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Ajia no akebono (1964)

Ajia no akebono poster
Directed by
Nagisa Ōshima
Country
Japan
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A Japanese man joins Chinese revolutionaries fighting against dictatorship after the Xinhai Revolution. The story shows their intense struggle together.

historicalpoliticaltensedramaticearnestserious

What happens

『アジアの曙』(アジアのあけぼの)は映画監督・大島渚が監督をつとめた唯一の連続テレビドラマで、TBS・国際放映などが製作し1964年12月9日から1965年3月3日までJNN系列で放送された。 辛亥革命後に袁世凱独裁へ抵抗してはじまった第二革命を舞台に、日本人の主人公が、中国の革命家たちとともに熾烈な闘争へ身を投じてゆく様子が描かれる。原作は山中峯太郎の自伝的作品『実録・アジアの曙』。全13話。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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