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1 online resource (streaming video file) (26 min. 35 sec.) ; 160593647 bytes |
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He was a cheeky skylark who zoomed past our camera and tried his best to get into our story. He was so persistent we finally relented and so a little boy on a bike got his cameo. That was a year ago, long before a monstrous series of waves loomed up and wiped away his town. Thousands were killed or missing. What happened to the boy on the bike and others we met during our assignment?They were people we came to know as well as you can in the space of a busy Foreign Correspondent assignment. A mischievous kid, a thoughtful architect, a weather-beaten fisherman and an aspiring politician.Reporter Mark Willacy had travelled to Rikuzentakata as part of our investigation into Japan's whaling Industry. This was a proud fishing village with a strong whaling heritage. It was where we'd meet up with one of Japan's most outspoken pro-whaling identities on a fleeting visit to his old home town.We arranged for whaling provocateur Masayuki Komatsu to catch up with old friends and it was during that raucous gathering we got to know the characters who loved their little town, had raised their families here and who wouldn't contemplate living anywhere else.Yoshiharu Yoshida was a crusty oyster farmer and deep sea fisherman who'd seen a great deal of what nature could dish up. Architect Koichi Sunada also knew the power of natural forces and specialised in designing earthquake-proof homes.Aspiring politician Toshiki Fukada volunteered as a fireman, had seen plenty of action and was responsible for some of the functional aspects of Rikuzentakata's imposing, six metre sea wall - built to see off the ocean's most violent surges.Pro-whaler Komatsu returned to his city home. Willacy and his crew returned to Tokyo to make the award-winning Foreign Correspondent investigation The Catch and the three locals got on with their lives in little Rikuzentakata.Then a few months ago their town rocked and rumbled with Japan's worst earthquake and then was swallowed whole by an enormous and relentless Tsunami.What happened to the architect, the fisherman, the politician and their families.And what happened to the persistent little boy who rang his bell and pedalled past our cameras as we tried to film in the picturesque and historic streets of Rikuzentakata?Mark Willacy returns to what's now an eerie wasteland to find out |
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Broadcast 2011-05-31 at 20:00:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Private investigators.
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Tsunami damage.
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Whaling -- Economic aspects.
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Whaling -- International cooperation.
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Japan.
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Streaming video
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Fukada, Toshiki, contributor
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Sunada, Koichi, contributor
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Willacy, Mark, host
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Yoshida, Yoshiharu, contributor
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