A nonfiction work that portrays the Showa era through the story of a family running a photography studio in Tokyo’s old downtown, from the February 26 Incident through war, defeat, and reconstruction. The photographer’s daily life is layered with the era’s larger changes.

The memory of one photography studio reflects the turbulent Showa era as a family story.

A nonfiction work tracing the history of Japanese emigrants to Brazil and the Japanese Brazilian community. Through field reporting and individual lives, it portrays hardship, settlement, and changes in identity across generations.

Through the journeys of emigrants across the ocean, it recovers the memory and struggle of Japanese Brazilian society.