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Edition screened: Included in the Icarus 4-DVD set A Man Vanishes, released 2012. Japanese language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 46 minutes.
Summary: Mild scenes of fishing and fish cleaning.
Details:
1) A woman cuts up fish in preparation for cooking, 17:07-17:19.
2) Men fish for squid, 22:28-23:28.
3) More preparation of fish for cooking, 26:26-26:31.
4) Caught fish brought to market for selling, 29:15-30:19.
This is a documentary about island peasants struggling for survival, who catch fish to supplement their primary staple of processed vegetable starch. It is not a documentary about smug Americans with GPS units and designer sunglasses killing fish for fun, and therefore is not particularly offensive.