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DVD  “Chechemeni's Adventure”
Documentary film gChechemeni's adventureh features a 3,000 km canoe expedition from Satawal Island to Okinawa done in 1975 by Chechemeni, a Carolinian traditional canoe, and 6 courageous sailors including famous navigator, Reppwanglug. Traditional Seafaring Society (TSS) of Guam University helped us to make English subtitles.
Chechemeni is now exhibited permanently in the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan.
Total Run Time: 85 minutes
English subtitles / Japanese narration
Original film Produced in 1976/ DVD Produced in 2005
Region code free
Price for private use: 16,500 Japanese Yen (tax not included)
Price for library &institution: 30,000 Japanese Yen (tax not included)

Director   Ryotaro Monden
Cameraman   Tomoyoshi Kasuga, Takeyoshi Akamatsu, Tato Akashi
Narrator   Hisaya Morishige
Photographer   Osamu Monden
Film production   Hokuto Eiga Production
Copyright   Studio UMI,Inc.