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"Art Inclusion Factory" is located in Ichibancho, downtown Sendai. Unlike in a normal atelier, we see no work tools. You see people drawing on copier paper with felt-tip pens, or sitting back watching a Youtube clip. This is because this is not a place to create art pieces, but rather a place to create something different. So what exactly are they trying to create?
This documentary depicts what Art Inclusion, which began its activities in 2010, has been trying to create over the past 10 years, focusing on interviews with its "partners," or employees, and the activities of people with disabilities who are said to be expressive.

  • Atsushi Kadowaki
    Director
  • Atsushi Kadowaki
    Writer
  • Atsushi Kadowaki
    Producer
  • Atushi Kadowaki
    Key Cast
  • Setsuko Fukano
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    49 minutes 30 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 10, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    200,000 JPY
  • Country of Origin:
    Japan
  • Country of Filming:
    Japan
  • Language:
    Japanese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Atsushi Kadowaki

Born in Sendai City in 1969. Graduated from the Arabic Department of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies in 1992.
Since 1995, he has been engaged in art activities centered on painting, but since joining the art project in Sendai in 2003, he has been pursuing the possibility of art as communication, and has been doing art projects all over Japan. After the Great East Japan Earthquake, based on those experiences, he has been working on handing down the earthquake and revitalizing the community through art. From 2016, he started an art project that connects Japan and Aceh, Indonesia, which was affected by the Sumatra earthquake, with art. He started making documentaries by riding a bicycle 200 kilometers along the coasts of Aceh and Tohoku, which were severely damaged by the tsunami, and shooting videos of the people he met and the sights he saw on the way. Since many Indonesian labors live in Japan, he is working on a project to create a place for interaction with the citizens and Indonesian while shooting their daily lives. From 2021, he started a community art project "Strangers in Sendai" to shoot the "strangers" in Sendai with multiple directors.

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