Edition 24: 1–9 August, 2025

FIELD OF VISION

Gatekeeper

Canada
2016 — 39' / Color

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Synopsis

A retired police detective has dedicated his life to preventing deaths at Japan’s famed suicide cliffs, providing not just immediate assistance but counselling and shelter with his impossibly small team. Meanwhile the cliffs are becoming a tourist attraction specifically for their notoriety as a popular suicide destination.

Director Biography

Yung Chang is a Canadian filmmaker based in Montreal. He has a degree in film production from Montreal's Concordia University and has studied the Meisner technique at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse. He has lived and worked in the United States and traveled extensively throughout China. Yung Chang, made his feature documentary, "Up The Yangtze"

Director

Yung Chang

Producer

Bob Moore

Eriko Miyagawa

Yung Chang

Cinematographer

Alan Poon

Editor

Sophie Leblond

Sound

Ai Miyatake

Contact

Field of Vision
Laura Poitras
[email protected]