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Empress Michiko, the Strength of the Reed

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Installed at the heart of Japanese society when the country was in a state of collapse after World War II, and then launched on a frantic course to achieve modernity, over a period of 60 years, Michiko followed an unexpected path: that of…

DirectorAnne-Sophie Chaumier Le Conte
WriterAnne-Sophie Chaumier Le Conte
ProducersYuri Sudo·Shin Yasuda

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Cast · Directed by Anne-Sophie Chaumier Le Conte

SSSarah-Jane Sauvegrain
Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain
Narrator (voice)
MMichiko
Michiko
Self (archive footage)
AAkihito
Akihito
Self (archive footage)

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