The Dawn of Asia

A serious, talk-heavy historical drama that asks patience and rewards attention with political texture.

Created by

Nagisa Ōshima

Genres

Drama

Starring

Shinsuke Mikimoto, Akiko Koyama, Kei Satō

Overview

A TV drama consisting of thirteen episodes about the trans-China/Japan collaboration of revolutionaries in the early twentieth century. It was Nagisa Oshima’s rare attempt to direct a TV drama in a social atmosphere in which Japan was embracing postwar prosperity as well as the effects of permeating mass media. Making an effort to reach out to the mass audience through a seemingly conventional method of filmic representation, Dawn of Asia takes up the epic of trans-Asiatic solidarity while challenging nationalism on both sides.

How it feels

Measured and demanding.

About

Politics, rebellion, identity, betrayal

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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