Ken-ichi Imamura | Producer | NHK Enterprises | Japan Imamura entered NHK in 1983. He was the series editor of the “World Documentary” slot from 2009 until 2012. Since 2012 he has been working with NHK Enterprises and is in charge of co-production, pre-buy, and commission of TV programs mainly documentaries.

While continuing his work at NHK Enterprises, he established Studio IMAKEN LLC in 2022 and works as an independent producer. He is one of the founders of Tokyo Docs which started in 2011. As the producer of NHK or NHK Enterprises, he supported many Asian documentaries such as Plane of Snail (Best feature-length documentary, IDFA 2011), The Chinese Mayor (Special Jury Prize, Sundance 2015), Kabul, City in the Wind, After the Rain (2021), Organic Terrorist (2023).

NHK Enterprises

NHK Enterprises (NEP) was established in 1985, as an affiliated company of NHK, to produce TV programs for NHK. Over the years, NEP has expanded its business across a wide range of content-related activities both at home and abroad to become one of the leading companies in the content industry. NEP is currently putting strength into international co-production, acquisition and distribution. In addition, planning, organising events and selling character merchandise are areas of NEP.

Website:https://www.nhk-ep.co.jp/en/