A “wonderfully eccentric and fascinating film…as a portrait of pathology — that of Japan and of Hirohito both — it’s terrific.” – Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

Official Selection: New York Film Festival

Set in Japan at the end of the second World War, the latest film from acclaimed Russian filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark, Mother and Son) is an incisive, eerie portrait of the enigmatic Emperor Hirohito (Issey Ogata, Yi Yi) as he faces surrender and renunciation of his divine status.

Russia/Italy/France/Switzerland, 2005, 110 min.
In English & Japanese with English subtitles
Available in 35mm and digital formats

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