2011 disaster documentary wins award

2011 disaster documentary wins award

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese film director Kaoru Ikeya. His film "Senzoninaru" (Becoming an Ancestor), with the English title "Roots," about an elderly man's struggle following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami received the top award in the documentary category at the 37th Hong Kong International Film Festival on April 2, 2013.

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