Episode 441 - The Dreamer
History of Japan
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Amusement Parks as Symbols of Post-War Japan
- Miyazaki uses the abandoned amusement park in Spirited Away to symbolize postwar Japan's real estate boom and bust in the '80s and '90s.
- The parks, built with excess cash, ultimately went bankrupt, leaving behind a legacy of environmental destruction.
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