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FRONTLINE; American Game, Japanese Rules

Part of Frontline. Part of Stories of East and South East Asia.


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Series
FRONTLINE
Program
American Game, Japanese Rules
Program Number

611

Series Description

FRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world. Since January 1983, FRONTLINE has served as American public television's - PBS - flagship public affairs series. Hailed upon its television broadcast debut as "the last best hope for broadcast documentaries," FRONTLINE's stature over 23 years is reaffirmed each week through incisive documentaries covering the scope and complexity of the human experience. Series release date: 1/1983

Program Description

Intimate portrait of Americans living and working in Japan -- a baseball player, a television celebrity, and an American bride -- all confronting a society that looks western, but operates by a very different set of cultural rules.

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Subjects
Sports
Peoples of East Asia
Genres
Documentary
Topics
Social Issues
Global Affairs
Creators
Bikel, Ofra (Writer)
Harris, Gail (Narrator)
Fanning, David (Series Executive Producer)
Contributors
Hammond, Steve (Interviewee)
Lancelotti, Rick (Interviewee)
Arnold, Chris (Interviewee)
Wranik, Peter (Interviewee)
Kinlin, Clark (Interviewee)
Publication Information
WGBH Educational Foundation
Citation
Chicago: “FRONTLINE; American Game, Japanese Rules,” GBH Archives, accessed December 21, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_582DA3B18F4E4E7F910620AF361304E4.
MLA: “FRONTLINE; American Game, Japanese Rules.” GBH Archives. Web. December 21, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_582DA3B18F4E4E7F910620AF361304E4>.
APA: FRONTLINE; American Game, Japanese Rules. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_582DA3B18F4E4E7F910620AF361304E4
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