The Sound of Waves, Nami no oto , なみのおと (2012) dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Ko Sakai

The first part of a trilogy focusing on the northeast Tohoku region, codirected by Sakai Ko and Hamaguchi Ryusuke. Impromptu interviews were carried out with disaster victims mainly along the Sanriku Coast, which had been ravaged by tsunamis several times prior to the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, and makes emotional discoveries within dialogues between closeknit people including families and workmates.