Japanology Plus (2014)
Plot.
Host Peter Barakan delves into various aspects of Japanese culture; exploring practices, history, and modern innovations in such areas as ramen, rice, sushi, geisha, bonsai, and so much more. Local experts discuss their passions at fascinating length, and American Japanophile Matt Alt experiences the food, practices, and cultures in each episode in depth. Viewers will finish each half hour episode with a new understanding of an area of Japanese life through demonstrative videos and explanations, all delivered respectfully and true to the Japanese way of life.
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Cast & Crew.
Peter Barakan
Self - Host
Kanako Sachno
Self - Narrator (voice)
Tetra Tanizaki
Theme Song Performance
rocomoon
Theme Song Performance
Randy Channell
Self
Emma Howard
Self - Narrator (voice) / Self - Narrator (voice) / Self - Guest
Matt Alt
Self - Reporter in Plus One / Self - Guest
Norio Teranuma
Camera Operator
Kanehisa Okuda
Camera Operator
Noboru Abe
Camera Operator
Ryu Arimoto
Camera Operator
Yoshihiro Fukuda
Camera Operator
Hiroko Baba
Camera Operator
Tatsuo Higuchi
Camera Operator
Hajime Wada
Camera Operator
Yusuke Sakamoto
Camera Operator
Yuta Negishi
Camera Operator
Daisuke Shimizu
Other
Hidekazu Sasaki
Camera Operator
Shusaku Tohara
Camera Operator
Hitoshi Sakurada
Camera Operator
Taiki Ikemura
Camera Operator
Noriyuki Hikino
Camera Operator
Kenji Wakabayashi
Camera Operator
Satoshi Hasegawa
Camera Operator
Fumie Sekine
Camera Operator
Tetsuro Shimomura
Camera Operator
Naoto Ishioka
Camera Operator
Hirami Susumu
Camera Operator
Masami Suzuki
Camera Operator
Futoshi Ishida
Camera Operator
Horita Katsuya
Camera Operator
Masanao Onozuka
Camera Operator
James Morimoto Yuya
Camera Operator / Director
Hitoshi Nishiyama
Director
Mamoru Abe
Director
Hidetoshi Yanagihara
Director
Shogo Kawahara
Director / Editor
Kensuke Kubo
Director
Hiroshi Nishiyama
Director
Takamitsu Motomochi
Director
Masaru Sasaki
Director
Yoko Urago
Director
Hiro Kay
Director
Mika Nakajima
Director
Shoko Zukemura
Director
Shingo Doita
Director
Kimitaka Suzuki
Director
Hiroshi Takagi
Director
Masami Watanabe
Director
Hirotaka Ohata
Director
Aki Shimizu
Director
Jun Afuso
Editor
Gen Koshiba
Editor
Hitomi Nemoto
Editor
Hidetoshi Isaka
Editor
Jun Yamamoto
Editor
Daigoro Okabe
Editor
Hitoshi Kato
Editor
Toshiyuki Ajiro
Editor
Ikumi Oyama
Editor
Shuhei Nakamura
Editor
Kazutoshi Onuma
Lighting Technician
Yukio Kobayashi
Lighting Technician
Keiichi Okumura
Lighting Technician / Sound Recordist
Natsuki Totsuka
Lighting Technician
Nanako Ono
Lighting Technician
Tatsuya Tanaka
Lighting Technician
Yasuhiro Sawaguchi
Lighting Technician
Yoshimasa Yamazaki
Lighting Technician
Takahisa Matsuzaki
Lighting Technician
Shizuka Onuma
Lighting Technician
Tomokazu Hirota
Lighting Technician
Hiroaki Iijima
Lighting Technician / Sound / Sound Recordist
Yuji Toda
Lighting Technician
Atsushi Ishida
Lighting Technician
Yasuhiko Tsuji
Lighting Technician
Koichi Nakamura
Lighting Technician
Masayuki Omura
Lighting Technician
Hayato Murakami
Lighting Technician
Suzuki Yoshimasa
Lighting Technician
Gunatilaka Wasantha
Lighting Technician
Michio Suda
Lighting Technician
