A Japanese native, Chikara has spent nearly 35 years in New York, Hawaii, and in the San Francisco Bay area as a freelance Director, Cinematographer, and Editor for various Japanese television networks, including NHK, Japan’s public television. Chikara also was a principal collaborator on 14 independent films with Rob Nilsson, a Berkeley-based Sundance/Cannes award-winning filmmaker.Since 2020, Chikara has been working closely with FIRE SAFE MARIN to produce educational videos on wildfire safety. In 2024, Chikara completed a new documentary feature,Kinobu - Food, Tradition, and Identity, which takes you behind the scenes of a Michelin star restaurant in Kyoto, Japan. Currently Chikara is working on his 3rd film about the disappearing art of traditional wooden boatbuilding in Japan.Please contact me at chikaramotomura@gmail.com.