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Japan : Okinawa's Last Hundred-Year-Olds
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Bernard Fontanille travels to Okinawa, a Japanese island that cultivates the art of ageing via social bonds, physical activity, and personal fulfilment. He talks with 91-year-old Mrs. Toyama to und...
Bernard Fontanille travels to Okinawa, a Japanese island that cultivates the art of ageing via social bonds, physical activity, and personal fulfilment. He talks with 91-year-old Mrs. Toyama to understand the secrets of her longevity. For her, it is very important to have Ikigai: "the belief that life is worth living.
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- Creator
- ARTE France
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- [Place of publication not identified] : ARTE France, [2013]
- New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Films Media Group, 2016
- ©2013
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- 1 online resource (1 video file (25 min., 47 sec.)) : sound, color
- digital
- video file
- OCLC
- ocn965352459
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Originally released by ARTE France, 2013.
- Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on September 22, 2016.
- Streaming video file.
- Closed-captioned.
- Nakijin, Okinawa (3:02) -- Ikigai (3:47) -- Connecting with Nature and People (4:31) -- Senior Community Center (2:38) -- Naha, Okinawa (3:17) -- Suzuki's Clinic (4:39) -- Living a Good Life (3:00) -- Credits: Japan: Okinawa'S Last Hundred-Year-Olds-World Medicine (0:31)