Company Profile


Documentary Japan, Inc. is an multi award-winning, independent television production based in Tokyo,Japan.  Producing high quality of documentary programmes for broadcasters and other companies, focusing on documentaries but works on any field in visuals; docudrama, news, drama and feature films.


*One of the first independent documentary production in Japan and leading the filed of documentary.  We work with all the Japanese broadcasters; NHK, TV-Asahi, NTV, TBS, TV-Tokyo, TV-Fuji, also works with international counterparts; Canal, Arte, PBS and such.


*The quality of our work has been recognized with awards domestically and internationally, including ATP Grand Prix, The Best Documentary by Ministry of Culture and Science, Ministry of Communications, Prix Italia, etc.


*The company is affiliated with expertise of technical company and staff; highly qualified cameraman, sound-recordist, and video-engineer.  This enables us to make a team to perform the best at shootings.  Also, we are affiliated with a post-production company to complete our works.  In the company, we are able to do the whole process in house; pre-production (we also have research/proposal Department), Shoot and post-production.


*A uniqueness of the company is we are a group of independent creators and freelances.  Depending on the assignment, we form the team with new staff and adjust to any kind of situation.  This enables the staff to perform their interest, thus makes the company to be different. 


*The company has bilingual, trilingual producers/directors; English, French, Thai, Spanish, Chinese.  Also, we have connections with translators of quite a few languages.