Awards and Recognition
4th All Japan PR Film Contest, Minister of Construction Award

Film Overview
Production: Ei Eiga-sha (British Film Company)
Company: Electric Power Development Co., Ltd.
Construction: Hazama Corporation
Planning/Composition: Hazama Corporation
1956, Black and White, 59 minutes

A record of the construction of the Tenryu River Sakuma Dam, then the largest dam in Japan, symbolizing post-war economic recovery. "Construction Records from Spring 1953 to the End of 1954" (Part Two)

The Sakuma Dam, which dams the Tenryu River and boasts a magnificent and imposing landscape, is of high historical value as a major dam that had a significant impact on the civil engineering industry by being the first in Japan to introduce large-scale civil engineering machinery. It was completed in just three years from the start of construction in 1953. Furthermore, its average annual power generation of 1.4 billion kWh is one of the largest among general hydroelectric power plants in Japan.

Staff
Producer: Ginjiro Takahashi
Director: Masaharu Akasa
Assistant Director: Haruo Ohashi
Cinematography: Asajiro Hirokawa/Kimihiro Nakanishi/Tanehisa Watanabe
Commentary: Hiroshi Takahashi
Composer: Victor Japan Orchestra, Naoyoshi Ozawa
Performance: Victor Japan Orchestra