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Satoyama: Japan's Secret Watergarden

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Last broadcast on Mon, 6 Apr 2009, 02:40 on BBC Four (see all broadcasts).

Synopsis

In the heart of rural Japan lies Satoyama, a landscape of lakes and rivers home to an incredible variety of fish, water birds, snakes and dragonflies. This poetic documentary follows 83-year-old fisherman Sangoro Tanaka, who lives according to an ancient way of life that has much to teach the world about sustainable living.

Credits

Narrator
David Attenborough
Producer
Masumi Mizunuma

Broadcasts

  1. Thu 19 Mar 2009
    19:40
    BBC Four
  2. Mon 6 Apr 2009
    02:40
    BBC Four

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  1. Natural World

Duration

50 minutes

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