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Yama – Attack to Attack (1985)

Documentary1h 50m

Overview

This extraordinary documentary is an unflinching record of the workers’ struggle during Japan’s economic rebirth in the 1980s, centered on Tokyo’s Sanya “yoseba”⁠—⁠a slum community dating from the 19th century where day laborers lived in terrible conditions while they sought work.

Mitsuo Sato, Kyoichi YamaokaDirector

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