Umezaki joined TV Tokyo in 1989. After working as a news and sports reporter, directed a number of nature documentaries on such places as the Himalayas and a desert, the North Pole. Major international joint projects include Rock’n Roll Farmer (Singapore/Mongolia) and Bonsai meets the World (Mal
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