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JAPAN · 1956

Fountainhead

Masaki Kobayashi
Japanese Golden Age environmental conservation corporate greed romance industrial development water rights
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Synopsis

A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply.

Year1956
CountryJapan
DirectorMasaki Kobayashi
MovementJapanese Golden Age
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