Date: October 17th - October 27th, 2024, ONLINE: September 26th - November 7th, 2024

Passing the Baton

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Niida-Honke is a family-owned sake brewery in Fukushima. While finishing a brand new series of organic sake for their 300th anniversary, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant exploded. With no radiation detected in their products, Yasuhiko Niida decided to persevere. He continues to rebuild the community and the village's bright future for the children.

Director
Toko Shiiki
Time
21:12
Country
USA, Japan
Genre
Non-fiction
Year
2018

Director

Toko Shiiki

Toko Shiiki studied photography at an university in the United States from 2005, and proceeded her career as a photographer nationwide. She started her filmmaking career from 2012 directing short films, and in 2014 she directed her first feature film. Toko continues to direct mainly documentary films in Japan and around the world.

Screening

Online Screening

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Online Screening2024.9.26 [Thu] - 11.07 [Thu]

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Organizer

Committee for Short Shorts Film Festival Asia

Patronage

J-WAVE

Co-organizer

Tokyo Metropolitan Government

Partner

TIFF

Support

Direct. Network systems.