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The 8th
Film Category
Awarded


Chasing the Rice Fish: The Story of an Endangered Species
Japan/1999/25min

Producer: SAITO Hideaki/ NOMIYAMA Shigeru
Director: IGARASHI Nobuhiro/ NODA Makoto

Rice fish, a freshwater species, are found near the shore of a blackish lake in Nantoucho, Mie Prefecture. Once it was common to see these fish along the water's edge, but now the fish are listed as endangered. What happened? Nakamoto Ken, an actor who has loved marine life since he was young, chases the rice fish in the Tokai region, guiding viewers through the present problems while searching for clues to habitat restoration.
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