Saturday, March 29, 2014 3:00 PM
Japan Society
333 E 47th St, New York, NY 10017
Donald Richie on The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On:
“The film is fascinating because the man is a champion for right and he is, at the same time, so given to violence that our own moral position is questioned, as viewers. Most shocking to modern sensibilities is the revelation for the reasons for execution. Starving higher officers were executing privates and other low ranks on trumped up charges in order that they could be served at table. The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On is extremely moving and in the end deeply upsetting. The picture is beautifully made, a truly controlled example of honest documentary at its best.” (Excerpted from Richie’s notes for the San Francisco International Film Festival.)
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