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SERIES Discover Asia | I Want to Be a Teacher in Our Village – Vang Khi Village, Laos –

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アジア発見 | 村の先生になりたい ラオス・ワンキー村 [NHK]

|Length : 24min. |Year : 1996

Believing the future lies in education rather than farming, villagers encourage a young man who plans to be a teacher. Follow Thum, the young man in question, as he sets out on his new path.

SERIES Discover Asia | Departing Bangkok for Home – North Bus Terminal, Bangkok, Thailand –

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アジア発見 | バンコク発ふるさと行き タイ・バンコク [NHK]

|Length : 24min. |Year : 1996

The demographic shift from rural to urban areas takes on a human face as we meet migrant workers and learn their dreams. Among them is Thongsuk, a farmer's wife who must leave her child behind to work and save money in Bangkok for six months every year.

SERIES Discover Asia | The Spring Cashmere Trade of the Plateaus – Bayankhongor, Mongolia –

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アジア発見 | 春・草原にカシミヤが動く モンゴル・バンヤンホンゴル [NHK]

|Length : 24min. |Year : 1996

With Mongolia having converted to a free market economy, nomadic tribes raising cashmere goats must adapt to the times. Follow the highs and lows of one goat-raising family trying to make it in a new world.

SERIES Discover Asia | Bike Street, the Street of Dreams – Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam –

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アジア発見 | “夢”駆けぬけるバイク通り ベトナム・ホーチミン [NHK]

|Length : 24min. |Year : 1996

The motor bike is the most sought-after possession in this bustling city. Learn the role it plays in two men's lives: boutique employee Viet enjoys the status his motor bike brings, while bicycle repairman Minh eventually finds his beyond his means.

SERIES Japan Sketches | Run Your Own Way

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にっぽん点描 | 自分らしく走れ 中山竹道と高校駅伝チーム [NHK]

|Length : 44min. |Year : 1997

Track & field superstar encourages budding athletes

Former Olympic marathon runner Takemichi Nakayama is just as unconventional in retirement as he was on the track. Once one of the world's top runners, he finished fourth in both the Seoul and Barcelona summer olympics, Nakayama chose to teach at a high school and university in Osaka whose track and field athletes never thought they would be on the path to glory. As he takes the high school running team through its qualifying rounds for a regional long-distance relay race, the team discovers that the secret to success lies within themselves.

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