The Dawn of Asia

The Dawn of Asia

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.

Creators and cast

Directors

Nagisa Ōshima

Created by

Masayuki Nakajima, Tatsuyoshi Shimamura

Cast

Shinsuke Mikimoto, Akiko Koyama, Kei Satō, Rokkō Toura, Noriko Matsumoto, Hōsei Komatsu

Studio

International Television Films, TBS, Sozosha