The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (1987)

Kenzo Okazaki, a soldier of the 36th company of the Japanese Independent Engineering Corps during World War II, was stationed in Papua New Guinea. After the war, Ozaki did not return to a calm and peaceful life, but launched another road of struggle that ordinary people could not understand. He spent 10 years in prison for murder, shot the emperor with a slingshot during the New year's ceremony of paying homage to the emperor, and then pursued the emperor's crimes in World War II in an extremely intense and lasting way. At the same time, Ozaki traveled all over Japan to track down one truth: on the 23rd day after the end of the war, two soldiers of the 36th company were shot, and there was a cruel, bloody and shocking truth behind it. The film won the Best Director Award of the Blue Ribbon Award in 1988, the second Best Picture (No. 1 voted by readers) in 1988, and the Rookie Award of the Film Directors Association of Japan. Kenzo Okazaki was released from prison in 1997 and died on June 16, 2005.