Bethel: Community and Schizophrenia
in Northern Japan

Directed and edited by
Karen Nakamura

Filmed on location at Urakawa City Hokkaido, Japan

Bethel Members:
Nozomi Chidaka
Kiyoshi Hayasaka
Naoko Iida
Megumi Iwata
Mieko Kibayashi
Rika Shimizu
Tsutomu Shimono
Kayo Yamamoto
Kohei Yamane
Megumi Yoshida
Masako Yoshino
and others


Bethel Staff:
Etsuko Mukaiyachi
Ikuyoshi Mukaiyachi
Shio Hayasaka
and others


Dr. Toshiaki Kawamura
Urakawa Red Cross Hospital


Director of Photography:
Karen Nakamura

Interviews:
Hisako Matsuo
Karen Nakamura
Tsutomu Shimono

The filmmaker would like
to thank the members
of Bethel, the Bethel House organization,
Dr. Kawamura, and the
Urakawa Red Cross Hospital
for permission to film.

Funded by:
The Abe Foundation
Center for Global Partnership
Social Science Research Council
Yale University Council on East Asian Studies
Yale University Department of Anthropology


Thanks also to
Karl Heider, Chris Gerteis,
William Kelly, Laura Kissel,
and Sara Chaganti.


© 2007-2010 Karen Nakamura
All rights reserved


A Manic Films Production