Shows the highly organized and productive farming methods of Japan, a small, densely populated country where every available square foot of land is valued. Profiles rice planting and its cultivation, stressing the high quotient of manual labour used in Japanese agricultural methods. The different kinds of produce are clearly defined and their cultivation topically treated.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
000202
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Agricultural productivity
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Agriculture
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Agriculture - Japan
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Farm life - Japan
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Farm management
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Manual labor
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Rice - Planting
Documentary → Documentary films - Japan
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Japan - Rural conditions
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)