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Blue Mountains Gazette 28 Apr, 2010
Act of defiance inspires Katoomba film-maker
by Michael Cleggett
A Katoomba film-maker’s first reaction on hearing the story of a Japanese man being fired for refusing to do callisthenics in the workplace was a natural one — she laughed.
But Maree Delofski was so intrigued by a man who had for 25 years been protesting his sacking she was compelled to make a documentary.
Tanaka-san Will Not Do Callisthenics developed into much more than the
title suggests.
“I had no idea what he’d be like and I think at first I was attracted to the quirkiness of it but, really, it was deeply serious,” said Maree. “I think what really attracted me to the story was the fact that he was so principled and that he was absolutely determined that he wasn’t going to be bullied and he wasn’t going to do something he didn’t believe in.”
