Movie

Yama – Attack to Attack

山谷─やられたらやりかえせ

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.

Director

Kyoichi Yamaoka

Director

Mitsuo Sato

Status

Released

Release date

25/01/1985

Original language

Japanese