Apr 24, 2023
55 min
Full-HD

They Saw Japan at War (2023)

The story of a Franco-Belgian family living in Japan from 1927 to 1947, a time of prosperity and fortune, but also of political turbulence and war.

Category

Documentary History TV Movie

Country

France

Companies

KAMI Productions Éléazar Productions ARTE

Barbara Grau

Self - Narrator (voice)

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