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- In December 2001 the world's media focused on the small town of Fargo, North Dakota, where the body of Takako Konishi was found in the woods by a hunter. The media reported that she had left Japan with the misunderstanding that the Coen brother's "Fargo" really was a true story and that there was a stash of money hidden somewhere in the snow on a road by a tree. This documentary traces the background to the story and finds that the media, quick to jump on a "funny" story of foolishness, had gotten the story totally wrong.
- This film was produced to explain Tokyo for foreign tourists.
- 2001– 1h 27mTV-PG7.7 (59)TV EpisodeOne team is ecstatic thinking they have a serious advantage when they learn the location of the next destination...a place they've been to and where they know the language two teams race in paddle boats that look like ducks during a sprint to the first pit stop of this 2-leg finale. Little mistakes can cost big when the finish line is so close, and one team wastes a lot of time looking for equipment needed for a challenge...they keep walking by it when it is right in front of their eyes. Will this be the difference between first and second place? The last two legs of this race around the world are both mentally and physically grueling. No team is at an advantage over another. And, it is a tight race to the very end. Which duo will win the one-million dollars?
- 2004– 56mTV-PG8.1 (17)TV EpisodeBy 1690, Japan is a nation completely isolated from the outside world, except for a small community of Dutch traders. Among them is German Doctor Englebert Kaempfer, whose writings provide valuable insights on daily life in Japan. Culture and commerce flourish. But ruling daimyo warlords and their samurai armies continue to grow restless. The Shogun Tsunayoshi is a product of both classes. Under his rule, art and education excel, and "Laws of Compassion" are introduced. Samurai, geisha, courtesans, merchants, writers and actors are attracted to Edo, and the classes begin to mix. Japanese interest in Western science increases, making the policy of isolation more difficult. In 1853, Mathew C. Perry sails American ships into Edo Bay, and demands a formal opening of the nation. Realizing that resistance is futile, the Japanese negotiate treaties with the U.S. and other nations in the West. Ten years later, the samurai class is disbanded and the Tokugawa Shogunate ends. After 265 years of isolation, the modern era of Japan has begun.
- 2004– 56mTV-PG8.1 (22)TV EpisodeIn the early 16th century, Japan is a warlike society ruled by samurai and their daimyo warlords. When Portuguese merchants arrive in 1543, they are the first Europeans to set foot in Japan. Missionaries quickly set out to convert the nation to Christianity. In the same year, a samurai boy named Tokugawa Ieyasu is born to a low ranking daimyo family. To prove his family's loyalty to their ruling warlord, Ieyasu is given as a hostage where he remains for most of his childhood. When he is finally freed, he reclaims his family's domain and allies himself with the most powerful rulers in Japan: Oda Nobunaga, and his successor, Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Hideyoshi awards him a small fishing village named Edo, later to be known as Tokyo, and provides him with a vast area to rule. But Hideyoshi and Ieyasu are uneasy allies. On his deathbed, Hideyoshi, places Ieyasu in command until Hideyoshi's true heir--his young son, Hideyori--will rule. When daimyo rebels challenge Ieyasu's control, Tokugawa Ieyasu's samurai armies defeat them at the Battle of Sekigahara. The victory brings to Ieyasu the title of shogun. Ieyasu's only remaining obstacle for total control of Japan is Hideyori. In 1614, Ieyasu renounces his allegiance to Hideyori and attacks Osaka Castle, slaughtering more than 100,000. It is the beginning of a dynasty that will endure for more than 250 years.
- 2004– 56mTV-PG8.1 (21)TV EpisodeWith Ieyasu in control, peace descends on Japan, and a new society based on the samurai ethics of obedience and loyalty is established. In 1600, William Adams becomes the first Englishman to set foot in Japan. Impressed by European trading vessels, Ieyasu asks Adams to help him build his own fleet. Aware that the English have no interest in converting the Japanese to Christianity, Ieyasu decides to expel the Portuguese and Spanish, who too often combine missionary work with trade. When he dies at 72, Ieyasu's vision of a strictly controlled class system based on the rule of the samurai is a reality. But his grandson, Iemitsu, will rule more harshly. With no wars to fight, Iemitsu tightens control over the power and movement of the daimyo and their restless samurai armies. Though foreign missionaries have been expelled, Iemitsu still fears the influence of Christianity. In 1637, impoverished peasants and persecuted Christians explode in anger in the Shimabara Rebellion, and thousands die. In order to prevent further dissention resulting from foreign influence, Iemitsu closes Japan to the western world. It will be more than 200 years before the nation will open its doors again.
