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Bamboo: plant of a thousand uses

United States, 1967
film

Although this is a film about the traditional and everyday uses of bamboo, it also portrays many aspects of contemporary living in Japan; life in urban centre..

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Japan's art from the land

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The Bamboo brush

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Journey through Japan

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Thailand: land of rice

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Man and his world: Japanese farmers

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Japan: the land, the people

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An Island nation: Japan

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So small my island

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Japan: work and play in the land of the cherry blossom

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Kanagawa: between sea and mountain

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Rice in Todays World

United States, 1958
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Agriculture today in Japan

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