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ABDUCTION: The Megumi Yokota Story
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Written, Produced and Directed by
Patty Kim
Chris Sheridan

Executive Producer
Jane Campion

Associate Producer
Yuko Kawabe

Story Consultant
Laurie McClellan

Research
Yuko Kawabe
Fumiko Nagata

Editor/Camera
Chris Sheridan

Original Music by
Shoji Kameda

Interpreters
Yuko Kawabe
Fumiko Nagata

Legal Services
Thomas Gherardi, P.C.

Fiscal Sponsor
International Documentary Association

Translation
Yumiko Decarli
Mayumi Fujita
Noriko Garofalo
Aileen Hagerman
Eleanor Hagerman
Rika Ito
Kana Johnston
Junko Katada
So-Young Lee
Noriko Mitsumune
Ji-yeon Oh
Chiaki Ota
Sakae Raw
Hideko Ruch
Noriko Sawada
Ayano Takizawa
Eriko Tawa
Rieko Testuka
John Von Pischke
Toshiko Uchiyama
Hiroko Sugiyama Walsh
Hiroko Yamazaki

Post-Production Services
Henninger Media Services
MVI Post

Newspapers Headlines Courtesy of
Sankei Shimbun
Tokyo Shimbun
Yomiuri Shimbun

Archival Footage
MBC TV
Kazuo Inagawa
APTN

Music

“Izumi No Uta”
Words adapted by Michio Mado
Performed by Emiko Shimbo
Courtesy of Michio Mado

“Furusato”
Written by Tatsuyuki Takano
Composed by Teichii Okano
Performed by Kuni Sato

“Gypsy Life”
Written by Emanuel Geibel
Composed by Robert Schumann
Words adapted by Shozaburo Ishikura
Arranged by Toshiharu Ichihara
Performed by the 1997 class of Yorii Junior High School
Courtesy of Kuni Saito

“Ozora To Daichi No Nakade”
Written and composed by Chiharu Matsuyama
Performed by Teruaki Masumoto
Courtesy of Media Field 21 and Office Genki

“Offering Chant”
Performed by Lama Gyurme and Jean-Phillippe Rykiel
From the album “The Lama’s Chants”
Courtesy of Taktic Music under exclusive license to Narada Productions, Inc. and Last Call Records, S.A.

Special Thanks to
Masami Abe
Shinzo and Akie Abe
Lee Aiken
John Aldrich
All the families of the abductees
George Aratani
Richard Armitage
Izumi Asano
Yoshiei Baba
Jessica Barnes
Adrian and Roko Belic
Andrew Blackwell
Max Block
Senator Sam Brownback
Jim Butterworth
Joie Chen
Chris Ciardi
Chimura Family
Chad Cohen
Zhung Daeun
Amy Eldon
Kathy Eldon
Olivier Fabre
Daniel Ferebee
Karin Finkler
Ambassador Thomas Foley
Nick Fraser
Fuji TV
Hiroshi Furusawa
Freedom House
Steve Gadd
Eunhae Gohng
Anne Marie Hammers
Hanaya Restaurant
Ron Hefler
Jeff Hertrick
Frank and Betty Hiji
E.M. Hinchey
Reiko Hirai
Congressman Mike Honda
Kenji Ishidaka
JASRAC
An Myong Jin
F.S. and S. L. Kanawa
Kazuyo Kato
Ambassador Ryozo and Hanayo Kato
Ross Kauffman
Kazokukai
Kim Family
Elizabeth and Kiho Kim
Muriel Kinney
Keith and Mia Kim-Lo
Shoko Kimura
Harunori Kojima
Kyodo News
Kris Lanham
Tara Libert
Ron Ling
Theresa Loong
Nobutaka Machimura
Peter Maiwald
Masumoto Family
Chiharu Matsuyama
Natalia Melia
Shuji Mizumoto
Harriet C. L. Moore
Yukiyo Moorman
Satomi Mori
Marla Nobles
North Korea Freedom Coalition
Patrick Oberholtzer
Seung Kyu Oh
Akemi Okabe
Tom O’Neill
Shigemi Oshida
Jamie Pickell
Congressman Joe Pitts
Elizabeth Phillips
Rescuing Abductees Center for Hope
Adam Richards
Sandra Ruch
Kuni Saito
Sak Sakoda
Suzanne Scholte
Sato Sei
Gayle and Michael Sheridan
Jay Sheridan
Jennifer Sheridan
Kirsten Sheridan
Emiko Shimbo
Setsuko Shimbo
Kenichi Shindo
Tosimiz Sigemura
Chung-On So
Jie-Ae Sohn
Iwao and Noriko Sugai
Sukuukai
Elli Suzuki
Yukio and Hiroko Tada
Tomoko Tagawa
Larry and Mucci Taylor
Bijal Trivedi
Janice Van Wagner
Eiji Watanabe
Kiyoshi Watanabe
Congressman Curt Weldon
Westerman, Hattori, Daniels LLP
Sean Woo
John Wood
Si-Ann Woods
Michael Wright
Yamauchi Family
Ayda Yilmaz
Tom Yoda
Yokota Family
Sheon Yu

This program was produced by Safari Media, which is solely responsible for its content.

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