Ken-ichi Imamura Ken-ichi Imamura

Executive Producer | NHK Enterprises Inc | Japan


Imamura entered NHK in 1983. He was the commissioning editor of the slot “World Documentary” 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. He is one of the founders of Tokyo Docs which started in 2011. He is also the producer of his own production unit called Office IMAK. 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), Disappearing Village (2022). What is 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, organizing events and selling character merchandise are areas of NEP. Whati is Office IMAK? Office IMAK is the production unit started by Imamura in 2022. He uses Office IMAK to work as an independent producer to produce visual contents including documentary, to support filmmakers to co-produce their projects and distribute their films in the world.

Institute/ Organization Profile
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, organizing events and selling character merchandise are areas of NEP.

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