Shinji NISHIJIMA

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Shinji NISHIJIMA, born in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1957, is a graduate of Waseda University and joined the RKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corporation in 1981. He served as a correspondent in Seoul from 1991 to 1994. He produced several television programs, mainly focusing on the Second World War and directed his first documentary film, RESISTANCE – THE OLD WRITER HAYASHI EIDAI, in 2017. In 2019, he founded his own production company Document Asia. His second feature-length documentary had its world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival.