Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution

Documentary

6/8/1969

Storyline

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.

Director:: Nagisa Ōshima
Writer:: Nagisa Ōshima

Cast

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