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Title: YAWATA PRIMARY, SOMA CITY, FUKUSHIMA

Reference number: 12500

Date: 2014

Director: d. Yushin Toda

Production company: Japan Desk Scotland

Sound: sound

Original format: unknown

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 4.32 mins

Description: Short documentary about the pupils and curriculum at Yawata Primary School, Soma City in Japan, which has a link with Hillhead Primary School in Glasgow.

Credits: ph. Fumi Nakabachi
comm. w. Yushin Toda
ed. Yushin Toda
p. Fumi Nakabachi and Yushin Toda, Japan Desk Scotland
cast Yawata Primary School’s pupils and teachers, and Fumi Nakabachi

Shotlist: Filmmaker's synopsis:

A visit was made to Yawata Primary School, Soma City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, as an exchange of pictures with Hillhead Primary School, Glasgow, Scotland, was organised. Yawata Primary started teaching English, following Japan’s new school curriculum, but, unlike other schools, it also started teaching its children a rather forgotten local folk tune. At this school, internationalisation and localisation are going hand in hand.