The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-05-15

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

122 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.2 (834 Reviews)

Director:

Kazuo Hara

Genres:

Documentary War

Cast:

Kenzo Okuzaki Riichi Aikawa Masaichi Hamaguchi Toshio Hara

Fullplot:

This documentary was five years in the making, and revolves around 62-year-old Okuzaki Kenzo, a survivor of the battlefields of New Guinea in World War II who gained notoriety by slingshooting steel pinballs at Emperor Showa to protest against what he considered to be the ruler's war crimes. Setting out to conduct interviews with survivors and relatives, he finds the truth of the past to be elusive, achieving a breakthrough only when he confronts ex-Sergeant Yamada, who grudgingly admits the occurrence and instructional source of certain atrocities.

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