Campaign

Oct 6, 2007

2h 0m

★ 5.8

A cinema-verite documentary which closely follows a heated election campaign in Japan, revealing the true nature of

Overview

Can a candidate with no political experience and no charisma win an election if he is backed by the political giant Prime Minister Koizumi and his Liberal Democratic Party? This cinema-verite documentary closely follows a heated election campaign in Kawasaki, Japan, revealing the true nature of "democracy."

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Laboratory X

Campaign Trailers

Cast

Himself

Kazuhiko Yamauchi

Himself

Junichiro Koizumi

Self

Seiko Hashimoto

Self

Nobuteru Ishihara

Self

Yoriko Kawaguchi

Self

Fumio Mochida

Self

Daishiro Yamagiwa

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