Rebuilding an Old Japanese House
1981, English. Directed by Richard Leacock & Rachel Strickland.
Five Japanese carpenters came to Boston that summer to reconstruct a Kyoto silkweaver's 150 year old townhouse that had been packed in crates and shipped to Boston Children's Museum. This first-hand observation of traditional tools and woodworking techniques chronicles the assembly process. In the progress of construction the contractor performed three Shinto housebuilding ceremonies.
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Rebuilding an Old Japanese House isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 December 1981. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed Rebuilding an Old Japanese House?
Rebuilding an Old Japanese House (1981) was directed by Richard Leacock and Rachel Strickland.