One Day at the Tidelands (1940) Shimomura Kenji

Captured with a telephoto lens, all the variety of living things which frequent the tidelands are sketched in an amusing narrative style, integrating the story of the food chain. A documentary film about the tidal flat ecosystem directed by ornithologist Shimomura Kenji. It is also said to be the original form of Japanese ecological documentary films. We took two years of longterm photography at Gyotoku Coast in Chiba Prefecture and Ariake Bay in Saga Prefecture, and carefully observed the ecology of tidal flat creatures such as crabs and muddy sparrows using telephoto lenses. Summary and photos of the film on this blog : Informations : ONE DAY AT THE TIDELANDS (Aruhi no higata, 或日の干潟) Directed by Shimomura Kenshi Japan, 1940 Documentary