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Minshū no Teki (1946)

Minshū no Teki poster
Original title
民衆の敵
Directed by
Tadashi Imai
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 23m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man challenges the power structures in postwar Japan. The film shows his stand against a system he believes is unjust.

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What happens

Minshū no Teki (民衆の敵, An Enemy of the People) is a 1946 Japanese drama film directed by Tadashi Imai and released on April 25, 1946. It was an attack on the Imperial system and an expression of Imai's allegiance to the Japanese Communist Party. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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