The last of three programmes that look at the role of wild animals in Japanese life, art and religion.
Long Live the Turtle
The Japanese have explored the rich harvest of the ocean more, perhaps, than any other nation.
The place of sea-turtles in legend, myth and commerce illustrates Japan's changing attitudes to the sea and its wildlife - attitudes that embrace the bloody killing of dolphins and prayers for the souls of dead whales, importing turtles by the thousand for their shells and yet venerating them as symbols of good luck. Narrator Peter France Film editor CHARLES DAVIES
Produced for THE MOVING PICTURE COMPANY by DAVID COBHAM BBCtv presentation by PELHAM ALDRICHBLAKE
Series editor PETER JONES. BBC Bristol
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