Darßer NaturfilmFestival 2025: Program section "Competition"
The captivating new documentary "Japan's Snow Monkeys" takes the audience on an extraordinary journey to the Kamikochi Valley in the heart of the Japanese Alps, where the resilient Japanese macaques, also known as snow monkeys, brave extreme conditions to survive and thrive. Hardly any other primate species can withstand colder temperatures.
Germany, Japan // 2024 // 51 min. // no age rating
Director: Kosuke Hayashi
Written by: Kosuke Hayashi
Cinematography: Genki Yamada, Ryutaro Maeada, Takayuki Ogura
Editing: Klaus Müller, Sumikazu Maeda
Music: Jörg Magnus Pfeil, Andrej Melita, Sebastian Haßler
Sound: Sven-Michael Bluhm
Editor: Silvia Gutmann (NDR)
Producer:in: Tom Synnatzschke, Masa Hayakawa, Makoto Kita, Masazumi Komoda
Producer:in: Jörn Röver
Production: Doclights / NDR Naturfilm, NHK, NEP
