
Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history released, superimposed cast, a group image of real politicians centered on Shigeru Yoshida and political history after the war.

Jōji Hayashi
The original title is "小説吉田学校" (JA).
The runtime is 132 minutes (2h 12m).
The film was directed by Shirō Moritani.
The screenplay was written by Shirō Moritani and Hideyoshi Nagasaki.
The score was composed by Eiji Kawamura.
Cinematography was handled by Daisaku Kimura.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt0313603.

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1967
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小説吉田学校
Released
日本語
Japan