Documentary · Japan · 1969 · 49m

Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution

毛沢東--その生涯と文化大革命--

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Director
Nagisa Ōshima
Cast
Mao Zedong as Self (archive footage) Hideo Kanze as Narrator (voice) Rokkō Toura as Narrator (voice) Lin Biao as Self (archive footage) Adolf Hitler as Self (archive footage) Joseph Stalin as Self (archive footage)
Crew
Yusuke Miyamoto — Editor Nagisa Ōshima — Writer Junichi Ushiyama — Producer
Synopsis

Nagisa Oshima's documentary details the rise of Chairman Mao during the revolution and shows the Communist Party's struggle and cultural upheaval. Made in 1969 for NTV station, this TV documentary also questions Mao's dictator tendency during the cultural revolution.

Key Collaborators
Nagisa Ōshima Director Yusuke Miyamoto Editor Nagisa Ōshima Writer Junichi Ushiyama Producer
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