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* '''Movie:''' Campaign<br />
* '''Romaji:''' Senkyo<br />
* '''Japanese:''' 選挙<br />
* '''Director:''' [[Kazuhiro Soda]]<br />
* '''Writer:''' [[Kazuhiro Soda]]<br />
* '''Producer:''' [[Kazuhiro Soda]]<br />
* '''Cinematographer:''' [[Kazuhiro Soda]]<br />
* '''Release Date:''' February 14, 2007<br />
* '''Runtime:''' 120 min.<br />
* '''Language:''' Japanese<br />
* '''Country:''' Japan<br />
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Can a candidate with no political experience and no charisma win an <br />
election if he is backed by the political giant Prime Minister <br />
Koizumi and his Liberal Democratic Party? This cinema-verite <br />
documentary closely follows a heated election campaign in Kawasaki, <br />
Japan, revealing the true nature of "democracy."<br />
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In the fall of 2005, 40-year-old, self-employed Kazuhiko "Yama-san" <br />
Yamauchi's peaceful, humdrum life was turned upside-down. Japanese <br />
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) had <br />
suddenly chosen him as its official candidate to run for a vacant <br />
seat on the Kawasaki city council. Yama-san had zero experience in <br />
politics, no charisma, no supporters, no constituency, and no time to <br />
prepare for the impending election.<br />
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The election was critical for the LDP. Yama-san's loss would <br />
automatically oust the LDP from its position as the dominant <br />
political party on the council. Thus, the LDP forms a strong campaign <br />
team consisting of every LDP politician from the Kawasaki region to <br />
fight the intense battle against the party's opponents—all veterans <br />
of the Democratic Party, the Communist Party, and the Kanagawa <br />
Network. The campaign team invites many of the LDP's political big <br />
shots—Nobuteru Ishihara, Yoriko Kawaguchi, and even Prime Minister <br />
Koizumi himself—to back its inexperienced candidate—a rare sight <br />
for an election in a politically insignificant suburban town. <br />
Adhering to the campaign tactic of "bowing to everybody, even to <br />
telephone poles," Yama-san visits local festivals, kindergarten <br />
sports events, senior gatherings, commuter train stations, and even <br />
bus stops to offer his hand to every one he sees.<br />
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