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JAPAN · 1970

Japan and the Japanese

Kon Ichikawa
Japanese Golden Age Japanese culture modernization technological progress national identity exposition
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Synopsis

A documentary Ichikawa made for the 1970 Osaka Expo, originally made for projection on eight split panels.

Year1970
CountryJapan
DirectorKon Ichikawa
MovementJapanese Golden Age
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