
1985
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.

Motoharu Jônouchi
Narrator (voice)

Carny

After Breaking the Silence

Habilito: Debt for Life

Man Versus Man

The Take

Crude Oil

Miners Shot Down

Railway Station

America Today

Wanda Gosciminska – A Textile Worker

Not Everyone Sleeps at Night

The Curious Case of Curt Flood

Children of Labor: A Finnish-American History

Squid Jigging Fishing Boat

Beyond Ratings

American Dream

Underground

Les petites mains invisibles

Railroad of Hope

Homebound