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初国知所之天皇 · 1973

The First Emperor

Masato Hara · 108 min · Japan

Documentary

In 1971, Hara Masato and a group or actors started shooting his 16mm film, The First Emperor, based on an old Japanese book about history and myths that is known as the Kojiki ('Record of Ancient Matters'). He did not finish the film.

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