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Beauty of the Ancients (S)

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Original title: Kodai No Bi
Year: 1958
Running time: 22 min.
Country: Japan
Director: Sumiko Haneda
Screenwriter: Sumiko Haneda
Cast: Documentary
Cinematography: Sumiko Haneda (B&W)
Producer: Iwanami Productions
Genre: Documentary | Short Film. Educational
Synopsis: Commissioned by the Tokyo National Museum, this film, regarded in some quarters as the masterpiece of Haneda’s Iwanami period, is one of several in which she documented Japan’s ancient and classical artistic treasures. Here she focuses on the Tokyo National Museum’s collection of art from the earliest eras of Japan’s (pre)history, including earthenware pottery and the striking terracotta figurines known as haniwa.

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Beauty of the Ancients (S)

1958

Sumiko Haneda