My Town, My Youth(1978)

movie - first aired/released 1978-06-07 - 43 min

Documentary

Directed by Masahiro Nishiyama, Masato Koike, Noriaki Tsuchimoto

My Town, My Youth is an inspiring film shot twenty years after the official recognition of the disease and focuses on a group of young people (many born with the disease) as they mobilise to keep their cause visible by organising a concert by the popular enka singer Ishikawa Sayuri.