Eiko Mizuno-Gray

Born in Nagano, Japan. Eiko Mizuno-Gray began her film career at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1998 as a publicist. After establishing Loaded Films in Tokyo in 2011, she is focusing on producing international co-productions with Japan. MAGIC KIMONO, starring Kaori Momoi and Issey Ogata, marked the first ever co-production between Japan and Latvia, and was released theatrically across both countries in 2017. Her next production, Japan-Hong Kong anthology feature TEN YEARS JAPAN, is executive produced by Hirokazu Kore-eda. Her current project is the latest film by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH, a co-production between Japan, Uzbekistan and Qatar. The film was released across Japan in June 2019 and will have its international premiere as the closing film of the 72nd Locarno Film Festival Piazza Grande.