The Wandering of the Naked General: The Kiyoshi Yamashita Story

Overview

Sent to an institution for mentally handicapped children by his parents, he began creating artworks using torn strips of paper. After running away to avoid army conscription, he began his wanderings around Japan, encountering many scenes which he would recreate as torn paper art from his amazing photographic memory.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 21, 1981

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Gendai Production

Cast

Masao Komatsu,Tamao Nakamura,Midori Isomura,Nekohachi Edoya,Akemi Negishi,Osami Nabe,Jun Negami,Takashi Yamaguchi,Teizō Muta,Kogan Ashiyaand 1 more

Director

Tengo Yamada

Writer

Tengo Yamada

Producer

Takashi Miyagawa,Hisako Yamada,Tengo Yamada

Cinematography

Kazutami Hara

Music

Takeshi Shibuya

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt11667816