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Numakage Public Pool -DOXA 2026
Title: Numakage Public Pool Foreign Title: Same Year: 2025 Country: Japan Language: Japanese Subtitles English Director: Shingo Ôta Trailer: This wonderful, but sad, documentary directed by Shinga Ota is not the first Japanese film I have seen of district redevelopments in Japan. However, it is unique in how this magnificent pool and site nicknamed “the ocean” in Tokyo’s Numakage neighborhood, affected the local community that it served. We encounter the
Ian Merkel
April 27, 2026