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17 Film Festivals
21 Awards/
nominations
8 countries
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Dr. Bala, who has been doing volunteer work seven days a year for twelve years, brings big changes to the underdeveloped and untrusted medical care in Southeast Asia.
A Japanese doctor, Dr. Kazuhiro Omura (aka Dr. Bala) moved to Myanmar to start medical volunteering in 2007. Bala means “powerful” in Burmese. He got his nickname, Dr. Bala at that time. There were many poor patients who could not go to the hospital for long time and their symptoms worsen. He faced many situations that he could not experience in Japan. Dr. Bala also volunteered for medical care in Cambodia, Nepal, and Thailand and he felt many problems such as discrimination and lack of education. He decided to return to Japan in 2009. His these 2 year-experience gave him the idea of his way of volunteering.
Once he went back to Japan, he started going to Cambodia one week every year to share his surgical knowledge and skills to local doctors from 2010 to 2019 using his summer vacation. Dr. Bala’s medical influence in the countries is enormous. His passion and long term activities have changed the attitude and consciousness of local doctors and Japanese doctors who joined his volunteer activity.
Hi, my name is Kazuhiro Omura, nickname: Dr. Bala.
After I graduated from the Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, I studied at Asahi Chuo hospital as a resident. I decided to join NPO “Japan Heart” in Myanmar, right after I listened someone’s lecture. Then I did medical volunteers in Asian countries.
I struggled the way of my medical volunteering with Japan Heart. So I came back to Japan to look for my style of volunteering. Then I have visited Asian countries as an ENT doctor since 2012.
It has not been an easy journey. But I’m glad that I’m still able to keep doing the activities and Koby has been making a film about it. I met him in 2006 when I went to study medical cares in UCLA for 1 month. I joined his rugby club to play with him.
He has been filming my activities from Los Angeles for 12 years with a lot of camera equipment and more than 10 hours flight. This film has his passion as well as the history of my activities.
The local doctors in Asian countries has gotten their knowledge and skills to protect his own people as ENT doctors for this 12 years. I’m the most experienced with Endoscope Sinus Surgery removing tumor in Japan now. I internationally published 10 surgical techniques that I developed.
A small step has been changing my life. I just try these steps until now. I hope this film will help that you will step forward in your life, too.
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Department of Otorhinolaryngology
The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
March, 2004 Graduated from the Jikei University School of Medicine
May, 2007 Joined NPO JAPAN HEART (International medical care volunteer organization) in Myanmar
From November, 2007 to March, 2009 Engaged in medical care in Asian countries such as Myanmar, Nepal, Cambodia, and Thailand. April, 2009 Admitted to the otorhinolaryngology department at the Jikei University School of Medicine
From 2013 Advanced the endoscopic sinus surgery in Asian countries such as Cambodia, Myanmar, and Laos.
He got the Japanese Rhinologic Society Award 2021.
He was awarded for his development of more than 10 surgical procedures for sino-nasal cavity.
Born, raised, and worked as a sales person for DELL computer in Japan.
Moved to Los Angeles from Tokyo to be an actor in 1999. He is in “Last Samurai”, “Spiderman 2”, “Inception” and so on. After he made an independent movie with his friend, he started focusing on the production side. Since then, he has experienced camera department, sound department, and grip & electric department in several films. He founded a video production company, KOBY PICTURES, in 2003 and has made movies, TV commercials, promotional videos, and documentaries as a director/editor.
“BE HONEST” was a semi-finalist at Indies Movie Festival in 2002.
“CHIN UP” was a semi-finalist at Hollywood Spiritual Film and Entertainment Festival in 2004.
His short film “Glorious Sound” is based on true story. The story is about Sir Robert Edwards who successfully pioneered conception through IVF, which led to birth of Louse Brown on 25 July 1978. And 32 years later he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for the development of in vitro fertilization”. The film received favorable reviews even from many friends of Sir Robert Edwards.
He often writes an original script to tell a story even for TV commercials, promotional videos for hospitals and corporations.
