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2014

Hadenya ni ikiru hitobito

The People Living in HADENYA

波伝谷に生きる人びと

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Release Date
August, 1st, 2015
Running Time
135 min
Genre
Documentary
Color
Color
Screening Format
Blu-ray
Screening Format with Subtitles
English (Blu-ray)

[ Directed by ]

[ Produced by ]

[ Staff ]

[ Production Company ]

Peace Tree Products

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

Peace Tree Products

[ Production Studio ]

Peace Tree Products

[ Story ]

Documentary intimately depicting the fishing village Hadenya in Miyagi Prefecture's Minamisanriku Town from March 2008 through the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011. Agatsuma Kazuki makes his directorial debut with this film, which won the Japanese Film Pen Club Award at the Pia Film Festival Award Competition 2014.
Hadenya is a small fishing village of just 80 households along the coast of Minamisanriku Town. The residents lived in earnest amidst the grandeur and severity of nature. Agatsuma was documenting daily life in Hadenya as part of his research at university, and was heading for the village when the tsunami hit.

[ Official Site ]

http://hadenyaniikiru.wix.com/peacetree

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

2013 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, Cinema with Us 2013
2014 Pia Film Festival, PFF Award Competiton, Japan Film Pen Club Award

[ Contact (International) ]

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

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