Hiroko Kumagai Trailers
Being Kazue TrailerSakubei and the Mining of Japan TrailerEchoes from the Miike Mine Trailer
Being Kazue TrailerSakubei and the Mining of Japan TrailerEchoes from the Miike Mine Trailer
Total trailers found: 5
08 June 1989
With Afghan Spring, Noriaki Tsuchimoto widened his focus to the international arena. Working in collaboration with his compatriot, Hiroko Kumagai, and Afghan film-maker, Abdul Latif, he examined society and politics in Afghanistan af the time of the Soviet withdrawal.
25 May 2019
Sakubei Yamamoto (1892–1984) was a lifelong miner in the Chikuho coalfield in southern Japan. In his mid-60s, he began to paint a documentary record of work and daily life in and around the coal mines.
01 April 2006
On March 30, 1997, the Miike Coal Mine, the largest mine in Japan, ceased operations. The burden of its history, however, is still being borne by many: a chronicle of prisoners used in the mine, forced labor, strikes, and coal dust explosions.