Mayu earned an Mfa from the Graduate Film Program at New York University. In 2006, her first fiction feature film, “The Summer of Stickleback” was premiered in the competition section at the Busan International Film Festival, and it was theatrically released in Japan. In 2012, Mayu directed the documentary feature film, “Lonely Swallows–Living as the Children of Migrant Workers” which follows Japanese-Brazilian kids struggling to survive in Japan and Brazil. The film won the Grand Prix in Documentary Features at the Brazilian Film Festival. In 2015, Mayu directed another documentary feature film, “Alone in Fukushima.” The film follows a man who stays in the nuclear zone with animals in Fukushima. The film was screened at the documentary section at Montreal World Film Festival, and it was theatrically released in Japan. Her writing credit includes “Tokyo Trial” which was nominated for the 45th Emmy Award in Best TV Movie/Mini-Series. Her latest work...
- 5/9/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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