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The Close to Nature Garden
The Close to Nature Garden
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  2. The Close to Nature Garden

The Close to Nature Garden

1982
24m
Documentary

Status

Released

Release

1982

Runtime

24m

Storyline

"We have been born and are living on the earth to face directly the reality of living."

Mr. Fukuoka has decided not to plow, not to grow rice in flooded fields, and not to use machinery to sow or harvest. What he does do on his farm is documented in this unique record of a full year of overlapping crops.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
24m
Jan 1, 1982
Production
Bullfrog Films
Bullfrog Films
Rodale Press
Rodale Press

Top Cast

3 Cast Members

Masanobu Fukuoka

Self

Vic Sussman

Self - Host/Narrator

Tadao Uchida

Japanese Translator (voice)

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