“I love my mother,
but I just don’t want
to be like her.”

Why would successful women from the world’s second largest economic power choose to start their lives over in New York City? The documentary “Mothers’ Way, Daughters’ Choice” explores how several Japanese women struggle to reconcile their traditional upbringing and their desire to create unique lives. To understand these struggles, the director, Kyoko Gasha, shows the deep, powerful influences of Japanese culture on her own life. Kyoko also uncovers stories of other Japanese women in New York City, weaving parallel tales of guilt, denial, sacrifice and joy. This is a story of cultures clashing on a personal level.

Director	Kyoko Gasha
Producer	Asako Watanabe
Editor	Hisayo Kushida
Designer	Osamu Iizuka
Sound Design	Soichiro Migita

KYOKO GASHA

Director

Director Kyoko Gasha is a TV reporter for Reuters in New York. In her 20 years of experience as a journalist, Kyoko has reported on a broad range of major events in Japan and around the world, including the Kobe Earthquake in 1995 and the Peru Hostage Crisis in 1997. Kyoko started her career as a reporter for TV Tokyo, one of the five commercial networks in Japan. For 15 years, she directed numerous documentaries about aging and declining birth rates in Japan. She joined Reuters America in 2001 and began covering the American economy and business

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