Thomas Ash

牛久

Nippon Docs   ¾ 

The Ushiku immigration center near Tokyo mainly holds people seeking refuge in Japan. Using a hidden camera, award-winning filmmaker Thomas Ash interviewed inmates there from late 2019. His film publicly accuses Japan’s uncompromising refugee policy through one of the country's biggest human rights scandals. Ushiku has been making international headlines for years.


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Mon., November 01, 2021

Tue., November 30, 2021

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Winner of the Nippon Docs Award 2021
Winner of the Nippon Docs Award 2021

Documentary Politics Social issues

牛久

日本 2021

87 分

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Thomas Ash

撮影
Thomas Ash

音楽
JACK, Komitetsu

製作
Thomas Ash

海外セールス
Thomas Ash

About Thomas Ash

Thomas Ash received his MA in Film and Television Production from the University of Bristol. His first feature-length documentary, THE BALLAD OF VICKI AND JAKE (2006), was internationally acclaimed. Himself a US citizen, he has been living in Japan since 2004. His films have focused on issues surrounding the healthcare system, death, and illness. He received the NIPPON VISIONS AWARD in 2013 for his documentary A2-B-C (2013 / NC ’13), the NIPPON VISIONS AUDIENCE AWARD in 2015 for -1287 (2014 / NC ’15) and the NIPPON DOCS AWARD in 2019 for SENDING OFF (2019 / NC ’19).