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Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution

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Nagisa Oshima's documentary details the rise of Chairman Mao during the revolution and shows the Communist Party's struggle and cultural upheaval. Made in 1969 for NTV station, this TV documentary also questions Mao's dictator tendency during the cultural revolution.

DirectorNagisa Ōshima
WriterNagisa Ōshima
ProducerJunichi Ushiyama

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Cast · Directed by Nagisa Ōshima

MZMao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Self (archive footage)
HKHideo Kanze
Hideo Kanze
Narrator (voice)
RTRokkō Toura
Rokkō Toura
Narrator (voice)
LB
Lin Biao
Self (archive footage)
AHAdolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
JSJoseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage)

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