(10 Sep 2011)
1. Mid of sunrise
2. Wide of stranded ship washed ashore, and damaged buildings
3. Wide of the port city of Kesennuma
4. Top shot of damaged buildings
5. Pan left from docked fishing boats to fishing port
6. Mid of workers hauling fish
7. Close of fish on conveyor belt
8. Wide of workers at port
9. Set up of Chief of Kesennuma Fishery Union, Hideyuki Kato
10. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Hideyuki Kato, Chief of Kesennuma Fishery Union:
"The inland area of the fishing port that supplies goods still floods from time to time during high tide. That is why we only wish that the ground level could be heightened and that the fish processing plants are rebuilt and that the refrigerators are brought back to store the fish. We ask that the fish market recovers its business like it was before the disaster where we can accept more fish hauling from more ships."
11. Wide of a barber shop in disaster zone
12. Close of barber shop''s sign pole
13. Mid of barber shop
14. Close of client getting his face shaved
15. Wide of barber at work
16. Close up of scissors
17. Pan down from barber to client getting shaved
18. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Mitsuo Onodera, barber, 38 years old:
"If one store opens, I think others will follow. I just happened to be the first. When people see the light, people might start coming back, and that is the reason why I put up my store."
19. Wide shot of Reconstruction Committee meeting
20. Close up of the Reconstruction Committee''s leader, Masaki Takahashi
21. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Masaki Takahashi, leader of the Reconstruction Committee by the people of Kesennuma City:
"The guidelines are not clarified by the government. Who is responsible for buying up this land or who needs to take on the burden of rebuilding the city is unclear. Six months have passed already and because there is no clear guidance, the Mayor of the city continues to face difficulties to move forward."
22. Wide shot of streets
23. Pan down from traffic light to a street with wrecked houses
STORYLINE:
Kesennuma, a small port city in Japan, is showing slow signs of recovery six months after being devastated by a disastrous tsunami on March 11th this year.
Debris, wreckage from houses and shops, rusted vehicles and washed up boats serve as a daily reminder of the ocean''s tremendous power and the disaster that struck this major fishing and shipping port in northeastern Japan exactly six months ago.
The port city, situated on Japan''s north east coast suffered 1,014 deaths whilst 392 people still remain missing.
The fishing port best known for its swordfish, saury and bonito fish re-opened in mid-June although it faces many problems before it truly starts rebuilding the community.
Kesennuma''s workers pushed themselves to get back to business in order to help the port city recover from the disaster.
Kesennuma''s once-bustling fish markets and warehouses were destroyed, rebuilding the inland area of the port which supplied goods and refrigerating the fish is viewed as the most critical point to restoring the town''s livelihood.
"The inland area of the fishing port that supplies goods still floods from time to time during high tide. That is why we only wish that the ground level could be heightened and that the fish processing plants are rebuilt and that the refrigerators are brought back to store the fish." Chief of Kesennuma Fishery Union, Hideyuki Kato said.
A single barbershop sits in a jumble a quarter mile (400 meters) inland from the port, surrounded by demolished shops and houses, muddy water and mountains of debris.
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