Making Documentary Films of the Recovery of a Community Destroyed by an Earthquake
Kenji Aoike
(Movie Director)



[ Personal History ]

1941 Born in Nagoya.


[ Main Films ]

  • "Nihon Genyasai Sanrizuka"
  • "Kassen" (Gold Prize, the Tokyo Educational Films Festival)
  • "Screams and Whispers: A Report on Cambodian Refugees"
  • "Benposta: A Republic of Children" (The Japan Catholic Film Award)
  • "Yoshiyuki Yamaga, a Biwa Player" (The Documentary/Cultural Film Award, the Mainichi Films Competition)

He is now making a series of documentary films in which the people of a town destroyed by the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake and their efforts to recover their community are described;

"A Town of People: Takatori and Noda Hokubu"
Part I (January 27 to March 15, 1995) 85 minutes
Part II (March 23 to April 23, 1995) 60 minutes