NPO法人科学映像館

• 科学・IT

Planned & presented by JETRO
Produced by Nichiei kagakueizou Productions
　１９６７　Color　27min

In the late 1960s, Japan was amid rapid economic growth, with　excitement building for the 1970 World Expo. Yoshiko Kuga, a photographer working for a Tokyo publishing company, returns to Tokyo after completing a　photo shoot in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture. She calls her husband Saburo, workers for a musical instrument manufacturer with an office in Tokyo.


Tokyo, a metropolis that has undergone remarkable postwar reconstruction but is now grappling with overpopulation and pollution, is contrasted with Matsue, a city that has escaped the ravages of war and still retains its traditional Japanese culture and a leisurely pace of life. This story depicts fragments of various industries and cultures of the time through the eyes of a young working couple, using the contrast between these two cities as a central theme.

概要の日本語版
1970年の万国博覧会に向け高まる機運のなか、高度成長期を謳歌する1967年頃の日本。東京の出版社に勤めるフォトグラファーのクガヨシコは、島根・松江での撮影を終えて東京に戻り、同じく東京にオフィスを持つ楽器メーカーに勤める夫のサブロウに公衆電話から連絡。

戦後目覚ましい復興を遂げながらも、過密化や公害といった副産物を抱える東京という大都市。一方、戦火を免れたことで現在でも伝統ある日本文化が色濃く残り、穏やかな時間が流れる松江。ふたつの都市の対比を軸として、当時の様々な産業や文化の断片を、働き盛りを迎えた若いふたりの視点から描く。（日英のメタデータは本館アドバイザー赤塚紀彦氏による。感謝）