Documentary Filmmakers

Naomi Kawase Documentary Box Set with English Subtitles

Women Documentary Filmmakers based in Japan:

Fujiwara, Tomoko

Haneda, Sumiko

Hoaglund, Linda (American, born in Kyoto/raised in rural Japan)

Imamura, Ayako (deaf filmmaker who specializes in the deaf community)

Kamanaka, Hitomi

Kana, Tomoko

Kawase, Naomi

Kurihara, Nanako

Kumagai, Hiroko

Matsui, Hisako

Miyagi, Mariko

Ono, Sayaka

Onodera, Midi (experimental, Japanese-Canadian)

Sakane, Tazuko

Shiozaki, Toshiko

Taka, Atsugi

Tokieda, Toshie

Yang, Yong-hi

Resources:

• Nornes, Mark Abe. Japanese Documentary Film: The Meiji Era through Hiroshima. U of Minnesota P, 2003.