Editor
Experience of non-linear, linear, and film editing!
Director
Experience of documentary, narrative, cultural, music, live show, corporate and more!
Representative work
4K (UHD)
Ryuichi Sakamoto Live in New York "async"
2017, 60 min. Shot with Sony FS5 and Sony α7 | UHD 59.94 | Produced by NHK
Documentary
2021, 120min. | HBO | Produced by DCTV | Assistant/Conforming Editor: Naomi Mizoguchi
Life of Crime: 1984-2020, is the culmination of 36 years of work from multiple Emmy Award-winning producer/director Jon Alpert (HBO’s “Baghdad ER”). The third and final part of an epic documentary trilogy tells the full story of three friends from Newark, New Jersey whose lives have been defined by and torn apart by their addictions. DOCNYC, Venice Film Festival, Peabody Award nominee
2021, 39min. | HBO | Produced by Downtown Community Television Center | Editor: Naomi Mizoguchi
Filmed by young filmmakers (16-21 yrs old):Marcial Pilataxi, Aracelie Colón,Colón, Camille Dianand,Shane Fleming, Arlet Guallpa. Animation created by Rosemary Colón-Martinez. Tribeca Film Festival
TECHNE
2016, 5 min. (English with Japanese subtitle) | Produced by NHK
Shot with 5D MARK III camera in New York | Director: Masashi Kawamura watch
Our Heroes – Building Together a New Hawaii
2014, 45 min. (EN/JP) /Produced by Nito Tire
Shot with 5D MARK III camera in Hawaii and U.S. | Director: Hideharu Wanatabe
Japanese-American FBI chief and local police officer who rebuilt Hawaii after Pearl Harbor. Excerpt
WARTORN, 1861-2010
2010, 67 min. | HBO | Produced by Downtown Community Television Center
Shot in Afghanistan and Iraq /Executive Producer: James Gandolfini / Directors: Jon Alpert and Matt O’Neill
Soldiers returning from war suffering from PTSD, more about the film
Shall We Sing?
2007, 30min. 57min (EN/JP) | Produced by UN-NUN Productions
Shot in New York |Director: Reina Higashitani
Fifty Japanese businessmen living in New York participate in choral singing.
Excellence Award and People's Award (Tokyo Video Festival), Audience Award (Connecticut Film Festival), Broadcast by PBS (U.S.), KTV (Japan) watch
Bullets in the Hood – Anti-Gun violence tour
2006, 15min. | Produced by Downtown Community Television Center
Shot in New York and Connecticut | Director: Shannon Sonenstein
Grassroots initiative against gun violence by affected communities. watch
TV documentary series
Soccer Planet
2013-2015, 6min.-13min. | Produced by NHK
Shot in North and South Americas
Soccer players including college and professional players
Asian Dreamers
2014, 15 min. (EN/JP) | Produced by NHK
Shot in U.S
The segment in a series about Asians who came to the U.S. to achieve their dreams. watch - Ramen Chef from Myammer
New York Wave
2008-2011, 20min. | Produced by NHK
Features various New Yorkers
16mm film
Co-Editor/ Co-Writer/ Assistant Director
It Begins in the Last
2003, 53 min. |Produced by Osaka Prefecture Government, Board of Education
Shot in Japan/Director: Yukio Tanaka
Teenage boy whose struggle with stuttering makes it hard to relate to people meets a shoe artisan in Buraku, a community founded on a caste system dating back to feudal times.
Other
2016, 10-15min, Japanese Talks, Naomi Kawase, Keiichiro Hirano, and many others.
Representative work
Documentary
Producer/Director/Camera/Editor
Ainu - Indigenous People of Japan
2018, 81min. 2019, 61min | Produced by GARA FILMS
Shot in Hokkaido, Japan
Producer/Director/Camera/Editor
Service Learning Inquiry
2013, 27 min. | Produced by Tunxis Community College
Shot in Utah, Nevada, Arizona
Students attempt to deal with uranium-contaminated water at Navajo and Hopi reservations watch
Director/Editor
Child Abuse
2004, 8 min. | Produced by Kansai TV
Shot in Japan
Voice of parents who have abused their children
Director/Editor
Hello Nippon
2001-2003, 20 min. | Produced by NHK
Shot in Japan
Series about foreigners who live in Japan
Cultural Programs
Writer/Director/Editor
A Poet: Tsuyuko Isonokami
2002, 20 min. | Produced by Tondabayashi City, Board of Education
Shot in Japan
Profile of a popular but obscure poet of the Meiji and Taishō eras (late 19th and early 20th century, born an heiress to the family business
Writer/Director/Editor
Traditional Children's Songs in Kyoto
2001, 27 min. | Produced by KDDI
Shot in Japan
Performances of traditional songs at historical sites watch
Concerts
Director/Camera/Editor
9.11 Circle Wind Charity Concert
2015, 90min | Produced by 9.11 Circle Wind Memorial Concert Corp.
