TV/DVD Programs aired/released in 2005 (Titles in English are tentative translation)

BS Documentary From Pearl Harbor to the Messenger of Peace; Saga of the Chief Pilot Mitsuo FUCHIDA

Broadcast: August 15th, 23:10-24:00 20th, 22:10-23:00 September 5th, 18:10-19:00 October 11th, 10:10-11:00 NHK BS1

Mitsuo FUCHIDA was the chief pilot of the fighters that attacked Pearl Harbor. After the defeat of Japanese Empire, he went to the States and lived his second life as an active messenger of Jesus. The program focuses on two thousand pages of his personal note left with his family in U.S., and traces the flight path of his soul.

THE GREAT CHINA

Broadcast: 11:00-11:54 p.m., on every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, from November 21th till December 14th.   Producer and Chief Director: Kazuo MATSUI Director: Akihito NOMURA Assistant Director: Sanshiro IWATA, Hiroko MATSUNO

An unprecedented documentary series on the vast universe of China, shot all in HDTV taking crews a whole year to film. The program consists of fifty episodes and will show grand diversity and profound culture. One of the special features is our encounter with a legendary ethnic group in Danba Country, Sichuan Province, first time filmed by foreign media.

The World Natural Heritage

Producer: Kumi INOUE Director: Satoshi OIWA, Yoshiro MITSUYAMA, Miho TAKAHASHI, Mamoru FUKUSHIMA, Masutaka HAYASHI, Keiji MAKINO, Megumi ISHIZUNA, Liu Wei, Kazuki TAKASHIMA Assistant Director: Motoyuki ITABASHI, Seiko TAKENAKA

Our third series of the World Heritage ranges over fifty natural heritages in forty two countries. All shot in HD camera, rich variety of the program that covers spectacular volcanoes, waterfalls, oceans, and mysterious ecosystem of abundant flora and fauna will invite you to mind-boggling armchair journey to the whole earth and its 4.2 billion year history.   Please visit the official website of "The World Natural Heritage" at ：http://www.sekaishizenisan.com/ . Although the website is in Japanese, you can preview some of the program.