Documentary, short, nonfiction films
Soundtrack in English (chiefly) and Japanese; with English translation
Some responsibility from container, end roll
Cast: Host, David W. Plath ; voices, Mildred Bailey, Robin Bates, Garnett Bond, Jacquetta F. Hill, Chet Kincaid, Ronald P. Toby, Darrell Wheaton
Credits: Executive producer, Jackson H. Bailey ; ethnographers, Jacquetta F. Hill, David W. Plath ; designer/writer, David W. Plath ; original music, Christopher Yohmei Blasdel ; field producer, Hajime Ikeda ; videographer, Kōichi Sakuma ; underwater camera, Norio Shimizu ; offline editor, Chet Kincaid ; post production editors, Doug Carlson, Jim Vitamvas, Sharon Wheaton
Historical materials: Shima Minzoku Shiryōkan, Gyogyō Kyōdo Kumiai of Fuseda, Kiyo Tabata
Produced in association with National Institute of Multimedia Education, Japan
Originally produced in 1993. Copyright 1993 by 日米 Media Production Group ; Year on label: 1998
DVD
Issued in container (19 cm.)
Duration on container, label: 30 minutes
Originally issued in series: Japan : resources for understanding
Summary: "Based on more than a decade of field research, this colorful report on the high-touch craft of shellfish diving, takes us to the coast of the Shima Peninsula in central Japan ... By taking you into different settings where the divers operate, the program allows you to sample a social environment in which fierce individual competition underwater is checked and balanced by a spirited colleagueship carefully nurtured among groups of divers as they relax on shore"--Container