[ 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
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