NHK WORLD PRIME
Season 7 Episode 5 - End-of-Life Guardians
Bunpuku is a dog like no other who lives in a nursing home for the elderly in Kanagawa Prefecture. Whenever an elderly resident is in their last days of life, he licks their face and leans up against them. Owing to this behavior, Bunpuku is known as the mitori-inu, which literally translates to "dog who is present at one's deathbed." However, Bunpuku is not the only pooch at the home, as residents are allowed to bring their beloved dogs with them when they move in. The hounds provide company for people in the autumn of their lives. The relationship between the dogs and the elderly here is based on mutual affection, as we can see in this selection of footage filmed over a period of six months.
Episodes in Season 7
Where Will Divided America Go from Here? US Midterm Elections 2022
49 min
The Red Way: The Making of a Third Term
49 min
A Voice to the Voiceless
49 min
Why I'm at War
50 min
End-of-Life Guardians
50 min
Raising a Family on Cat Island
49 min
Blues from the Obscure
50 min
Steve Jobs and Japan
48 min
TOKYO SCANNING
49 min
Taiwan's Windy Frontline Islands
49 min
Voices of Tohoku: What We Want From Reconstruction
50 min
A Director's War: Fighting for Ukraine from Japan
49 min
Return to an Abandoned Village: 50 Years in Tsubayama
49 min
ISSEY MIYAKE: The Human Inside the Clothes
50 min
Prayers of a Thousand Years
49 min
Women on the Front Line: 15% of Japan's Politicians
49 min
The Unknown Master of Restoration Episode 2
49 min
Ukraine's Nuclear Dilemma
50 min
Staging Shared Memories —Yu Miri and Young Fukushima Actors—
49 min
On the Frontlines of Myanmar's Civil War
49 min
Walking a Tightrope: The Filmmaker Yang Yonghi
50 min
The Day I Gave Up My Daughter
49 min
Piano Girl
50 min
The Falconer's Legacy
50 min
Finding My Mirror
50 min
