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2016

Senkyo ni detai

I Want to Run for Office

選挙に出たい

Release Date
October, 8th, 2017
Running Time
78 min
Genre
Documentary
Color
Color
Screening Format
Blu-ray
Screening Format with Subtitles
English (DCP, Blu-ray) Chinese (DCP)

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[ Produced by ]

[ Staff ]

[ Story ]

A documentary closely chronicling the process of running for the Shinjuku Ward Legislative Assembly by Lee Komaki, a man who worked over 20 years as a customer solicitor for restaurants and brothels in Shinjuku's red light district of Kabukicho.
Lee is attempting to become Japan's first "Chinese-born politician". In the past, Lee had once held mixed feelings for his parents who received unfair treatment during the Cultural Revolution and the rift dividing China-Japan relations even after arriving in Japan. With faith in democracy, Lee becomes eligible to run for office and his activities will lay bare "democracy" and furthermore "Japan".

[ Contact (International) ]

Contact in charge of "I Want to Run for Office"
Attn: XING Fei
tel: +86 13681484196
E-mail: keihibd@yahoo.co.jp

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