A Working couple

Australia, 1982

Film
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Episode of Series “Human Face of Japan”.
Most Japanese live in the big cities, many of them are salaried company workers, living in housing estates and traveling long distances to work. For many people, life is a struggle. This focuses of Mr Yokohama, a professional office employee and his wife who runs a chemist. Their lives provide an insight as to what its like to live in Tokyo, with a population of twelve million.

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Credits

director

Oliver Howes

producer

Gil Brealey

production company

Film Australia

Duration

00:27:50:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1982

Appears in

Human Face of Japan

Group of items

Human Face of Japan

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323585

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Employee morale

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Japan

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Japan - Social conditions

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social structure - Japan

Places → Japan

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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