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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 ...
Hara’s unforgettable subject and collaborator in The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On is Kenzo Okuzaki—a former soldier, convicted murderer, and defiantly anti-establishment agitator—who has made it his life’s mission to expose the crimes committed by Japanese officers against their own men while stationed in New Guinea. As the often ...
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 (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 ...
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 forces you to think, and makes you ask questions about how we experience and record history.
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 a...
