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Hi Oiwan,
Thanks for introducing the video. Actually the video was produced by Kaori Brand at the UNU Media Studio. The article that accompanies the video on the Our World 2.0 webzine was written by Anne, Mio and Toshiya. You can check it out here.
http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/2009/01/13/harvest-time-in-satoyama/
Kaori is a very talented documentary producer and part of a team producing video briefs for the UNU.
Dear Brendan, thanks for correcting me. I have edited the post accordingly. Oiwan