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The Beginning of Life

by Jun'ichirô TAKEDA, Masami WATANABE

Infos

Original title : The Beginning of Life

Director : Jun'ichirô TAKEDA, Masami WATANABE

Production : ICAM

Duration : 26 Minutes

Year : 1970

Original version : Japanese

Subtitled version : English

Country : Japan

Synopsis

A human cell is dividing. 46 chromosomes are now doubling to 92, each half is moving to the pole, and finally we can see two new bone cells. By this arrangement, the memory of life on earth has been making a long history as it is passed down from one generation to another. This work was the first in the world to record mammalian generating. When this film was screened at the Academy of Infertility of USA, it caught the attention of the TIME LIFE magazine, which eventually published over 4 pages of information from the film.

Awards

  • The Silver Bacuranium, First Prize at the 15th International Scientific and Educational Film Festival, Padova University, 31st Venice International Film Festival, Italy
  • Special Invitation, Moscow International Film Festival, USSR
  • Gold Plaketu, Jugoslovensko Drustvo Za Sirenje Naucnih Saznanja Nikola Tesra, Yugoslavia
  • First Prize in the Category of Documentary, XII Mostra International do Filme Cientifico, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Honorary Award, Kiev Convention of the International Science Film Association, Ukraine 
  • Special Invitation, National Convention of Family Planning, India 
  • The John Muir Memorial Hospital Medical Film Festival Award, USA 
  • Honorary Award, International Scientific Film Festival Beijing, China 
  • Best Film Prize, Science and Technology Film Festival, Japan 
  • Award for Excellence, Art Festival, Japan
  • Best Film Prize, Japan PR Film Festival
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