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The Story of a Butcher Shop
Documentary

THE STORY OF A BUTCHER SHOP

20131h 48m5.2 TMDb

Directed by Aya Hanabusa

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The Kitades run a butcher shop in Kaizuka City outside Osaka, raising and slaughtering cattle to sell the meat in their store. The seventh generation of their family's business, they are descendants of the buraku people, a social minority held over from the caste system abolished in the 19th century that is still subject to discrimination.

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Suspense5
Emotion5
Complexity7
Humor5
Realism9.2
Action5.4
Darkness5

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  • people who enjoy learning through film

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