Credits

Directed, Produced and Photographed by
Davina Pardo
Produced by
Andrew Blum
Edited by
Lila Place
Original Music
Max Avery Lichtenstein
Executive Producer
Tyler Hayes
Consulting Producer
Deborah Shaffer
Associate Producers
Malcolm A. Barnett
Raymond M.C. Chao & Family
Samuel Alexander Denny, Jr.
Jill Shimabukuro
John Twyman
Additional Camera
Liam Dalzell
Sound Edit and Mix
Margaret Crimmins
Greg Smith
Dog Bark Sound, inc.
Online Editor and Colorist
Stewart Griffin
Final Frame
Title Designer
Joey Salim
Cultural Advisor
Peter M. Grilli
Funding provided by
The Graham Foundation
Kickstarter
Photos Courtesy of
Associated Press
Yoshihiro Takishita
Special Thanks

Kazuo Abiko • Rebecca Achtman • Anne Aghion • Brendan Aguayo • The Architectural League • Wendy Bassin • Robin Berrington • Ted and Danielle Bluey
Blum family • Grace Bonney • Claire Chao • José da Costa • David and Sachiko Clough • Robert Dodson • Shawn Christopher Dolley • Colm Doyle • Serena Down
Tina Roth Eisenberg • Sanjo Eishi • Lindsay Elgin • Roy Essoyan • Heather Giannandrea • Celia and Wally Gilbert • Ruth Ginsberg-Place • Christie Herring
Gretchen Hildebran • Tony Hogg • Erin Hudson • Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan • Jason Hutt • Japan America Society of Maine • Kevin Keim
Julie Kim • Rachel Kittner • Valerie Komor • Katherine Leggett • Scott McGrath • Chad McWhinnie • Chris & Brynn Messina • James Moore • Pardo family
Xan Parker • Charles Pomeroy • Princeton Architectural Press • Sally Rubin • Kenny Salim & Jill Frankfort • Mike Seely • Deborah Shaffer • Steven Sharafian
Wada Shoichi • Kirk J. Stark • Takao Sumi • Reiko Takishita • Michelle Tattenbaum • Geoffrey Tudor • Katrien Vermeire • Khoi Vin • Jason Webb
Edwin Q. White • Leah Wolchok • Ethan Youngerman