NHK WORLD PRIME
Season 5 Episode 20 - Empty Homes, Shattered Dreams: China's "Ghost Castles"
A curious sight has emerged in the economically flourishing cities of China: Apartment buildings in which construction halts midway. Locals refer to them as "ghost castles." Residents of one such building in Wuhan live in rooms without water or electricity, struggling under the financial weight of repaying the mortgage for an unfinished home. This program examines the shadow behind real estate development through the turmoil faced by the residents who have become victims of a ghost castle.
Episodes in Season 5
3/11 - The Tsunami: The First 3 Days
49 min
3/11 - The Tsunami: The First Year
49 min
GREAT RACE: You'll Never Run Alone
50 min
Gifts from a Parent's Deathbed
50 min
KEN WATANABE - A Compassionate View: The Decade Since the Great East Japan Earthquake
50 min
Global Commons Stewardship
50 min
Generation 3.11: A Decade Journey
50 min
Fukushima Monologue
49 min
Enku: The Enigma of a Wandering Sculptor Monk
49 min
"War Victims Die Twice"
49 min
What You Taught Me About My Son
49 min
Recovery in 300,000 Pictures
49 min
Hearing the Voice of Nakamura Tetsu
48 min
Social Media and the Tides of Democracy
50 min
Eyes in a Crisis
49 min
Seek Nothing, Just Sit
49 min
The Lifesaving Fuel Train
50 min
Karl and Tina: Embracing Village Life in Japan
49 min
A Man Who Aligned Japan with the Nazis
49 min
Empty Homes, Shattered Dreams: China's "Ghost Castles"
49 min
We're Not "Gaijin"!
49 min
A Maiko's Coiffure: Beautiful Ties in Kyoto
43 min
Sahel Rosa — A War Orphan's Journey
50 min
My School of Many Colors
50 min
Finding Mr. Kondo: Tracing the Life of a Wartime Illustrator
50 min
War and Disease: Falling to Malaria
49 min
War and Disease: A Vaccine Tragedy
49 min