- 2001– 44mTV-PG7.2 (57)TV EpisodeThe four remaining teams travel from Mumbai, India to Osaka, Japan. One person becomes physically exhausted and unable to perform the Road Block. Another person blows a gasket after their team are dropped off at the wrong part of the airport by their taxi driver.
- 2001– 1h 27mTV-PG7.8 (74)TV EpisodeTwelve teams of two people line up at the start on the Los Angeles River, but in a surprise twist, the team that fails to complete the first task is eliminated without leaving the country. The eleven remaining teams travel to Tokyo, Japan, where one person from each team becomes a Japanese game show contestant at the Road Block, then to Cái Bè, Vietnam, where they have to face mud, sweat and tears as they take part in a local farmer's festival.
- When the twins' mom invites a deaf boy over to befriend Nathan, Daniel can't contain his jealousy. Jen explains Tim's strict diet and exercise regimen; S.mouse records a track with his girlfriend.
- Jen Okazaki markets her skateboarding-star son Tim as a gay teen; Daniel tries to keep Nathan from self-stimulation.
- 2008–201222mTV EpisodeAnna and Kristina are feeling a little out of their element and comfort zone in preparing dishes from "Izakaya: The Japanese Pub Cookbook" as it is food they feel best left to the restaurateurs who know what they're doing and have the time to do it. However, as izakayas, the Japanese equivalent of a pub, are springing up across North America, they are willing to give the recipes in the cookbook a try, despite what they perceive as the finicky preparation, especially in the exacting presentation of the final product. They are preparing six dishes in three hours: spinach with black sesame sauce, fried tofu stuffed with raclette cheese, tuna with nuta miso mustard dressing, ume-shiso rolled chicken, foil-baked mushrooms, and steamed and grilled pork with salt. Their guest taster is Koji Zenimaru, the executive chef at Vancouver's Kingyo Izakaya. He intimidates them solely because of his larger than life attitude (he seeing himself an entertainer before a chef) and that his expectations are "higher than Mount Fuji". He does surprise the pair with his entrance into the house. In addition, Anna and Kristina get a lesson in izakaya etiquette.
- Karl visits Japan where he trains to be a sumo wrestler, stays in a capsule hotel, decides to invent something, eats fermented Japanese fish, studies with a Zen Buddhist master, participates in a Japanese tea ceremony, and climbs Mt. Fuji.
- 2001– 42mTV-PG7.9 (63)TV EpisodeThe four remaining teams travel from Vypin, India to Osaka, Japan. As they close in on the finish of the race, they have to call upon their track skills during an exhausting Japanese game show Road Block. The final three teams then travel to Honululu, Hawaii, where they have to draw on all of their remaining stamina. The first team to reach the finish line wins the US$1 million prize.
- The final teams start in Tokyo where they'll find themselves rolling through a human bowling competition and stripping down for a phone call at the bottom of a giant fish bowl. Ultimately, the final three Teams will sprint to the finish line in Alaska for the one million dollar prize.
- 2001– 1h 6mTV-PG7.7 (90)TV Episode11 new teams of all dating duos: six who are preexisting couples, and five duos meet for the first time at the starting line. Immediately, the couples face a difficult decision with a dreaded U-turn in the first leg.
- Teams race through Nagano, Japan where Racers take on an Olympic-sized Detour, and one team takes a tumble that may jeopardize their chances in the Race.
- The Island of Shikoku in Japan is the birthplace of the most revered figure in Japanese Buddhism, the monk and teacher Kobo Daishi, who brought a populist form of Buddhism to Japan from China in the 9th Century. For hundreds of years, a 750-mile pilgrimage route has circled this mountainous island, connecting 88 separate temples and shrines that claim connection to the Great Master - Kobo Daishi. Host Bruce Feiler circles the island, following a pilgrim trail that's taken by hundreds of thousands of Japanese and international pilgrims every year; a Buddhist pilgrimage that welcomes pilgrims of all faiths. While the majority now drive or travel by train or bus - a two-week journey - many still set aside 60 or more days to walk the entire route, especially in the spring when the cherry blossoms are in bloom and pilgrimage season is at its height. Temple priests introduce Bruce to sacred ceremonies that date back thousands of years, revealing how the presence of Kobo Daishi is believed to accompany all who follow in his footsteps. Out on the pilgrim trail, Bruce meets with different American walkers - a hiking group from the Pacific Northwest, a retired soldier from California, and two recently-married doctors from Indiana - to learn why they've come to Shikoku and what they are hoping to find.
- Joanna continues her travel by flying over Tokyo in a helicopter, seeing a girl band perform in a nightclub, and visiting Kyoto at the peak of the Cherry Blossom season, where she meets a trainee Geisha.