P.O.V. | Campaign by Kazuhiro Soda | PBS
Duration: 01:48
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Program: P.O.V. #2106
Broadcast Date: Jul. 29, 2008
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This is democracy — Japanese style. "Campaign" provides a startling insider’s view of Japanese electoral politics in this portrait of a man plucked from obscurity by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to run for a critical seat on a suburban city council. Kazuhiko "Yama-san" Yamauchi's LDP handlers are unworried that he has zero political experience, no charisma, no supporters, and no time to prepare. What he does have is the institutional power of Japan's modern version of Tammany Hall pushing him forward. Yama-san allows his life to be turned upside down as he pursues the rituals of Japanese electioneering — with both tragic and comic results. A co-presentation with the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM). Find out more about this film: www.pbs.org/pov...
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