Kento Yahagi
Lighting Technician
Ken Kumata
Executive Producer
Naoko Fujimura
Producer
Sachiko Miyamoto
Executive Producer
Chiyo Kawahara
Executive Producer
Shinya Kikuchi
Executive Producer
Aya Umeda
Producer
Mika Kanaya
Executive Producer
Yoshihiro Tamura
Executive Producer
Tomohiro Oi
Executive Producer
Jun Ito
Executive Producer
Takako Hikita
Executive Producer
Keiko Katoh
Producer
Minako Katano
Producer
Wataru Hoshii
Producer
Kensuke Miyauchi
Executive Producer
Koji Takayanagi
Executive Producer
Yuriko Kawaike
Executive Producer
Kazunari Domitsu
Executive Producer
Hajime Sakita
Main Title Theme Composer / Theme Song Performance
Miwa Yokomizo
Music Supervisor
Kenichiro Jo
Sound Engineer
Masaki Hirabayashi
Sound Engineer
Masanobu Kuroda
Music Supervisor
Yasuhiro Arihara
Sound Recordist / Sound Engineer
Hiroyuki Morita
Sound Recordist
Kahei Yasuhara
Sound Engineer
Satoru Ohata
Sound Recordist
Makoto Saegusa
Sound Recordist
Takashi Oura
Sound Engineer
Kozo Hosomi
Music Supervisor
Kazuhiko Nakamura
Sound Recordist
Soma Orikasa
Sound
Kimimasa Jobetto
Sound
Adam Fulford
Script Consultant
Satomi Furukawa
Script Consultant
Naoko Tomita
Script Consultant
Noriko Suzuki
Script Consultant
Kazutada Komine
Script Consultant
David McMahon
Self - Reporter in Plus One
Matt Schley
Self - Reporter in Plus One
Vinay Murthy
Self - Reporter in Plus One
Lemi Duncan
Self - Reporter in Plus One
Kanoa
Self - Reporter in Plus One
Hiroshi Tashiro
Self - Expert
Masahiko Urano
Self - Expert
Kenichiro Senoo
Self - Expert
Yoshihiro Senda
Self - Expert
Elizabeth Suzuki
Self
Everett Kennedy Brown
Self
Carolin Eckhardt
Self
Ayao Okumura
Self
Shozo Shibata
Self - Expert
Hitoshi Mogi
Self - Expert
Masataka Fujiwara
Self - Expert
Tetsuya Yamamoto
Self - Expert
Yoshihiro Akiyama
Self - Expert
Sachiko Yamaguchi
Self - Expert
Tomotaka Takahashi
Self - Expert
Miho Shinoda
Self - Expert
Nozomi Iida
Self - Expert
Kenjiro Ishida
Self - Expert
Hiroshi Nakadai
Self - Expert
J. Martin Holman
Self
Yuko Horiuchi
Self - Researcher, J. F. Oberlin University
Richard Halberstadt
Self
Sheila Cliffe
Self
Mateusz Urbanowicz
Self
Josh Grisdale
Self
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
Peter MacMillan
Self
Chieko Mukasa
Self - Food Journalist
Manabu Akaike
Self - Science and Technology Journalist
Takeo Akiyama
Self - Longtime Hobbyist Photographer
Akiko Shiihara
Self - Expert
Shunichi Saito
Self - Sake Master Brewer
David E. Wells
Self
Emiko Masao
Self - 100-yen Shop Aficionado and Blogger
Adam Zgola
Self
Chotoku Tanaka
Self - Professional Photographer
Andrew Mancabelli
Self
Alex Bennett
Self
Yuji Suizu
Self - Driving Instructor
Akemi Masuda
Self - Sports Journalist and Former Olympic Athlete
Mamoru Tsuchiya
Self - Expert
Amir Takahashi
Self
Yasuto Hori
Self - Expert
Takahiro Tanaka
Self
Francesco Pantò
Self
Kyle Card
Self - Reporter in Plus One / Self - Guest
Benjamin Flatt
Self - Chef
Chad Mullane
Self - Comedian
Shozo Nagata
Self - Professor
Claudio Feliciani
Self
Gregory Khezrnejat
Self
Andrew Dewar
Self
Colleen Schmuckal
Self
Kyle Holzhueter
Self
Asa Ekstrom
Self - Manga Artist
Marty Friedman
Self
Isabelle Sasaki
Self
Nicholas Rennick
Self - Medical Doctor
Tom Hovasse
Self
