The Essence of being Japanese
By: written and directed by Jean Antoine ; a co-production of Antenne 2, Initial Groupe, NHK, RAI1, RTBF-BRT
Contributors: Lanchester, Robert; Socit? nationale de tlvision en couleur "Antenne 2"; Nihon H<U+00af>os<U+00af>o Ky<U+00af>okai; Radiotelevisione italiana; Radio-Tlvision belge de la communaut? culturelle franaise; Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Series: Japan past and present; POL 340 (NU course)
Publisher: Films for the Humanities
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: History; Foreign relations; Civilization
Description: Covers the events of the 20th century -- the earthquake of 1923, the rise of militarism, the accesion of Emperor Hirohito, the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere, the Pacific War, Hiroshima, and the American occupation of Japan -- but the primary focus is on what makes Japan Japanese.
Notes: Videodisc release of the 1988 television production.

Narrator: Robert Lanchester.

DVD.