Aru Seinikuten no Hanashi (2013)

Name: Aru Seinikuten no Hanashi
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2014-10-20T14:35:03+02:00

Documentary | 108 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 108 minuten

Alternative titles: Tale of a Butcher Shop / The Story of a Butcher Shop / ある精肉店のはなし

Country: Japan

Directed by: Aya Hanabusa

IMDb score: 7,7 (9)

Releasedate: 29 November 2013

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Aru Seinikuten no Hanashi plot

The Kitade family slaughterhouse has been around for seven generations, but is threatened with bankruptcy. Because the Kitades still slaughter their cattle, which they also raise themselves, in the old way. Filmmaker Aya Hanabusa documents the family's daily life. Attention is also paid to the role that discrimination plays in their family history. In Japan's old caste system, butchers belonged to the Burakumin: outcasts of society who were excluded by their considered unclean professions. Kitade Shinji, head of the family, is president of the local Buraku Liberation League.