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2016

Manabu Tsushinchugaku 60nen no kuhaku o koete

Learning at a Correspondence Course Junior High School After 60 Years

まなぶ 通信制中学 60年の空白を越えて

(c)MANABU

(c)MANABU

Release Date
March, 25th, 2017
Running Time
92 min
Genre
Documentary
Color
Color
Screening Format
Blu-ray,DVD

[ Directed by ]

[ Produced by ]

[ Staff ]

[ Production Company ]

Group Gendai Films

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

Group Gendai Films

[ Story ]

Documentary about elderly people who couldn't finish junior high school after the war taking classes for correspondence school. Director Ota Naoko earned acclaim for Tsukiakari no shita de Aru teijisei koko no kioku.
Kanda Hitotsubashi Junior High School in Tokyo's Chiyoda-ku is frequented by numerous elderly people during the school's two days off each month. Their backgrounds are diverse, including a person whose father died in the war and had to work. They struggle with being in the classroom again after sixty years, but the joy of learning brings smiles to their faces.

[ Official Site ]

http://www.film-manabu.com

[ Contact (International) ]

Group Gendai Films Co.,Ltd
7F Ohashi Gyoen Bldg., 2-3-15 Shinjuku, Shinju-ku, Tokyo 160-0022
Rep: TANO Minoru
Attn: URABE
tel: +81-3-3341-2863
fax: +81-3-3341-2874
E-mail: gg@aragai-info.net
http://www.g-gendai.co.jp

Relative Titles

English title: TBD in February

English title: TBD in February (2010)

Director
OTA Naoko
Cast

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Release Date
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No election, no life

No election, no life (2023)

Director
MAEDA Aki
Cast
HATAKEYAMA Michiyoshi

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Release Date
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My Story,The Buraku Story

My Story,The Buraku Story (2022)

Director
MITSUWAKA Yusaku
Cast

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Release Date
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The Beginning of Creation: Abduction / A Child

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Director
YAMASHIRO Chikako
Cast
KAWAGUCHI Takao

Short film by artist Yamashiro Chikako, who confronts the complex circumstances of Okinawa including US military bases and the problem of passing down memories and records from the Battle of Okinawa. Delves into the process of dancer and former artis...

Release Date
Oct, 6th, 2017