From 1987 Japan, the most shocking of documentaries, "The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On."

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Director Kazuo Hara, a la Michael Moore (I think this may be where MM got his idea), follows Kenzo Okuzaki as he ambushes the aging former members--- including the officers--- of his WWII unit whose members almost all ended up starving to death in New Guinea. Okuzaki was the sole survivor of his regiment and, forty years after the end of the war, he confesses to be driven to put the souls of the dead to rest by exposing how they died. Okuzaki disputes the official story of battlefield deaths or execution because of desertion.
This is no intellectual exercise by the 62-year old Okuzaki: he physically and emotionally confronts his former colleagues and, though it often is painful to watch, the viewer cannot escape noting that the savage deaths of human beings, and the false portrayal of their deaths, should not be taboo subjects.
I doubt you will emerge from this film quite the same person, view military heroism in quite the same way.

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Topic - From 1987 Japan, the most shocking of documentaries, "The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On." - tinear 09:04:04 05/12/10 (1)

Thanks, added to my netflix. - Prisoners 19:31:10 05/12/10 (0)

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