Film Record: Water Country, The

Still from Water Country via EAFA

Identifier:

• 4149 (Source: East Anglian Film Archive)

Date produced: 1934

Filmmaker(s):

Khoji Tsukamoto

Country of Production:

Japan

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:11:04

Length:

450 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Description:

"A detailed study of a Japanese waterside community, emphasising their dependence on boats for most aspects of their lives. Catching fish, getting from home to the fields and taking produce to market. Significant detail of rural subsistence - fertilising fields, cutting rushes and women using foot-powered water wheel." (EAFA Database)

Resources:

IAC Film Library Catalogue (Silent and Sound). Institute of Amateur Cinematographers, 1975
This film is part of the Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection held by the East Anglian Film Archive, Norwich, UK

Locations:

• Japan (Filming)

Subjects:

• Agriculture
• Asia
•      Japan

Genre:

• Documentary

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection, East Anglian Film Archive

Video Link:

• eafa.org.uk

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