The Human Face of Japan (1982)
1982 · Ephemeral film · 28 min · dir. Oliver Howes
- Documentary
Synopsis
The world continues to look to Japan as a highly industrialized, future-oriented country that has retained much of its ancient tradition. This series provides an insight into the character of a highly complex nation by examining the lives of nine Japanese from widely diverse backgrounds in the context of social and economic developments.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Oliver Howes
- Writer
- Oliver Howes
- Studio
- Film Australia
- Released
- 1982-03-16
- Running time
- 28 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Cast & crew
- Oliver Howes Director
Peter Gwynne
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Arigato! · Spuzz · 2016-05-17
Oddly informative and engrossing documentary about the modern (up to the 1980s it looks like) ways Japan is leaning to, and the ancient ways they fall back on. This film generally follows one family, Father is quite successful in his factory job, and the family is quite happy. They follow family traditions, and father has traditions he must follow at work as well. There's also talk about how Japan has changed since the war. Reccomended!
