NHK WORLD PRIME backdrop

NHK WORLD PRIME S7E7 — Blues from the Obscure

NHK WORLD PRIME•Season 7•Episode 7

Blues from the Obscure

Mar 18, 202350 min

There are artists devoted to creation, not for others, not even for themselves, but only for the sake of creating. This film looks at the life and creations of a man who rarely leaves home and never stops painting. Why do people create? Nishimura Issei

Previous episodeE6 · Raising a Family on Cat Island Next episodeE8 · Steve Jobs and Japan

Seasons8

All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Season 7 Episodes25

Where Will Divided America Go from Here? US Midterm Elections 2022 still

Where Will Divided America Go from Here? US Midterm Elections 2022

The Red Way: The Making of a Third Term still

The Red Way: The Making of a Third Term

A Voice to the Voiceless still

A Voice to the Voiceless

Why I'm at War still

Why I'm at War

End-of-Life Guardians still

End-of-Life Guardians

Raising a Family on Cat Island still

Raising a Family on Cat Island

Blues from the Obscure still

Blues from the Obscure

Steve Jobs and Japan still

Steve Jobs and Japan

TOKYO SCANNING still

TOKYO SCANNING

Taiwan's Windy Frontline Islands still

Taiwan's Windy Frontline Islands

Voices of Tohoku: What We Want From Reconstruction still

Voices of Tohoku: What We Want From Reconstruction

A Director's War: Fighting for Ukraine from Japan still

A Director's War: Fighting for Ukraine from Japan

Return to an Abandoned Village: 50 Years in Tsubayama still

Return to an Abandoned Village: 50 Years in Tsubayama

ISSEY MIYAKE: The Human Inside the Clothes still

ISSEY MIYAKE: The Human Inside the Clothes

Prayers of a Thousand Years still

Prayers of a Thousand Years

Women on the Front Line: 15% of Japan's Politicians still

Women on the Front Line: 15% of Japan's Politicians

The Unknown Master of Restoration Episode 2 still

The Unknown Master of Restoration Episode 2

Ukraine's Nuclear Dilemma still

Ukraine's Nuclear Dilemma

Staging Shared Memories —Yu Miri and Young Fukushima Actors— still

Staging Shared Memories —Yu Miri and Young Fukushima Actors—

On the Frontlines of Myanmar's Civil War still

On the Frontlines of Myanmar's Civil War

Walking a Tightrope: The Filmmaker Yang Yonghi still

Walking a Tightrope: The Filmmaker Yang Yonghi

The Day I Gave Up My Daughter still

The Day I Gave Up My Daughter

Piano Girl still

Piano Girl

The Falconer's Legacy still

The Falconer's Legacy

Finding My Mirror still

Finding My Mirror

Discussion

0 comments

Join the conversation

Share your take and reply to other fans.

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts on this episode.

Episode Summary

"Blues from the Obscure" is episode 7 of NHK WORLD PRIME season 7. It aired on March 18, 2023.

Next: E8 · Steve Jobs and Japan Best of Season 7