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MOVIE • 2020

Why You Can't Be Prime Minister

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What keeps popular policies of social welfare from the seat of power? Over nearly two decades, Arata Oshima follows a politician navigating splintered opposition parties in a landscape dominated by the right-wing.

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Top Cast

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Aki Maeda

Producer

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Hikaru Funaki

Assistant Director

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Aki Miyajima

Editor

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Hidenori Takahashi

Cinematography

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Arata Oshima

Director

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Theatrical release date: June 13, 2020

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Film

Status

Released

Release

June 13, 2020

Runtime

121 min

Language

Japanese

Origin

Japan

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