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SATURDAY, APRIL 12 AT 3 PM

The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On

Introduction by Bill Hader. Q&A with filmmaker Kazuo Hara. Moderated by Errol Morris. ‘This Is Not a Fiction 2025’ and ‘Kazuo Hara: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’
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DIRECTOR
Kazuo Hara
FORMAT
DCP
RUNTIME
2h 2m
RATING
NR
CAST
Kenzo Okuzaki, Riichi Aikawa, Masaichi Hamaguchi
SYNOPSIS

In Japanese with English subtitles.

 

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. 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.

CAST
Kenzo Okuzaki, Riichi Aikawa, Masaichi Hamaguchi
SYNOPSIS

In Japanese with English subtitles.

 

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. 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.