Filmmaker / Journalist — International NGO — On the Frontlines
NARITA JUN No life is too small to give up on.
Origin
Before I held a camera, the world treated me as if I did not exist.
Nagoya, 1993. I was born without a family register — a life left unrecorded, treated as if it did not exist. I know bullying, discrimination and loneliness firsthand.
But some people refused to give up on me. A camera I encountered at church became my light. Now it is my turn: I stand in the field to record that people — and every living thing — are still here.
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Selected Works
Filming beside
the smallest lives.
Oceans, migratory birds, elephants, and young people raising their voices — stories of people and living things, delivered to society as films.
Cover Story
Migratory birds & the people guarding the tidal flat
Field Note 01 — 35.08°N 136.84°E · Fujimae, Nagoya · 2024 · Ramsar 20th
Twenty years of the Ramsar listing. A film for the people who kept the sanctuary alive — premiered at our first self-organized screening, to a full house.
80,000 plays of empathy.
Field Note 02 — 43.06°N 141.35°E · Sapporo, Hokkaido · 2021
Hokkaido Lifeline | MV "Thank you for staying alive."
Standing beside pandemic loneliness — a music video that grew to 80,000 plays.
Six years of color, woven together.
Brand Journey — 2019–present · 6 years and counting
irodori Branding | Brand films & long-term partnership
A brand we have walked beside for over six years — teammates who never settle.
Beside the elephants.
Field Note 03 — 18.79°N 98.98°E · Chiang Mai, Thailand · 2023 · Two weeks in field
ELEPHANT JUNGLE SANCTUARY (Chiang Mai) | Conservation documentary
Two weeks in the field, recording elephants living between tourism and conservation.
Telling the ocean's story on a world stage.
On Stage — Yumeshima, Osaka · Expo 2025
Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai | Pavilion film production
Film production for a pavilion themed on ocean conservation.
Why sixteen young people raised their voices.
Field Note 04 — 2024–25 · One year · 16 plaintiffs
Youth Climate Case | Short documentary
A year of recording each plaintiff's voice. Screenings continue across Japan.
Answering a half-century story.
Field Note 05 — Kalimantan, Indonesia · 2025.08 · Two weeks in field
Indonesia Mission | Official PV
Traveling alongside a mission whose story has continued since the 1970s.
"The Gift of Life, a Bow of the Heart."
Screening — 2024.09 · 21-min film
Kisoan | 21-minute film & screening
A record of gratitude for life, created with the late okami, Miwa.
Field Log
A record, in coordinates, of every field I have walked.
From the Seto Inland Sea in 2019 to Bangladesh, Thailand and Noto — every field I stood in with a camera, plotted by coordinates. Dots trace the land; lines trace each route from my base in Nagoya.
The world is full of loud voices.
And the smallest voices are always the first to be drowned out.
Still — no life is too small to give up on.
I stand beside the lives that went unrecorded.
I shine a light and say: they are still here.
That, I believe, is what film can do.
“The light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness has not overcome it.”
— John 1:5 ｜ Narita Jhonerick Manalo
Trusted By
Entrusted by countless fields and partners.
"The moment we received it, I knew it would become a company treasure. This film is alive."
Junko Nitta — neiro Inc.
"Through the film, people found what they had long been searching for. At its root, I believe, is love."
Sayuri Inoue — Core Essence Inc.
"He thinks about me more than I do myself. There is no one I trust more."
Tatsuki Sakurai — Good Life Fitness
"He captured something like proof that I have lived. I want it played at my own funeral."
Our Association
"It changed the atmosphere of the whole venue in an instant. The film reached the subconscious."
Rie Fukumoto — SPACE Inc.
"A companion in creation. Six years of honest, uncompromising collaboration."
Aya Muramoto — irodori Branding Inc.
"One photograph he took became the cover of a government publication."
Tomoko Shinkai
"My family told me: sit up straight before you watch this."
Miwa Suzuki — Kisouan
Clients & Partners
The people we have created with.
Media — Press & TV
Talks & Screenings
News
Latest updates
- 2025Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai — produced films for a pavilion themed on ocean conservation.
- 2025-2026Released the short documentary "Youth Climate Case" — screenings continue across Japan.
- 2026Joined an international NGO as film staff, working on the frontlines of humanitarian and disaster response.
- 2025.05Featured on the TV program "Life Line" (now on YouTube).
WAVE CREATIVE
The social-creative production company Narita leads. Working with companies, NPOs and communities to give feelings a form that carries. For commissions and latest articles, visit WAVE.