Neighborhood Tokyo
Neighborhood Tokyo

Neighborhood Tokyo

7.0

0 hr 29 min

1992-01-01

1

Miyamoto-cho is a community of Mom-and-Pop stores and family enterprises located near the center of Tokyo. Competition from supermarkets and shopping centers threatens the livelihoods of long-term residents. High land prices tempt owners to tear down old homes and replace them with apartment buildings; this in turn is changing the composition of the population. Against this backdrop, residents strive to maintain the close social ties, symbols of local identity, and community rituals that keep Miyamoto-cho from becoming just another mailing address. Theodore Bestor began his research here in 1979. His prize winning book of the same name is available through Stanford University Press. This documentary is one of a series depicting the variety of life in today's Japan in the context of human problems common to all industrial nations. A comprehensive study guide is available.

Documentary

Trailers

Characters

Similar Movies

From Abdul To Leila

2024-01-15

Only Yesterday: The Carpenters Story

2007-04-09

Outremont et les Hassidim

2019-04-01

Out of Our Depth: Three Brothers in a Boat

2025-05-07

My Brother the Terrorist

2014-04-28

The Ants and the Grasshopper

2021-05-26

Curtain Call

2014-08-03

Violated Paradise

1963-06-07

Whisper to be Heard

2020-04-16

NDDJ (Notre-Dame-du-Jambon)

2022-11-20

Your loving father

2025-04-03

Granny's Flags

2013-01-01

La bisabuela tiene Alzheimer

2012-05-13

Le dimanche de la Mamma

1993-01-01

Back To Africa

2008-04-01

Tribu

2022-09-01

MozikMoro

2024-12-06

Dolphin Reef

2018-03-28

Naître d'une autre

Audio and the Alligator

2025-09-13