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Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
JAPAN · 1972

Under the Flag of the Rising Sun

Kinji Fukasaku
post-war justice military honor and disgrace unreliable testimony bureaucratic obstruction widow's redemption
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Synopsis

A war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for desertion and executed. Official records have been destroyed, and the ministry that distributes benefits continues to deny her a pension. Twenty-six years after the war, she seeks out four survivors of her husband's garrison. Each tells a dramatically different story about her husband's conduct, but she is determined to learn the truth.

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