Campaign 2 (movie)
選挙2- User score: 5.7
- Production country: Japan, United States of America
- Producer: Kazuhiro Soda
- Production companies: Laboratory X
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 6/22/2013
- Run time: 150 min.
Movie description
In response to the Fukushima disaster, Yama-san is running an election campaign with an anti-nuclear message. But unlike last time, he has no money, no machine, no nothing. Does he even stand a chance? On March 11, 2011, Japan experienced one of the most calamitous nuclear disasters in history. But in two national elections following the accident, the pro-nuclear Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) achieved landslide victories, gaining control of the two parliaments. Why? 'Campaign 2' by Kazuhiro Soda observes a small local election right after the disaster and gives insight into this difficult question, presenting a microcosm of Japan's political-psychological landscape.