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The Empty Table
JAPAN · 1985

The Empty Table

Masaki Kobayashi
parental responsibility terrorism and violence social guilt family shame moral accountability
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Synopsis

One year after the Kidojis' eldest son Otohiko was arrested for his part in a terrorist kidnapping, which resulted in multiple deaths, all the other perpetrators' parents have either resigned from their professional positions or taken their own lives, Nobuyuki Kidoji remains adamant that he is not responsible for his son's actions.

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