His work in Shoufeng Village remains unfinished, and time is of the essence. "I'm in a race against time, against the aging of these old people." Tewaikasau passed away last year. Yanagimoto still wants to document the stories of families who lost husbands and fathers in the war.
「我現在是要與時間賽跑，與老人家的年紀賽跑，」壽豐村的胡敏雄先生已經在去年過世了，柳本通彥更要紀錄許多戰死的遺族，或是高砂義勇軍的妻子，「希望用攝影機將他們的人生如實地紀錄下來，是我現在最重要的工作，」他說。