This Is Japan (1963)
This is the first documentary work co-directed with Komori Shiro and Takahashi Norisuke. It shows the cruel world of Japan at that time, including Japanese customs, natural phenomena, social problems, diet and life, sexual customs and so on.
Directors:
Kiyoshi Komori, Kichinosuke Matsukawa, Ten Takahashi, Nobuo Nakagawa.
Writers:
Ten Takahashi, Hajime Ishikawa, Katsumi Ôyama.
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Teru Miyata as Narrator (voice) |
| Directing | Kiyoshi Komori | Director |
| Directing | Kichinosuke Matsukawa | Director |
| Directing | Ten Takahashi | Director |
| Directing | Nobuo Nakagawa | Director |
| Camera | Hiroshi Segawa | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Jugyo Yoshida | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Isamu Hida | Director of Photography |
| Production | Manzo Shibata | Executive Producer |
| Production | Yasuaki Iwagaki | Producer |
| Writing | Ten Takahashi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Hajime Ishikawa | Screenplay |
| Writing | Katsumi Ôyama | Screenplay |
| Production | Shôzô Yoshioka | Supervising Producer |
| Editing | Shin Nagata | Editor |
| Sound | Hideo Ozawa | Original Music Composer |