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