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Food, Connecting Lives
Independent film / Ishioka, Ibaraki, Japan
2018（2021 Remastered）
Videography
Overview
A documentary without narration, filmed over approximately three months in Ishioka, Ibaraki, in summer 2018, following people who hope to change society through food.
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About
Rather than a simple record of daily life, the film seeks a layered, book-like structure that carefully portrays people’s inner lives and preserves the atmosphere of each place. It received an ISHIOKA FILM COMPETITION AWARD in 2018. The work was transferred to Ishioka City and is used for local education and community promotion.
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Approach
Repeated visits and interviews with local residents produced extensive material, which I transcribed and structured for documentary storytelling. With unnecessary staging kept to a minimum, the edit embraces simplicity while combining observation and documentation.
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Theme
The film focuses on everyday life and the universal act of sustaining ourselves through food and other lives. It documents the relationship between the local environment, climate, and people’s ventures into organic farming and dairy production.
Credits & Details
- Producer & Director
- Ryuji Suzuki
- DOP
- Ryuji Suzuki, Eimi Chikamatsu
- 1st–3rd shooter
- Ryuji Suzuki, Eimi Chikamatsu, Patryckyuto
- Drone Pilot
- Patryckyuto
- Assistant Cameraman
- Taichi Kosugi
- Sound Recording
- Ryuji Suzuki
- Off-Line Editor
- Ryuji Suzuki, Eimi Chikamatsu
- Video Designer
- Ryuji Suzuki
- Colorist
- Eimi Chikamatsu
- BGM
- Ryuji Suzuki, Taichi Kosugi, Artlist
- MA
- Ryuji Suzuki
- Photography / Retouching
- Ryuji Suzuki