Film
Yama – Attack to Attack
1985Directed by Kyoichi Yamaoka, Mitsuo Sato
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- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
About Yama – Attack to Attack
- Documentary
Synopsis
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.
- Directors
- Kyoichi Yamaoka
- Mitsuo Sato
- Original title
- 山谷─やられたらやりかえせ