Tomoaki FUJINO

Tomoaki FUJINO, born in Sapporo in 1966, studied forestry at Hokkaido University, as well as film at the Japan Institute of the Moving Image. In 2012, he founded the production company Zou-shima with Yumiko ASANO. His first feature-length documentary film, GET BACK, was released in 2019. As a documentary filmmaker, he has mainly focused on the history and current situation of indigenous peoples. His film AINU STYLE BURIAL, 2019, TOEPETSUKOTAN (2021) was honored at the 2021 Tokyo Documentary Film Festival.