The Sea Wall

The Sea Wall

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  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1959

Runtime

0h 59m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

海壁

Production Companies

Iwanami Productions

Director

Kazuo Kuroki

Description

From the opening sequence, combining underwater and aerial footage, this masterpiece about the construction of a steam-power plant in Kurihama (south of Tokyo) far surpasses the limitations of the promotional film genre, and emerges as one of the most staggering sensory experiences in Japanese documentary.