Caption: Sakae Nakamura at age 75., Credit: Ross Chambless
Image by: Ross Chambless 
Sakae Nakamura at age 75. 

Nakamura

From: Ross Chambless
Length: 00:08:00

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Nakamura_at_a_desk_small After traveling to Japan to teach English, independent producer Ross Chambless reconnects with a Japanese teacher he met as a child. Using broken English and Japanese, Nakamura teaches him about language learning and the significance of chance meetings in life. 

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After traveling to Japan to teach English, independent producer Ross Chambless reconnects with a Japanese teacher he met as a child. Using broken English and Japanese, Nakamura teaches him about language learning and the significance of chance meetings in life. 

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