Steve Tallon
Self
Ondrej Hybl
Self
David Atkinson
Self
Wolfgang Loeger
Self
Thomas Ainsworth
Self
Harold George Meij
Self
Johan Nilsson Björk
Self - Rakugo Performer
Kim Seungbok
Self
Gyoei Saile
Self
Anna Bugaeva
Self
Rezaul Karim Chowdhury
Self
Paul Lorimer
Self
Carine Lafitte
Self
Randy Channell Soei
Self
Zoe Vincent
Self
Yoram Ofer
Self
Nsenda Lukumwena
Self
Tyler Lynch
Self
Fernando Lopez
Self
Stephanie Tomiyasu
Self
Bjorn Heiberg
Self
Bruce Gutlove
Self
Jagmohan S. Chandrani
Self
David Stanley Hewett
Self
Thomas Bertrand
Self
Oussouby Sacko
Self
Bartholomeus Greb
Self
Maud Archambault
Self
Jorge Cabeza Fernandez
Self
Pico Iyer
Self
Izuhi Higashioka
Self - Expert
Shunji Akimoto
Self - Expert
Toshio Kadoya
Self - Expert
Kenji Kasai
Self - Expert
Taichiro Tsuji
Self - Expert
Yosuke Ikeda
Self - Expert
Ruth Marie Jarman
Self - Expert
Kikuo Yamamoto
Self - Expert
Takeshi Naganuma
Self - Expert
Masakatsu Uekusa
Self - Expert
Nobue Kunizaki
Self - Expert
Etsuko Yamada
Self - Expert
Denso Sugiura
Self - Expert
Mana Kumagai
Self - Expert
Ai Nagai
Self - Cook
Riho Sakakura
Self - Cook
Suenori Murayama
Self - Expert
Satoshi Okamoto
Self - Expert
Bhushan Ghimire
Self - Expert
Osamu Oba
Self - Expert
Daisuke Sasaki
Self - Expert
Mitsuaki Ohta
Self - Expert, Canine Researcher
Kyoko Mitsumata
Self - Expert
Takashi Uemura
Self - Expert
Kazuyuki Suzuki
Self - Expert
Nagisa Tatsumi
Self - Expert
Marie Kondo
Self - Expert
Yukihiro Yamada
Self - Expert
Tadanobu Yamaguchi
Self - Motorcycle Instructor
Wakky Kaiyama
Self - Expert
Mayuu Fudo
Self - Expert
Yoko Nagae
Self - Expert
Satomi Yamamoto
Self - Expert
Kyoko Kodama
Self - Expert
Hiroko Kimura
Self - Expert
Nobuhiko Koike
Self - Director, Chofu City Library
Ichiro Oda
Self - Expert
Hidetoshi Katori
Self - Physicist
Yoshikazu Suematsu
Self - Expert
Masanari Mizoguchi
Self - Expert
Takao Kobayashi
Self - Expert
Yu Hiroi
Self - Expert
Hidetsugu Ueno
Self - Barkeeper
Yorio Fujimoto
Self - Expert
Osamu Baba
Self - Expert
Tomoaki Kurihara
Self - Expert
Hidenobu Sakai
Self - Expert
Yoshihiro Sakai
Self - Expert
Kuniyo Hayashi
Self - Expert
Nobuo Harada
Self - Expert
Shigehito Kobayashi
Self - Expert
Yoshihiro Nakano
Self - Expert
Brother Tom
Self
Hirofumi Gomi
Self - Expert
Shoshu Hirai
Self - Expert
Yukio Toyoda
Self - Expert
Matthew Headland
Self - Guest
Todd Rundgren
Self - Guest
Rachel Henderson
Self - Guest, High School Teacher
James Coronel
Self - Guest
Don Smith
Self - Guest
Tetsuhito Fujiyama
Self - Expert
Shinichi Ishikawa
Self - Professor, Miyagi University
Naoto Tsuji
Self - Guest, Fuji Oil Employee
Naruki Tojima
Self - Guest
Toru Suzuki
Self - Guest
Kazuhiko Komatsu
Self - Guest (Director, International Research Center for Japanese Studies)
Hirokazu Kihara
Self - Guest
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 3, 2014
StatusReturning Series
Seasons11
Episodes322
Running Time28m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsJapan
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
japan
japanese folklore
japanese tradition
change vs tradition
japanese society
japanese culture
way of life
arts and culture
arts and crafts
japanese history
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