RUN TOMORROW

RUN
TOMORROW

Living with dementia

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LOVE

Just being friends.

Being connected to other people,
I think that's the greatest treasure there is.

Connections. The value of people isn't determined by what they can do or can't do. It's the same with people with dementia. Meeting one another, talking to one another, doing things with one another; Spending time together, feeling alive together.

That will eventually forge relationships, so that people can gently reach out to each other in times of difficulty. That kind of natural "connection" - that's what makes life enriching.

TRUST

It's not all about being helped.

It doesn't matter if you make a few mistakes.
I think it's important to have some faith in the person.

Trust. Whether you have dementia or not, there is no clear boundary between what you can do and what you can't do. Sometimes, things don't go how you want them to. But if the people around you can accept things as they are, and trust each of their abilities, then that would give people the confidence to take a step forward, to give people a reason to smile.

This trust will give people the power to live as themselves. By accepting each other, we will be able to discover new opportunities, new joys.

WILL

Don't mourn the things you've lost.

Just look at the things you can do now.
That's how it's always been.

Purpose in life. Looking not at what you've lost, but at what you have. Moving forward not with your body, but with your mind. Then you'll realize that life is full of possibilities.

Don't give up on life. You can choose and build the life you want to live. Who you are can never be lost.

HOPE

"Dementia? Oh, okay."

- that's how normal it should be.
We should be able to live without making a big deal of it.

Hope. Living with dementia does not have to be hopeless

I'm me, regardless of whether I have dementia or not. I want to be of help. I want to have a role in my life. I want to have fun. I want to communicate how I feel. I want to do things with other people. I want to smile. It's by valuing such ordinary thoughts, and living an ordinary life, we can create hope.

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RUN TOMORROW is a long distance relay with people living with dementia, a sash handed over one by one across communities in Japan. Our aim is to create a community where people living with dementia can live safely and comfortably in any town. This project was started to support RUN TOMORROW's activities.

In Japan, there are people who want to overcome various misunderstandings and prejudices about dementia, and be the heroes/heroines in their own lives. There are also people who want to build a society where that is possible, together with those people. This project was launched to support and encourage such frontrunners.

To enjoy everyday. To live positively. To help each other, to dream, and to live. Going beyond thoughts of what you can or can't do, and creating an environment where people can go on living together with others while not giving in to a feeling of hopelessness even if the things you cannot do increase. Living with dementia becomes just another standard way of life.

We hope that this project can contribute to making those goals a reality.

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

  • Yasuhiro Tamura (EXIT FILM inc.)

WEB PROJECT MANAGER

  • Hiroki Noma (LETTERS Inc.)

DIRECTOR

  • Taketo Tokuda (Not-for-profit Organisation: Dementia Friendship Club)

  • Akiko Miura (Not-for-profit Organisation: Dementia Friendship Club)

  • Makoto Okada (Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.)

MOVIE

  • DIRECTOR / CINEMATOGRAPHER / EDITOR / SCRIPT WRITER

    Yasuhiro Tamura (EXIT FILM inc.)

  • COMPOSER

    [.que] / nao kakimoto

  • VOCAL

    Machi Iwata (aquarifa)

  • CHORUS

    Dementia Group Home: Amagashi-en Takada, Dementia Group Home: Imazato Genki-Mura,
    Early-onset Dementia Support Association: Kizuna-ya,
    Ciel clair,
    Dementia Group Home: Koto-no-sato Gakuen-mae,
    Dementia Group Home: Komorebi,
    Micro-multifunctional Community Care Facility: Shiba-no-Sato,
    Dementia Group Home: Yatasan Genki-Mura,
    Dementia Group Home: Yukari-no-Sato-en

  • MIX / MASTERING

    IEDA (One Day Diary)

  • ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

    Hiroshi Okamoto (EXIT FILM inc.)

  • CGI ANIMATOR

    Ryo Shimomura (HERETIC, inc.)

  • GAFFER (Opening Scene)

    Toshimitsu Inaba

  • CASTING DIRECTOR / LOCATION MANAGER / SCRIPT DOCTOR

    Makoto Okada (Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.)

  • ENGLISH SCRIPT DOCTOR

    Ryo Kuroiwa (SENSU/Japan Access)

WEBSITE

  • Kenta Toshikura / Misato Daikuhara / Nobuaki Honma (LETTERS Inc. / Stronghold)

SHOOTING COOPERATION

  • (Hokkaido)
    Dementia Group Home: Komorebi-no-Ie

  • (Tohoku)
    Dementia Group Home: Urayasu,
    Urayasu Nursing Home for the Elderly,
    Dementia Suport Association: Orange Door,
    Micro-multifunctional Community Care Facility: Symphonia Shogen,
    Nursing Home for the Elderly: Haru-no-Mori

  • (Kanto)
    Not-for-profit Organisation: DAYS BLG!,
    Not-for-profit Organisation: Himawari-no-kai

  • (Chubu)
    Koizumi Dementia Caravan Group,
    Dementia Group Home: Himawari,
    Omiya Fujinomiya City Primary School,
    Shizuoka Prefectural High School: Fugaku-kan,
    Fujinomiya Community Comprehensive Care Center

  • (Kinki)
    Early-onset Dementia Support Association: Kizuna-ya,
    Early-onset Dementia Support and Family Carers Association: Kibou-no-Hikari

  • (Chugoku)
    Dementia Day Service Hikari-no-Sono,
    Munechika Hospital,
    Intermediate Healthcare Facility: Yu-Yu-no-Sono

  • (Kyushu)
    Footcare Advice Point: Goo-Pa,
    Dementia Support and Family Carers Group: Boyaki Tsubuyaki Genki-ni-naru-kai,
    Yokamon Shopping District,
    Omuta Dementia Life Support Research Group,
    Omuta City Office

PRODUCTION COOPERATION

  • Center for Global Communications, International University of Japan

  • Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.

PRODUCTION & COPYRIGHT

  • EXIT FILM inc.

  • Not-for-profit Organisation: Dementia Friendship Club

  • Eli Lilly Japan K.K.

NPO Dementia Friendship Club

info@dfc.or.jp
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