Publisher Note
On 14 January 1958, the disfigured and amputated body of a man was discovered near Lake Sembako in Japan. Two investigators from Tokyo came to help out the local police in order to resolve what at first appeared to be a banal case, but which proved to be more complex. For the first time, a photographer was authorised to accompany the police to document the investigation.
Watabe followed the inspector as he questioned witnesses (workers in a tannery factory, local police officers etc.) and pounded the streets of the most insalubrious neighbourhoods in Tokyo – its bars, bridges, alleyways and hospitals – in search of the killer. Watabe’s images record much more than simply a police investigation, they reveal Tokyo in the 1950s in a way that has rarely been shown.
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| Release Place | Paris, France |
| Release Date | 2012 |
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978-2-91517-382-6
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| Topics | Criminal Investigation, Japan, Tokyo |
| Methods | Black & White Photography |
| Language | English |
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| Dimensions | 21.0 × 29.0 cm |
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| Pages | 100 |
