JAPANESE

Manhole Children

2008/117 min./HD 16:9

Staff

Manhole Children

Narrator
Yoshio Harada
Camera
Satoru Yoneya
Hiroshi Sunayama
Sound Engineers
Tsukasa Taoka
Koji Hirai
Editor
Yasuo Sato
Sound Design
Tomohiro Hanzawa
Assistant Director
Taku Okamura
Coordinator
HOPE Co.,Ltd.
Online Editing/Mixing
Omnibus Japan
Executive Producers of TV Version
Satoshi Kitagawa
Nobuya Yamamoto
Co-producer
NHK Enterprises, Inc.
Producer
Hideya Yamaguchi
©NHK / Efubun-no-ichi Inc.

Producer Profile

Hideya Yamaguchi

Born in 1951, Yamaguchi directed television dramas and documentaries before establishing the independent production company, Efubun-no-ichi Inc., of which he is the president. In this capacity he has produced many thought-provoking documentaries, including Shark Hunting in the Frigid Tsugaru Straits; Group Home for Juvenile Delinquents; Tale of Stray Cats in Shinjuku; and Living in a Homeless World of Two-yen Aluminum Cans. More than 20 of his programs have won prestigious awards, including the National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan (NAB) Award; Galaxy Award; Minister of Posts and Communications Award; ATP Award for Outstanding Achievement; and the Hoso Bunka Foundation (HBF) Prize.