CBC Television, Inc. MC Hikorohee keenly feels a new aesthetic in every episode. The unique documentary “Heartful World,” in which a director searches for heartfulness alone in a “deep town,” is now available for additional streaming starting today

[CBC Television Corporation] MC Hikorohee keenly feels a new aesthetic with every episode. The unique documentary “Heartful World,” in which a director searches alone for heartfulness in a “deep town,” is now available for additional streaming starting today! Furthermore, the latest episode will soon be broadcast on terrestrial television! ​
CBC Television Co., Ltd. Press release: October 1, 2025 To Members of the Press MC Hikorohee keenly feels a new aesthetic with every episode. Additional streaming begins today for the unique documentary “Heartful World,” in which a director searches alone in a “deep town” for the heartfelt. What’s more, the latest work will soon be broadcast on terrestrial television! “Heartful World,” a documentary produced by CBC TV, has garnered a great response with its irregular broadcasts in the Tokai region and won the Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association Award for Excellence in 2024. Episodes 1 through 8 are currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video, U-NEXT, and Hulu, with episodes 9 through 14 being added starting today! They’ve also begun streaming on AbemaTV. In addition, a new key visual has been completed to coincide with the start of the additional streaming! The eye-catching key visual of studio MC Hikorohee represents the director of “Heartful World.” Pay attention to his expression. The scar represents the tenacious reporting alone, armed with a camera and no information, while the smile expresses the director’s thoughts and feelings after encountering “Heartful” at the end of the reporting.
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Four new series will also be broadcast on terrestrial television this month! Be sure to check out the previous series online before the new ones air, and look forward to the new series, “Heartful World”! 【Amazon Prime Video】 Episodes 1 to 8 Now streaming Episodes 9 to 14 10/1 (Wed) ~ 【U-NEXT】 Episodes 1 to 8 Now streaming Episode 9 to Episode 14 10/1 (Wed) ~ 【Hulu】 Episodes 1 to 8 Now streaming Episode 9 – Episode 14 10/18 (Sat) – 【AbemaTV】 Episodes 1 to 14 10/1 (Wednesday) ~ [Program overview] “Heartful World” From soapland districts to flophouse districts and riverbanks where homeless people live, the director travels alone to cover the most remote areas of Japan in search of “heartful people and places.” After a daunting journey, he finally arrives at the right place, and meets the right people. There, he discovers a heartwarming world beyond imagination. With Hikorohee as the in-studio MC, he will deliver a glimpse into a deep world rarely seen before. The series premiered with the “Nishinari, Osaka” episode on February 13, 2023, and aired irregularly. Episode 14, “Kanagawa, Kawasaki,” aired on March 29, 2025. Details of each episode are listed on the website. Program website:
https://hicbc.com/tv/heartfulworld/ [Additional Episodes Announced for Release] Episode 9: “Watakanoshima Island, Mie” Watakanoshima Island in Mie Prefecture was once known as the “prostitution island,” and the sex industry was the island’s livelihood. The person I met was an 87-year-old woman. This woman has lived a dramatic life… Episode 10: Akihabara, Tokyo From a postwar black market to Japan’s largest electronics district, and then to a “subculture mecca” for anime and other things. The girl he met in Akihabara was an underground idol… Episode 11 “Nagoya Detention Center” Nagoya Detention House houses defendants currently on trial and death row inmates. The woman he meets is a woman who has also committed a crime and is on probation… Episode 12: “Nagoya: The Former Nakamura Red-Light District” At its peak, Nakamura Red Light District was one of the largest red light districts in Japan. The area still retains a strong resemblance to that time. “My husband got arrested. I can’t make enough money at a regular job…” I met a woman who’d been working at a soapland for four years… Episode 13: Higashikujo, Kyoto Higashikujo, near Kyoto Station, has been known as a residential area for Koreans living in Japan since before the war. People from the Korean Peninsula have come to live in Japan for various reasons. A man living alone in a 100-year-old factory meets a man whose family runs a scrap metal collection business… Episode 14 “Kanagawa/Kawasaki” Kawasaki Ward, located in the southern part of Kawasaki City, is the core of the Keihin Industrial Zone. It’s a city that developed as workers flocked from all over the country. “Most of the people on this street are ‘not allowed to show their faces’…” The director attempted to conduct an interview on Nakamise-dori, a busy shopping district, but… Image
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