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Japanese boy: the story of Taro

United States, 1963
film

Uses the story of a Japanese boy, who learns the meaning of sacrifice, to reveal the attitudes, customs and problems of a farm family and to offer insights in..

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Urashima Taro: a Japanese folk tale

United States, 1979
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Nature boy

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Crow boy

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Crow boy

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Nature boy

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Nature boy (K)

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Man and his world: Japanese farmers

Germany, 1969
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Rural Japan: helping to feed a nation

United States, 1966
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Children of Japan

United States, 1940
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Arts of Japan

United States, 1954
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The Story of little Tattian

Japan, 1950
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Tokyo story = Tokyo monogatari

Japan, 1953
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The Stonecutter

United States, 1965
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A Day with a Japanese family

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At the foot of Mt Fuji

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Children of the tribe

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Japanese family

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A Family of Tokyo

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