The Wandering of the Naked General: The Kiyoshi Yamashita Story

Drama

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Tengo Yamada

Status Released

Release Date 1981-07-21

Storyline

Sent to an institution for mentally handicapped children by his parents, he began creating artworks using torn strips of paper. After running away to avoid army conscription, he began his wanderings around Japan, encountering many scenes which he would recreate as torn paper art from his amazing photographic memory.