生活と水

Awards Selected by the Ministry of Education Film Summary Planned and Produced by: Iwanami Productions, Sponsored by: Ministry of Health and Welfare Provided by: National Institute of Public Health 1952, Black and White, 19 minutes 40 seconds This precious work was made possible through the efforts of the Waterworks Division of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau, the National Simple Water Supply Association, the National Institute of Public Health's Department of Living Environment Research, and other related parties. This film was produced under the auspices of the Ministry of Health and Welfare with the aim of raising awareness of waterworks, particularly simple municipal waterworks. It explores the unhygienic and inconvenient life without running water through real-life examples from various regions, and demonstrates how the establishment of a small, well-maintained water supply system can brighten life. The film emphasizes that waterworks construction efforts in various regions overcame many difficulties to achieve hope, and that more waterworks are needed throughout Japan. In particular, the film's three-dimensional portrayal of the waterworks issue in the context of broader life, highlighting the need for waterworks maintenance and the effectiveness of national subsidies for municipal waterworks, makes it an effective work for practical educational instruction and a valuable resource for understanding what life was like at the time. The debut film directed by Susumu Hani. Staff: Producer: Teizo Oguchi Planning, Screenplay, and Director: Susumu Hani Cinematography: Minoru Kuribayashi Sound: Zenichiro Sakurai