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The Tsukinowa Tomb

1954 JA 29 min

Overview

The film documents an excavation in 1953 of a large kofun (burial mound) near Yuuka village (in present day Misaki) in Okayama prefecture. Under the guidance of researchers at Okayama University nearly 10,000 locals participated in the undertaking and was hailed as archaeology/history "by the people." It is considered one the most significant documentary films of the postwar period in Japan.

Release date

26/07/1954

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Original title

月の輪古墳

Language

JA

Runtime

29 min

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