Japan, The Concrete Nation

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20' | 2008 (Completed)

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Director:	Sophie Nys
Producer:	Sophie Nys
Writer:	Sophie Nys

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Alex Kerr's tough-love analysis 'Dogs and Demons,' showing how Japanese bureaucrats have worked tirelessly over the past few decades to destroy their own country, is one of those books that qualifies as essential reading for anyone who's spent time in Japan. Every news report I heard about corrupt politicians and shiny new concrete mountains I saw, resonated with his book.

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Alex Kerr's tough-love analysis 'Dogs and Demons,' showing how Japanese bureaucrats worked tirelessly over the past few decades to destroy their own country, is one of those books that qualifies as essential reading for anyone who has spent time in Japan. The Japan I got to know is a rather ugly place, with concrete rivers and beaches, dilapidated buildings and mysterious concrete flood-control devices in the hills. Kerr puts the blame on out-of-control bureaucracies that answer to no one and must constantly spend their ever increasing budgets on pointless public works projects. His favourite example of this is the concreting over of Japan in the name of flood control. Only three of the 142 larger rivers in Japan still have their natural banks, the remainder are all enmeshed in concrete. 'Useless or inevitable?'

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Director
Sophie Nys
Producer
Sophie Nys
Writer
Sophie Nys
Editing
Sophie Nys
Photography
Sophie Nys

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Film
Category
Experimental
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Majority Flemish Production
Belgium
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Year of production

2008
Production status
Completed
Original language
Dutch

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20'
Sound format
stereo (2.0)
Colour
Colour

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Galerie Greta Meert

Vaartstraat 13
1000 Brussel
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www.galeriegretameert.com

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Japan, The Concrete Nation

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Credits

Director

Producer

Writer

Editing

Photography

Format

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Category

Production share

Genre

Year of production

Production status

Original language

Technical specs

Running time

Sound format

Colour