Shot in New York, 3 cameras
Director/Camera/Editor
Reona Ito Chamber Orchestra & Chorus
2006-2013, 60-90min | Produced by RICC
3- 8 cameras watch
Live TV show
Director
World Wave Morning
2014- current, 10-12min. | Produced by NHK
Live weekly New York Show broadcast in Japan
Educational Video
Co-Director/Camera/Editor
Find the Spirit of Buraku in Dalit
2008, 36min. | Produced by Flug Eizo
Shot in India and Japan | Directors: Yukio Tanaka and Naomi Mizoguchi
A young woman leads people from her hometown Buraku, and caste-based community during back feudal times, to find parallels in India.
16mm film
Director/Editor /Scriptwriter
Heart-city Kishiwada
1997, 20min. | Produced by Yomiuri Eizo
Shot in Japan
Contemporary and historical look at the city fonits 75th anniversary.
Translator/Subtitlist
Japanese - English, Korean, Spanish and more as you need
Coordinator
Liaison of production in U.S. and Japan
Representative work
Feature Film
Translator/Subtitlist
Itecho – The butterflies of winter on the path
2014, 71min. | Produced by Fura Creation Office
Shot in and Japan/ Directed by Yukio Tanaka
Original Language: Japanese
Translated Language: English/Spanish
Profiles of individuals exploring different sexual identities, more about the film
Subtitlist
The Gift from Pachamama
2008, 104min Produced by Dolphin Productions
Shot in Bolovia | Directed by Toshifumi Matsushita
Original languages: Quechua/Spanish/Aymara
Translated Language: Japanese/English/Spanish
A young boy travels across Bolivia with a salt caravan, bringing to life the indigenous culture and traditions of the Andean Quechua people
Documentary
Subtitlist / Second camera
Mapping the Future, Nishinari
2006, 53min. | Produced by Fura Creation Office
Shot in Japan, England |Directed by Yukio Tanaka
Original Language: Japanese/English
Translated Language: Japanese/English
A community is challenged to create jobs for homeless and young dropouts. more about the film
Translator / Subtitlist / Associate Director/ Camera / Co-Editor/
Pak Poe
2003, 65min. | Produced by Fura Creation Office
Shot in Japan, U.S., Korea | Directed by Yukio Tanaka
Original Language: Japanese/English/Korean
Translated Language: Japanese/English/Korean
Tracing three decades of a musician’s life in Japan, Korea, and the U.S.
TV Series
Translator
Court Mysteries
2012- present, 90-180min. | Produced by Fuji-TV
Shot in U.S
Court cases in the United States
Representative works
4K (UHD)
NHK Special Series - The Body
2017, 59min. | Produced by NHK
Coordinated in the U.S., including Wyss Institute (Harvard University), Massachusetts Institute of Technology , DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Technology), filmed about Organ-on-chip research
TV Special Program
NHK Special Series - Mega Disaster
2014, 90min. | Produced by NHK
Coordinated in the U.S., including NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), USGS (U.S. Geological Servey), Alaska University, Princeton University
A series explaining of natural phenomena (volcanic eruption, extreme weather)
Award winner: Ministory of Education at 56th Science and Technology Film/Video Film Festival (2015, Japan)
Global Debate Wisdom Series
2014- present, 120min. | Produced by NHK
Coordinated in the U.S.
Monthly live debate show from all over the world (http://www.nhk.or.jp/wisdom/)
Documentary
Women's Revolution - To live in Trump's regime
2017, 50min. | Produced by NHK
Coordinated in New York, and Washington D.C. at Women's March
The Future of Media
2015, 49min.| Produced by NHK
Coordinated in the U.S., including, Associated Press, Columbia University, Stanford University,
Explore up-to-date technology of AI and IoT in the U.S. 49min, watch (Japanese)