sugiura, Taro Akashi, Kyoko Miyazawa Supervisor: Rintaro Ono, Takuya Nagaoka, Takashi Tsuji © 2022 Studio UMI,Inc. |
| 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 |
| Blue Sea and Red Blood: Survival Strategies in Oceania |
| 2026, TUFS Cinema Oceania Documentary Film (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies), 93 minutes |
| Director / Editor: Osamu Monden Camera: Yoshinori Sugiura, Kyoko Miyazawa, Oki Masakatsu, Osamu Monden © 2026 Studio UMI, Inc. |
| 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 |