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Japanese George

A Cockney in Japan GEORGE WHYMAN, ex-East End, ex-British soldier, ex-apprentice piano maker, went to Japan as a judo pilgrim 15 years ago. Then he was a third Dan. He wrestled with the language, the Judo masters, and poverty - living on £11 a month. Now he is a fourth Dan, still a bachelor with three girl friends, a catamaran, and manager of a Tokyo advertising agency ' For the first five years to build up business contacts, I played mah jong nearly every night....' Tonight we follow the boy from Hackney and some of his Japanese clients in Tokyo -the world's most agressively competitive business country where wealth comes second to health and happiness is another sale. Written and narrated by JIM DOUGLAS HENRY Produced by RAMSAY SHORT

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  • Originally Aired December 15, 1970
  • Runtime 55 minutes
  • Network BBC Two
  • Notes Is a season finale
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