Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks
2004
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The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (ゆきゆきて、神軍, Yuki Yukite Shingun) is a 1987 Japanese documentary film by director Kazuo Hara. The documentary centers on Kenzō Okuzaki , a 62-year-old veteran of Japan's campaign in New Guinea in the Second World War , and follows him around as he searches out those responsible for the ...
Made with a righteous political anger that anticipates the incendiary polemics of documentarians such as Michael Moore and Joshua Oppenheimer, Kazuo Hara’s most renowned film is a harrowing confrontation with one of Japanese history’s darkest chapters: the atrocities committed by the country’s military during World War II.
A documentary following Kenzo Okuzaki, a 62-year-old WW2 veteran notorious for his protests against Emperor Hirohito, as he tries to expose the needless executions of two Japanese soldiers during the war.
“The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On” is fearless and fascinating cinema that forces you to think, and makes you ask questions about how we experience and record history. In this documentation, the focus is mainly on Kenzo Okuzaki, a complex man who will do anything to get veterans to confess to the barbaric atrocities committed in New ...
Filmmaker Kazuo Hara follows Kenzo Okuzaki, a World War II soldier seeking the fates of others in his unit. “The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On” is fearless and fascinating cinema that ...
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (ゆきゆきて、神軍 Yuki Yukite Shingun? ) is an award-winning 1987 documentary by director Kazuo Hara . The documentary centers on 62-year-old veteran of Japan's Second World War campaign in New Guinea , Kenzo Okuzaki , and follows him around as he searches out those responsible for the unexplained ...
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On. Directed by Kazuo Hara • 1987 • Japan. Made with a righteous political anger that anticipates the incendiary polemics of documentarians such as Michael Moore and Joshua Oppenheimer, Kazuo Hara’s most renowned film is a harrowing confrontation with one of Japanese history’s darkest chapters: the ...
