First Bath

First Bath (2016)

産湯

Short film of an infant's first bath based on amateur footage found in an antiques gallery in Japan. The photographer is unknown, but the material is thought to date to the early-to-mid Showa era, a period marked by the disastrous consequences of militarism. Music by Tomoko Sauvage.

Date of release
2016-05-21
Runtime
6m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Michael Lyons

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