Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution

Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
1969
⏱️ 49 min
📅 Released
🌐 JA
Documentary
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.

Cast

Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Self (archive footage)
Hideo Kanze
Hideo Kanze
Narrator (voice)
Rokkō Toura
Rokkō Toura
Narrator (voice)
Lin Biao
Lin Biao
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage)

Crew

Director
Nagisa Ōshima
Writer
Nagisa Ōshima
Producer
Junichi Ushiyama

Production

Nippon Television Network Corporation