The Sea Wall (1959)

Year: 1959
Genres: Documentary
Countries: Japan
Languages: Japanese
Runtime: 59 min

Name: The Sea Wall
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1959

From the opening sequence, combining underwater and aerial footage, this masterpiece about the construction of a steam-power plant in Kurihama (south of Tokyo) far surpasses the limitations of the promotional film genre, and emerges as one of the most staggering sensory experiences in Japanese documentary.