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Season 21 Episode 6 - Campaign
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 unconcerned 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).
Episodes in Season 21
Traces of the Trade: A Story From the Deep North
60 min
Election Day
60 min
The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández
60 min
The Last Conquistador
60 min
9 Star Hotel
60 min
Campaign
60 min
Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music
60 min
Belarusian Waltz
60 min
The Judge and the General
60 min
Calavera Highway
60 min
Critical Condition
60 min
In the Family
60 min
Up the Yangtze
60 min
Soldiers of Conscience
60 min
Inheritance
60 min
