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2011

Gekijoban waratte sayonara yojohan shitauke kojo no hibi

Laugh It Away and Say Goodbye

劇場版 笑ってさよなら 四畳半下請け工場の日々

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Release Date
December, 17th, 2011
Running Time
60 min
Genre
Documentary
Color
Color
Screening Format
Blu-ray
Screen Size
HD (16:9)
Subtitle
English

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[ Produced by ]

[ Cast ]

[ Staff ]

[ Production Company ]

CBC

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

CBC, STARCAT CABLE NETWORK

[ Story ]

Documentary produced by the Nagoya TV station CBC. Documents the harsh realities facing small local factories that underpin manufacturing in Japan. Won the Golden Nymph Award (top prize) for Best News Documentary at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, among the top four festivals for television programming worldwide. Kobayakawa Hiroe manages a local factory that is a subcontractor for Toyota. Feeling uncertain about the prospects of work that is at the mercy of Toyota's performance, Kobayakawa looks for new places for his employees to work and decides to close his factory.

[ Official Site ]

http://waratte-sayonara.jp/index.htm

[ Contact (International) ]

For further contact details, please contact UNIJAPAN -> [ Contact ]

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