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‘Campaign’ and ‘The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On’: Two Mirroring Masterpieces of Japanese Documentary

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Christopher Campbell
Mar 14, 2014
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Kenzo Okuzaki and Kazuhiko Yamauchi are two men who spend a lot of time riding around in colorfully decorated automobiles, shouting at passersby over loudspeakers. Separated by two decades, they could not have more drastically different goals. Yamauchi would like to be Prime Minister of Japan some day. Okuzaki is seeking the downfall of the Emperor, by …

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