The Dawn of Asia

Overview

The Dawn of Asia (アジアの曙) is a TV drama consisting of thirteen episodes about the trans-China/Japan collaboration of revolutionaries in the early twentieth century. It was Nagisa Oshima’s rare attempt to direct a TV drama in a social atmosphere in which Japan was embracing postwar prosperity as well as the effects of permeating mass media. Making an effort to reach out to the mass audience through a seemingly conventional method of filmic representation, Dawn of Asia takes up the epic of trans-Asiatic solidarity while challenging nationalism on both sides.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 19, 1964

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

japanese

Production

Inc.,TBS,Sozosha,International Television Films

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0057826