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Born in 1971. After graduating from university, she started her career as a news director at NHK ( Nippon Hoso Kyokai , Japan Broadcasting Corporation). She became an independent director in 2000. In 2001, she directed a documentary of an Indonesian sex slave of the Japanese Army during WWII, called "Mardiyem." The film first shown at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, was later put on screens around Japan, and then run at movie theaters in 2003. Her documentary "From the Land of Bitter Tears," directed in 2004, was a portrayal of the Chinese people living in the post WWII era but suffering from chemical weapons disposed by the Japanese military during the war. Her production plan was turned down at Japanese TV stations because the movie's theme focused on Japanese aggression. Thus, she carried the camera by herself in the countryside of China and visited 60 victims on her own. Her vision to tackle a difficult theme of giving victims a voice by a person from the aggressor nation was highly recognized, winning her one of the Japan Journalist Congress awards. She also won the Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Award at the Sundance International Film Festival after writing her first screenplay of a narrative film, "Two By the River". After receiving this award, given to outstanding young writers, she is now in the process of making it into a movie. Major Works
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