The Cats of Mirikitani (Special Edition)

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Nov 26 (Sun.) 13:00 at Yokogawa Cinema

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(1) THE CATS OF MIRIKITANI
Eighty-year-old Jimmy Mirikitani survived the trauma of WWII internment camps, Hiroshima, and homelessness by creating art. But when 9/11 threatens his life on the New York City streets and a local filmmaker brings him to her home, the two embark on a journey to confront Jimmy's painful past. An intimate exploration of the lingering wounds of war and the healing powers of friendship and art, this documentary won the Audience Award at its premiere in the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival.

Director: Linda Hattendorf
Producer/Cinematography：Linda Hattendorf
Editor : Keiko Deguchi, Linda Hattendorf

Year of production: 2006
Running time: 74'
Country: United States of America

(2)Remembering Mirikitani (tentative title)

Director: Masa Yoshikawa
Producer : Masa Yoshikawa
Editor : Keiko Deguchi, Yuko Ishida, Kyoshi Sugita

Year of production: 2016
Running time: 21’
Country: Japan

Director

Linda Hattendorf has been working in the New York documentary community for more than a decade. Her editing work has aired on PBS, A&E, and The Sundance Channel as well as in theatrical venues and many festivals. She edited the award-winning documentary 7th Street, directed by Josh Pais; Julia Pimsleur's Brother Born Again; Christina Lundberg's On the Road Home: A Spiritual Journey Guided by Remarkable Women, Nancy Recant's Jin Shin Jyutsu, and Danny Schechter's In Debt We Trust. She was Associate Editor on Frontline's The Choice '96, and on Barbara Kopple's Bearing Witness; Contributing Editor on POV's American Aloha: Hula Beyond Hawaii; a cameraperson on William Greaves' Symbiopsychotaxiplasm Take 2 1/2 , and a researcher on the Ken Burns series The West. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and holds degrees in Literature, Art History, and Media Studies. This is her directorial debut.

Masa Yoshikawa is a producer, writer, and producer's representative with extensive film and television experience in the US and Japan. He has worked for many Japanese TV productions for as well as for several American and Japanese feature films in various capacities such as Production Supervisor and Production Coordinator.