is a 2006 television documentary film produced by

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and

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. As an extension of the ''Up'' series, it follows thirteen children living in different parts of

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by visiting them every seven years. In the third production of the "Up Japan" series they are asked to talk about their lives, families and future as on the previous two visits. Their circumstances are vastly different from each other. Some live in politically sensitive areas like Eri and Maki in

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near a US military base, Sanae near the disputed

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, while others like Yoshio and Mitsukatsu live with two different ancestral cultures. Some still live with their parents, while others live independent of their family, by or not by choice.

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