Campaign(2007)
A cinema-verite documentary which closely follows a heated election campaign in Japan, revealing the true nature of
Can a candidate with no political experience and no charisma win an election if he is backed by the political giant Prime Minister Koizumi and his Liberal Democratic Party? This cinema-verite documentary closely follows a heated election campaign in Kawasaki, Japan, revealing the true nature of "democracy."
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