"Echoes of My Father" stars Hotaru Kajino Koziarski and Kurumi Akira Koziarski, daughters of filmmakers Ed M. Koziarski and Junko Kajino, as two little girls who embark on a journey through mystery, fear, loss, and renewal. Shot in Junko's hometown of Ina, Nagano, Japan, the film utilizes real locations from her life. This story is excerpted from our in-development feature-length screenplay "Hand, Head, Heart."

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"The First Breath of Tengan Rei" stars Erika as a young Okinawan woman who kidnaps the teenage son of a US Marine convicted of raping her when she was a girl.

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"Homesick Blues" features Zoey (now Remah) as a girl spending her final days in Osaka before running off to America to pursue her dream of becoming a blues singer. This film received the Best Film award at the IFP Chicago Film Festival and screened at festivals including the Chicago International and Hawaii International.

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Film Credits

• Co-Producer/Line Producer & Unit Production Manager, Anguish, Anguish Film LLC, Dir. Sonny Mallhi

• 1st Assistant Director, Hannah Free, Ripe Fruit Films, Dir. Wendy Jo Carlton, starring Sharon Gless, distributed by Wolfe Releasing

• Line Producer & Unit Production Manager, Street Thief, Bader Brothers Pictures, Dir. Malik Bader, Official Selection at Tribeca Film Festival, distributed by A&E Indie Films

• Co-Producer, Meditations on Trafficking, Waitergonebad Productions, Dir. Noel Olken

• Production Manager & 1st Assistant Director, The Acedia Thing, Exus Films, featuring Stana Katic (Castle)

• Production Manager & Production Designer, Adrift in the Heartland, Tiny Leaps Productions, Dir. Brigid Maher

• 1st Assistant Director, Windy Field comedy pilot, I-Media Entertainment, Dir. Wojciech Lorenc

• Production Manager, Dead Letters, Eye of the Chicken Films, Dir. Scott Cozzolino