Ema RYAN YAMAZAKI 山崎エマ
Wheels Of Fate: The Story Of The Rickshaw Man
ウィール・オブ・フェイト～映画『無法松の一生』をめぐる数奇な運命～
Nippon Cinema ª
Masahiro MIYAJIMA worked for cinematographer Kazuo MIYAGAWA, who shot THE RICKSHAW MAN in 1943. For many years, MIYAJIMA worked to preserve this humanistic masterpiece from wartime. Director Ema RYAN YAMAZAKI accompanied him and sheds light on the story of this nearly lost cinematic gem.
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Classic Drama World War II
ウィール・オブ・フェイト～映画『無法松の一生』をめぐる数奇な運命～
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USA, Japan 2020
19 minutes
World sales
KADOKAWA
Voice acting
Lily Franky
About Ema RYAN YAMAZAKI
山崎エマ
Ema RYAN YAMAZAKI was born in Osaka to a British father and a Japanese mother in 1989. After graduating from New York University, she worked as an assistant for documentary filmmaker Sam POLLARD and began her career as a film editor. Her directorial debut was the feature-length documentary MONKEY BUSINESS: THE ADVENTURES OF CURIOUS GEORGE’S CREATORS (2017), which won the audience award at the Nantucket Film Festival. Her subsequent documentaries KOSHIEN: JAPAN’S FIELD OF DREAMS (2019 / NC ’21) and THE MAKING OF A JAPANESE (2023 / NC ’24) were screened at international film festivals.