Yama – Attack to Attack

Yama – Attack to Attack (1985)

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.

Date of release
1985-01-25
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Mitsuo Sato, Kyoichi Yamaoka

Casting

Interesting facts

Yama—Attack to Attack is a 1985 color documentary film produced about day laborers in Japan. The two directors were murdered by the yakuza.

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