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Man's Search for Happiness (Japanese, 1970)
Directed by "Judge" Wetzel Whitaker
Screenplay by Scott Whitaker
Production Company: Brigham Young University Motion Picture Studio
Premiere Date: March 15, 1970
Length: 13 min.
 

Genre:   Film
Production Type:
LDS Church Production
Content Types:
Foreign Language Film
Distribution Types:
Private Church Distribution

Subjects: plan of salvation; life; death;
Summary:
Set in Japan with a Japanese cast, this remake of the 1964 film explores the same themes of birth, life, death, and the answers to mankind's most probing questions.

Annotations:
This version of the film was done for the World's Fair Expo in Japan by the regular BYU Motion Picture Studio crew, marking a monumental decision on the Church's part to create a film for a specific national market outside the United States. Despite the language barrier the film was finished promptly and according to the crew's desires, and the film was considered a great success at the Expo, especially since Japan is not a predominantly Christian country.

BYU/ LDs Motion Picture Studio Production #0789.

Medium: 16mm color
Film Editor: Frank S. Wise
Cinematographer: Robert Stum
Country: Japan/USA; shot entirely in former
Language: Japanese
Distributor: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Adapted From Film:
Man's Search for Happiness (13 min.) Directed by "Judge" Wetzel Whitaker,Writer Scott Whitaker,Cinematographer Robert Stum,Film Editor Frank S. WiseFilm






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