Outlook
Two documentaries and a short feature film are in the pipeline for 2010:

On the Road with Mikami Kan - a concert and road movie with and about well-known singer/songwriter/actor Kan Mikami.

Japan’s Last Samurais - a documentary about contemporary Japanese swordsmen. What does it mean to be a samurai in the 21st century? Do the Samurai spirit and the soul of the Samurai sword still fit into modern day Japan? A film about lost values and the struggle of traditional sword schools to find worthy successors.

Children of Water - a short film. After one year in an ESL-course in the US a Japanese graphic designer returns to Japan and discovers that she is pregnant. She contemplates abortion, but her American boyfriend strongly opposes and flies to Japan to convince her to keep the baby. During his stay he not only gets to know life and customs in Japan but also different moral and religious values.