“Quest For The Samurai Saint” is the as yet untold story of Canadian Methodist relief worker George Ernest Bott, who dedicated his life to practical service of the Japanese poor from 1921-1952. The film will deliver a portrait of the life and work of this great, unsung Canadian hero; and equally, a portrait of Japan in the first awful years after the end of the war. Bott’s Japanese achievements rival, even surpass, the medical work in China of renowned Canadian physician Dr Norman Bethune. As Eichi Yoshitake, Japan’s post-War Minister of Health & Welfare, said in his Foreword to Bott’s biography, “The Father of LARA” (Tokyo, 1952), Bott “saved more than 10 million Japanese from starvation, exposure and illness” - and 4 million more from terrible hardship. Indeed, Bott provided far more practical help to ordinary Japanese than any other foreigner in Japan’s history. So it is many years past due for Bott’s life and work to receive the wide attention they deserve, both in Canada and in Japan. “Quest For The Samurai Saint” sets out to ensure that Bott’s story receives the attention it merits.