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Chad Cannon, who is in charge of the music for this documentary, was a composer for the Academy Award-winning documentary American Factory. Although he grew up in the United States, he had the opportunity to be involved in music with Asia, including Japan, and continued his composition activities based on the belief that he would connect Asia and the United States with music. Chad empathized with this story and was willing to join us.
Karen Tanaka’s works have been performed by distinguished orchestras and ensembles worldwide including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Brodsky Quartet and Gothic Voices, among many others. In 2012, she was selected as a fellow of the Sundance Institute’s Composers Lab for feature film and mentored by Hollywood’s leading composers. As an orchestrator, she served as lead orchestrator for the BBC's TV series, Planet Earth II. She has scored numerous short films, animations and documentaries. Sister, the animated film she scored, was nominated for the 92nd Academy Awards for Best Animated Short Film. Karen Tanaka lives in Los Angeles and teaches composition at California Institute of the Arts.
https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/composer/1562/Karen-Tanaka/
From Kanagawa Prefecture
1999 Start working with TYO.
2003 Start producing works and working with various International clients providing new style of commercial videos.
2017 Founded TYO healthcare
2020 Started “Remote World” as a new tool to provide videos remotely all over the world even in Covid-19 situation.
Nobuko Saito Cleary is the Founder and President of Cross Cultural Communications, an international firm established in 1985 to help develop U.S.-Japan business relationships. Before coming to the United States to study at Northeastern University, she was a singer and talk show hostess for Japanese TV/Radio in Japan.
Nobuko became the first Japanese native to earn a bachelor’s degree in English from the university. She was the inaugural donor to NU’s Asian American Center and previously served on the Corporation of Northeastern University. She was awarded an MA In Linguistics from SJSU. She advanced her skills at Stanford University, Graduate School of Business.
She currently serves on the Executive Boards of Directors for the Japan Society of Northern California (JSNC) and Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF). She is a Board Member and also the Chairman of Tateuchi Hall for the Community School of Music and Arts, where she continues to introduce Japanese Classical Arts and Music. She is involved with various other non-profits organizations. She has received numerous awards for her community service towards U.S. -Japan relations, such as the Foreign Minister’s Award granted by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan in 2015.
She has produced two movies. One is the acclaimed “Paper Lanterns”, a film about Mr. Mori, a historian who spent decades finding the families of 12 American POWs who perished in the Hiroshima atomic bomb blast. She was honored to speak at the United Nations, when the film was screened there with Mr. Mori in attendance.
The other movie is “Challenged”, which documented stories of people with intellectual disabilities who were introduced to music. They became a famous taiko group, included in society, and the movie illustrates their path to becoming a symbol of the possibilities of anyone with challenges. The film was selected with the International Award at the Silicon Valley Asian Pacific Film Festival.
She has been working for many decades, since she left Northeastern, to bridge relations between the U.S. and Japan by bringing cultural and exchange programs that lead to better understanding. She believes film is an effective medium for education and understanding of different cultures.
Born in the Philippines. Joined Amana Inc. In 2015, worked as a freelancer. Established kKkK inc. In 2020.
Mainly advertising, he also shoots magazines and books. Traffic Advertising Grand Prix, Received the Signboard Excellent Work Award. Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun Advertising Award Information / Electronics Category Award. Nikkei BP Advertising Award Excellent Medical Advertising Award. Mainichi Advertising Design Award Excellence Award. He has received many awards such as the D & AD In Book Award. His collection of works includes "Design Product Exhibition Nippon", "Sony Design: Making Modern", "GAJOEN", and "iro".
It has a high-quality texture and a quiet world view. It has been 5 years since I worked at two bases in Higashikawa and Tokyo. A new way of thinking about the world with the technology and sensibility cultivated in the commercial world Announced in own exhibitions and advertisements. Started 8x10 work production to expand the range of new expressions.
I am from Kagoshima prefecture.
Graduated from Seinan Gakuin University.
Worked at Zepp Fukuoka. Afterwards to Tokyo.
Azray Corporation and After going through 10 Ban studio.
Studied under Photographer Satoru Takayanagi .
Then, traveled all over the world a year with wife.
After returning to Japan, independence in 2018.
