Publisher/晩聲社

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A photo collection by Japanese photographer Nakajima Bin. As you can imagine from the title, this book is a documentary set in Kamagasaki, one of the most lawless flophouse districts in Japan, rivaling Tokyo's Sanya. Kamagasaki is known for the many works it has seen, including those taken by Osaka's leading photographer Inoue Seiryu, Suda Issei, and other photographers from overseas, but this book is a reportage-like work written by someone who actually worked as a day laborer, and is written from the inside. In 1969, Nakajima was in debt and came to Kamagasaki as if it were a part-time job. He witnessed repeated riots by day laborers, the number of registered workers several times the number of active job seekers, security cameras everywhere, and the harsh daily life. A surreal world seen in a corner of the big city of Osaka. He began taking photographs about a year after he began living in Kamagasaki, and for over 10 years thereafter, he recorded the current state of Kamagasaki through photographs and text. This was a message from local workers calling for not just repression, security, and temporary benefits, but for the nation as a whole to shine a political light on those at the bottom of society.