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“1917 Taiwan drought: Japanese engineer Hatta proposes irrigation plan; skeptical locals, farmer's son Xu seeks hope.”

Batain Lai!! Minami no Shima no Mizu Monogatari

パッテンライ!!　～南の島の水ものがたり～

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Slice of Life Historical

1 episodes · 1 hr 30 min min · Mushi Production · G - All Ages

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1917 Taiwan drought: Japanese engineer Hatta proposes irrigation plan; skeptical locals, farmer's son Xu seeks hope.

The year is 1917, and under Japanese occupation, Taiwan suffers from terrible drought and famine. Residents of the Chianan Plain live in squalor, their lives defined by the daily struggle of carting water home. When Yoichi Hatta, a Japanese civil engineer, arrives with a plan to reshape the area's irrigation dramatically, the local residents are quick to call him a liar. Xu Yingzhe, the son of a poor farmer, takes issue with the outright rejection of Hatta's plan and tries to reason and grasp the situation. Hatta's scheme may seem crazy, but it could be the very thing that improves the strenuous lives of the Taiwanese people.

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