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Crew:

Directed by Kenneth Eng

Written and Produced by Alex Shear

Producer: Takayo Nagasawa

Director of Photography / Field Director:   Jake Clennell

Music composed by Karen Tanaka

Second Camera:   Takeshi Inamura

Sound Recording:   Kenneth Eng

Translators:   Takayo Nagasawa, Taro Nettleton, Kenji Hayasaki

Editor:   Kenneth Eng

Online Editor:   Robert Lindeman

Graphic Design and Titles:   Fabian Tejada

Sound Mix: John D'Aquino / Childhood Dreams

Associate Producer: Casey Meade

Consulting Producer: Toshihiro Fuse, Kagami Productions

Consulting Producer: Steve Bennett

Consulting Producer: Hiroyuki Yamada, Asahi Broadcasting Co.

Consulting Producer: Hiroshi Masuda

Subtitles:   Yumiko Watanabe, Kota Hoshino, Wes Walters

Interns:   DeWitt Davis, Jessica Windt, Mika Nakabayashi, Moe Sugawara, Jenae Smith, Shuichi Azuma

Special Thanks:

Production assistance provided by:

Japan High School Baseball Federation

United Airlines

Thanks:

Kazuhiro Tanabe, Japan High School Baseball Federation

Haruo Wakimura, Japan High School Baseball Federation

Dr. George Packard

The Asahi Shimbun / Yoshio Murakami

Asahi Broadcasting Company / Kaori Kimura and Toshiyuki Tanaka

Tennoji High School

Chiben Wakayama Academy

Chiben Wakayama Academy Brass Band

Komadai Tomakomai High School Brass Band

Osaka High School Baseball Federation

Wakayama High School Baseball Federation

Kazuma and Noriko Nagasawa

Joe Hills

Peter Grilli

Robert Whiting

Marty Kuehnert

Mary Megee

Leslie Sewell

Judith Hallet

Paula Apsell

Jim Schoff

David Janes

Kazuo Sayama

Masayuki Tamaki

Jim Allen

Colin Bressler

Jennifer Soroko

Mariyon Robertson

Production Central / David Fuhrer

IFP

Hal Shear

Paulette Meleen

Melanie Blair

Andrew Guidone / Python Aquarius Productions

The Eng Family

Japan National Tourist Organization / Marian Goldberg

EOS Accountants LLP

UJP (US Japan Publication New York Inc.)

Brooklyn Brewery

Supercore Restaurant and Tapas Bar

Union Square Wine & Spirits

Hotoku Academy

Kitano High School

Original production funding provided by:

The US-Japan Foundation

The Japan-US Friendship Commission

The Japan Foundation

Anonymous

Matthew Rifkin

Ben and Cortney Allen

Naveen Nirgudkar

David Allen and Judy Joo

Kazue and Nobuto Yoshimi

Fujio Sawada

Osamu and Hideshi Masa

Shinobu Yasaki

Sriram Nirgudkar

David Schieren

Tennoji High School OB (Alumni) Association

Kevin Hughes

Kosuke Inoue

Naoko Uematsu

Rolf Motullo

Christopher Cyphers

Peter Lewis

Hideki Shiota            

Yoshiaki Nakao

Yoshitaka Baba

Mitsuhiro Yano

Kaoru Takamatsu

Yasunori Takashima

Narisada Tokunaga

Masako Kadoya

Masakatsu Ohno

Hiroyuki Sago

Masatoku Karai

Kazutoyo Muramoto

Toshiyuki Nakazono

Miki Tamura

Akiko Yamamoto

Mandy Shear

Daniel Birk

Jonathan Springer

Janice Yuvan

Victoria Leslie Hendrickson

Raji Krishnaswami

Noriaki Fujii

 

This project is sponsored by grants from:

 

JUSFC

The Japan-US Friendship Commission

 

Special thank you to our official airline sponsor:

 

 

Special thanks to all the organizations that helped make Kokoyakyu: High-School Baseball a reality: