Working as an elementary school cook by day, Satomi Horikiri transforms herself into a film director by night and on weekends, swapping her kitchen knife for a video camera.
Her focus is on those who evacuated one of the two small towns hosting the old Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant that was crippled by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami.
The entire population of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, left during the nuclear crisis at the complex. Around 1,400 people, or some 20 percent of the residents, eventually took shelter at a former high school in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture. The municipal office also relocated to Kazo, which is some 200 km away from Futaba.