Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution

Overview

Nagisa Oshima's documentary details the rise of Chairman Mao during the revolution and shows the Communist Party's struggle and cultural upheaval. Made in 1969 for NTV station, this TV documentary also questions Mao's dictator tendency during the cultural revolution.

Cast

Mao Zedong

Self (archive footage)

Hideo Kanze

Narrator (voice)

Rokkō Toura

Narrator (voice)

Lin Biao

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin

Self (archive footage)