The National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku) is a research center for ethnology and cultural anthropology.

Past Minpaku Film Shows

El regalo de la Pachamama
El regalo de la Pachamama
February 19, 2012
Proxima Salida
Proxima Salida
January 14, 2012
Aynu "Ainu Past and Present"
Aynu "Ainu Past and Present"
December 4, 2011
Aynu "Beautiful Japan"
Aynu "Beautiful Japan"
October 30, 2011
Aynu "TOKYOAynu"
Aynu "TOKYOAynu"
October 9, 2011
Samson and Delilah
Samson and Delilah
August 21, 2011
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Rabbit-Proof Fence
July 9, 2011
MAR ADENTRO
MAR ADENTRO
May 28, 2011
Cannot Live Without You
Cannot Live Without You
February 26, 2011
Talentime
Talentime
January 22, 2011
True Noon
True Noon
November 13, 2010
Gomshodei Dar Araq
Gomshodei Dar Araq
July 24, 2010
Anthropologists in the Himalayas and the Antarctic: Japanese Overseas Scienti.c Expeditions in the Late 1950s "Antarctica"
Anthropologists in the Himalayas and the Antarctic: Japanese Overseas Scienti.c Expeditions in the Late 1950s "Antarctica"
June 5, 2010
The Syrian Bride
The Syrian Bride
May 22, 2010
Anthropologists in the Himalayas and the Antarctic: Japanese Overseas Scienti.c Expeditions in the Late 1950s "Chogolisa the Bride Peak"
Anthropologists in the Himalayas and the Antarctic: Japanese Overseas Scienti.c Expeditions in the Late 1950s "Chogolisa the Bride Peak"
May 8, 2010
Anthropologists in the Himalayas and the Antarctic: Japanese Overseas Scienti.c Expeditions in the Late 1950s "Karakorum"
Anthropologists in the Himalayas and the Antarctic: Japanese Overseas Scienti.c Expeditions in the Late 1950s "Karakorum"
May 1, 2010
Anthropologists in the Himalayas and the Antarctic: Japanese Overseas Scienti.c Expeditions in the Late 1950s "Manaslu"
Anthropologists in the Himalayas and the Antarctic: Japanese Overseas Scienti.c Expeditions in the Late 1950s "Manaslu"
April 24, 2010
Tulpan
Tulpan
February 27, 2010
Offside
Offside
January 30, 2010
Indigeneous Identitiy with Nature and Life "Nanook of the North"
Indigeneous Identitiy with Nature and Life "Nanook of the North"
December 6, 2009
Indigeneous Identitiy with Nature and Life "Totem: The Return of the G’psgolox Pole"
Indigeneous Identitiy with Nature and Life "Totem: The Return of the G’psgolox Pole"
November 14, 2009
The Edge of Heaven
The Edge of Heaven
October 31, 2009
Indigeneous Identitiy with Nature and Life "Gaia Symphony No. 3"
Indigeneous Identitiy with Nature and Life "Gaia Symphony No. 3"
October 23, 2009
GRAN TORINO
GRAN TORINO
September 26, 2009
Kirikou And The Sorceress
Kirikou And The Sorceress
August 3, 2009
An Indian Film Festival in Minpaku 2009 (with Japanese and English subtitles)
An Indian Film Festival in Minpaku 2009 (with Japanese and English subtitles)
January 11, 2009
The Traditional Manufacture of Temple Bells in Gokasho-cho, Shiga Prefecture
The Traditional Manufacture of Temple Bells in Gokasho-cho, Shiga Prefecture
November 1, 2008
Minorities in China Appearing in Films: The People, Their Mountains and Their Loves “Postmen in the Mountains”
Minorities in China Appearing in Films: The People, Their Mountains and Their Loves “Postmen in the Mountains”
April 13, 2008
Minorities in China Appearing in Films: The People, Their Mountains and Their Loves “When Ruoma was Seventeen”
Minorities in China Appearing in Films: The People, Their Mountains and Their Loves “When Ruoma was Seventeen”
April 6, 2008
Iomante: The Ainu Bear-sending Ceremony / Sakhalin-Ainu Shamanism
Iomante: The Ainu Bear-sending Ceremony / Sakhalin-Ainu Shamanism
March 29, 2008
Scientific Film Festival “Japanese Culture Filmed by Others”
Scientific Film Festival “Japanese Culture Filmed by Others”
February 9, 2008
Scientific Film Festival “Images that Connect Us to Science”
Scientific Film Festival “Images that Connect Us to Science”
January 12, 2008
Kura: Argonauts of the Western Pacific / TV Documentaries: Their Role as Pioneers in the Development of Japanese Ethnographic Film
Kura: Argonauts of the Western Pacific / TV Documentaries: Their Role as Pioneers in the Development of Japanese Ethnographic Film
November 4, 2007
The Whale Rider
The Whale Rider
October 28, 2007
Meet Ethnic Chinese
Meet Ethnic Chinese
September 1, 2007
Saint Jacques—La Mecque
Saint Jacques—La Mecque
March 27, 2007
Scientific Film Festival “Images that Connect Us to Science”
Scientific Film Festival “Images that Connect Us to Science”
March 19, 2007
A Woodturner in Shin-syu
A Woodturner in Shin-syu
February 25, 2007
New Developments in Visual Anthropology
New Developments in Visual Anthropology
January 13, 2007
Sayon’s Bell
Sayon’s Bell
October 29, 2006
Cambodia§/Sounds of the Minorities
Cambodia§/Sounds of the Minorities
March 5, 2006
Omoni [mother]
Omoni [mother]
December 11, 2005
Indian Film Festival in Minpaku
Indian Film Festival in Minpaku
November 12, 2005
The Latest Trends of Ethnographic Films in Yunnan
The Latest Trends of Ethnographic Films in Yunnan
October 16, 2005
Retrospective of Jean Rouch’s Great Works
Retrospective of Jean Rouch’s Great Works
June 4, 2005
Tradition & Acculturation—Making 'SANSHIN'
Tradition & Acculturation—Making 'SANSHIN'
March 26, 2005
Tradition & Acculturation—'Voyageurs Croises'
Tradition & Acculturation—'Voyageurs Croises'
February 26, 2005
The Lives of Muslim Women
The Lives of Muslim Women
December 11, 2004
Visual Images of Japan Filmed by Non-Japanese
Visual Images of Japan Filmed by Non-Japanese
November 27, 2004
The Arabian Nights in the 21st Century
The Arabian Nights in the 21st Century
October 3, 2004
Jean Rouch’s Successors
Jean Rouch’s Successors
June 26, 2004
Development and Visual Anthropology
Development and Visual Anthropology
April 19, 2003
Movies from “De rituels en decouvertes, 20 regards sur le monde - Collection de films ethnographiques 1990/2000” (“From Rituals to Discoveries, 20 Ways of Looking at the World—Documentary Collection 1990/2000”)
Movies from “De rituels en decouvertes, 20 regards sur le monde - Collection de films ethnographiques 1990/2000” (“From Rituals to Discoveries, 20 Ways of Looking at the World—Documentary Collection 1990/2000”)
March 9, 2002
Living in Africa—Camp, Village, and Slums
Living in Africa—Camp, Village, and Slums
December 1, 2000
Movies from The Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
Movies from The Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
October 20, 2000
Current and planned Minpaku Film Shows