The Wandering of the Naked General: The Kiyoshi Yamashita Story (1981)
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.
Released: Jul 21, 1981
Runtime: 117 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Gannosuke Ashiya, Jun Negami, Takashi Yamaguchi, Midori Isomura, Akemi Negishi, Masao Komatsu
Crew: Hisako Yamada (Producer), Takashi Miyagawa (Producer), Kazutami Hara (Director of Photography), Takeo Kimura (Production Design), Umeko Numazaki (Editor), Takeshi Shibuya (Original Music Composer)