Senkyo . Campaign! The Kawasaki Candidate

Verzio FF In the fall of 2005, 40-year-old, self-employed Kazuhiko “Yama-san” Yamauchi’s peaceful, humdrum life was turned upside-down when Liberal Democratic Party selects him at the last minute as its official candidate for a place on the Kawasaki city council. With zero experience in politics and...

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Other Authors: Soda, Kazuhiro
Institution:Open Society Archives at Central European University
Language:Japanese
Published: Kazuhiro, Soda 2007
Japan
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:d1202ae5-225c-4358-a170-5deaaf1faf0b
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description Verzio FF In the fall of 2005, 40-year-old, self-employed Kazuhiko “Yama-san” Yamauchi’s peaceful, humdrum life was turned upside-down when Liberal Democratic Party selects him at the last minute as its official candidate for a place on the Kawasaki city council. With zero experience in politics and without the support of voters, Yamauchi has one week to prepare for an election critical to the future of the party and his own life. He visits social events, meetings with pensioners, bus stations and stops, shaking hands with all he meets. Can a candidate without either political experience or charisma win in elections? The film presents a humorous view of political strategy, values and tradition in contemporary Japanese society.
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spellingShingle Senkyo . Campaign! The Kawasaki Candidate
[Documentary film]
title Senkyo . Campaign! The Kawasaki Candidate
topic [Documentary film]
url http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:d1202ae5-225c-4358-a170-5deaaf1faf0b