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Beautiful Japan

Benjamin Brodsky
1918 United States 133 minutes silent
© Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Working for the Imperial Japanese railroad service to promote tourism in Japan after the first World War, the travel-lecturer shows various aspects of Japanese life as it existed around the turn of the century. Depicted are a wide variety of subjects including scenes of daily life in Tokyo, Kyoto, Yokahama…, market and street scenes, festivals…

Production :
Benjamin Brodsky Moving Pictures Company
Distribution :
Human Studies Film Archives; Benjamin Brodsky