Film · Documentary

Yama – Attack to Attack (1985)

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.

Director

Mitsuo Sato, Kyoichi Yamaoka

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

Release date

January 25, 1985

Original title

山谷─やられたらやりかえせ