Face To Face — Season 1, Episode 7: Kundo Koyama: Shedding Old Skin
Documentary, Talk • 28 min • 12 seasons, 101 episodes
Episode synopsis
Kundo Koyama was tasked with creating a mascot for Kumamoto Prefecture in southern Japan. The resulting character, a bear named Kumamon, went on to generate 120 billion yen for Kumamoto in 2 years. Koyama's strategy is always to keep things extremely simple, and come up with ideas that he really likes. However, that way of doing things isn't always easy in Japan. He speaks with Robert Campbell about everything from the Japanese way to thinking to how he plans out his creative projects.
About Face To Face
In conversation with... Japan expert Robert Campbell sits down with individuals from all walks of life whose drive and perspectives are changing Japan.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1Naoki Matayoshi: Creativity Inspired by Human Observation
- E2Tetsuko Kuroyanagi: The Enduring Power of Television
- E3Seiji Fujishiro: Expressing the Joy of Life through Light and Shadow
- E4Ken Endo: Legs to Stand On
- E5Eiji Mitooka: Trains of Thought
- E6Kashiwa Sato: Communication Design
- E8Marie Kondo: A Clean Bill of Life