Yuka Sekiguchi

Everyday is Alzheimer's — The Final: Death Becomes Us

Third installment of the series documenting director`s mother dementia, here the central focus becomes death and how to prepare for it.

Everyday is Alzheimer's — 2

A sequel to Everyday is Alzheimer`s where the director goes to Britain to know more about Alzheimer patients and how to live with them.

Everyday is Alzheimer's

A movie documenting the daily life of director Yuka Sakaguchi after her mother is diagnosed with Alzheimer's and dementia.

When Mrs Hegarty Comes to Japan

In 1981, Yuki [Noriko] Sekiguchi went to Australia to study International Relations. She spoke little English, but quickly befriended Joyce and Jack Hegarty, who became her 'second parents'. While close, Noriko sensed in Jack a buried resentment towards her, perhaps due to his experience fighting Japanese in World War II. Jack died in 1988 with this issue unresolved. Now retired and widowed, Mrs Hegarty lives alone in a Sydney western suburb. She is a devout Catholic and bowls at Ashfield Lawn Bowling Club. Mrs Hegarty expressed a desire to visit Japan and Yuki saw this as an opportunity to right some wrongs. In appreciation of Mrs Hegarty's hospitality, the natural parents of her 'adopted Japanese daughter' agreed to host Mrs Hegarty in their Yokohama home for three weeks.

Senso Daughters

Senso Daughters focuses on the legacy of the Japanese occupation of Papua New Guinea during the Second World War. It is a legacy that arises from rape, starvation and terror. Sekiguchi's documentary lets the residents of Papua New Guinea, especially the women, tell the story of their three years under Japanese Army rule.