KANA, Tomoko
海南友子, b. 1971 (Tokyo)
- official website
- started her career at the NHK
- became an independent filmmaker in 2000
- her first independent work Mardiyem debuted at the Yamagata International Film Festival in 2001
- From the Land of Bitter Tears won the Japan Journalist Congress Award
- won the Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Award at the Sundance International Film Festival for her first narrative film screenplay Two by the River (2007)
- Otake, Tomoko. Film shows war's China legacy: Documentary portrays suffering from arms Japan left. The Japan Times. 24 July 2004.
- Tehrani, Sam. Winners of the 2007 Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Award. Cinema Without Borders. 26 Jan. 2007.
- Beautiful Islands Trailer
- Official Website for Beautiful Islands
- Essay: Joel Neville Anderson. "Beautiful Islands", Cinespect. 15 September 2010.
- Interview: Justin Tedaldi. "Interview with 'Beautiful Islands' director Tomoko Kana", Examiner.com. 31 August 2010.
