The players of Zuiho Daiko (drums) in Nagasaki prefecture are actually professional Japanese drum musicians with intellectual disabilities. They belong to an advanced welfare organization that has abolished typical sheltered workshop facilities in Japan and each of them live in group homes or with their own families which in the local community.

Director Biography - Kenichi Oguri

After working under renowned Japanese directors including Nakahira Ko and Kinji Fukasaku, Mr. Oguri established his own independent production company in 1981. Throughout his 39 years career as a filmmaker, he has produced and directed 11 film and TV feature and short length documentaries. His works have been selected by international film festivals and received multiple awards. Documenting stories of people with intellectual disables has become his life’s work. “Challenged” is the fifth film of the series.