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Breaking through Barriers – A Wheelchair Marathon –

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その腕で走れ 車いすランナーたちの熱き闘い [NHK]

|Length : 44min. |Year : 1996

You Don't Need Legs to Run Free

The spirit of competition brings out the best in human nature. As we witness through coverage of the 15th Oita International Wheelchair Marathon, this is as true of the physically disabled as anyone else. Follow athlete Kazuya Murozuka in his quest to overcome world champion Heinz Frei and a field of 432 athletes from 42 nations and win the supremely challenging event.

Along the Way – A Year of a Monk –

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道ゆきて ある僧侶の一年 [KTN]

|Length : 48min. |Year : 1995

This documentary offers an interesting view of the spiritual side of Japan. It tells the story of Shinsuke Kaneko, a Zen monk and co-founder of Zenshin-ji temple. Drawing on what he has learned from his own battle with cancer, Kaneko gives regular lectures on Life and Death. We also see him tending his dying mother. Along with the Catholic Hospital in Nagasaki, Kaneko believes that it is not enough to just tend to the health of the body: the health of the soul is just as important.

Ryoji and His Fellow Travellers – 18 Years of a Blind University Student –

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良司君 旅立ち 全盲大学生18年の記録 [NHK]

|Length : 44min. |Year : 1995

Ryoij Hoshika, 18, is totally blind. He is also a student at Japan's most difficult-to-enter and prestigious institution of higher education - Tokyo University. Despite his handicap Ryoji has always attended regular schools. Supported by family and friends - and especially by his warm-hearted mother - Ryoji has worked tirelessly to get ahead. Now, however, it is time to be independent and he has started to live on his own in Tokyo.

On the Edge of Life

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いのちの水際をささえて 新生病院の試み [SBC]

|Length : 45min. |Year : 1993

Although most Japanese doctors will not tell cancer patients that they are terminally ill and are firm believers in institutional care, Dr.Toru Uchisaka and his doctor wife, Yumiko are of a different opinion: they believe in a patient's right to know what his or her condition is and that the best place for a terminal cancer patient is usually right at home. This moving documentary tells us as much about the meaning of life as it does about the terrible reality of death.

Realizing Potential with Computers

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諫早パソコンストーリー [NBC]

|Length : 12min. |Year : 1992

Disabled people have abilities, too. That's the message of this documentary, which takes as its subject disabled Japanese people who have become computer experts. In the documentary the disabled people talk about what it's like to teach "normal" people. There are interviews with their adult students as well. The computer teachers are also shown teaching a weekly computer class especially for children. "Realizing Potential with Computers" demonstrates that one of the best ways to deal with physical "disabilities" is to concentrate not on what can't be done - but on what can be done.

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