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SUMMARY:SPECTRAL CINEMA PRESENTS:   THE EMPEROR'S NAKED ARMY MARCHES ON (1
 987)
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 to present one of the most harrowing and confrontational documentaries eve
 r made. We proudly present Kazuo Hara's irascible documentary landmark\, T
 HE EMPEROR'S NAKED ARMY MARCHES ON. Nearly forty years after the end of Wo
 rld War II\, Kenzo Okuzaki\, a former soldier in the Imperial Japanese Arm
 y\, embarks on a relentless personal crusade to uncover the truth behind a
  series of mysterious executions carried out within his unit in the jungle
 s of New Guinea. Traveling across Japan\, Okuzaki tracks down former offic
 ers and fellow soldiers\, confronting them directly about the fate of two 
 comrades allegedly executed (and possibly cannibalized) during the despera
 te final months of the war. What begins as a search for answers soon becom
 es something far more volatile\, as Okuzaki's uncompromising interrogation
 s escalate into moments of shocking confrontation that blur the boundaries
  between investigation\, accusation\, and spectacle. What unfolds is less 
 a conventional documentary than a volatile collision between subject and c
 amera. A convicted murderer and what film critic Richard Brody memorably c
 alled a 'truth terrorist\,' Okuzaki confronts former officers with a fury 
 that frequently erupts into attempted violence\, forcing Hara's film into 
 ethically treacherous territory where investigation\, provocation\, and sp
 ectacle become inseparable. The result is a work that interrogates not onl
 y Japan's suppressed wartime crimes but also the uneasy relationship betwe
 en filmmaker\, subject\, and historical truth itself. By the time the film
  reaches its harrowing conclusion\, THE EMPEROR'S NAKED ARMY MARCHES ON be
 comes something more than a documentary: a devastating confrontation with 
 the psychic wreckage of war\, and one of the most exhausting and revelator
 y viewing experiences in modern cinema. Tickets: per person. Showtime: 7:3
 0pm. Doors open 30 minutes before showtime. Tickets are available at thega
 ptheatre.com and at the door. ABOUT SPECTRAL CINEMA: Spectral Cinema is a 
 collaboration between programmers Dan Santelli and Adrianna Gober."\,"offe
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