• Producer(s):

    ARTE FRANCE, ARTLINE FILMS, KAMI PRODUCTIONS

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2009

  • Language(s):

    German, English, French

  • Rights:

    TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD

How 60 years after its defeat, Japan has become one of the world's prominent military powers in spite of its pacifist constitution.

Japanese politics is currently like a rudderless ship, adrift in the Pacific Ocean. Japan is going through a period of self-doubt, questioning its own position in the post-Cold War international political currant.

Today, Japan is calling for a seat on Security Council of the United Nations, for which it is the principal financial contributor, and it has every intention of obtaining what it wants. Japan believes it should contribute physically in the world's conflicts, but its fundamental law prevents this participation.

Article 9 is the symbol of post-war Japan. The film questions the current challenges to its pacifist values. It goes over the historical events that led to the writing of this clause, whose non-belligerent spirit makes it unique in the whole world. The film leads us to the core of the ever-deepening contradiction between institutions and reality, and analyzes the deeper motivations of the neo-nationalists who, at the very heart of power, are calling for "the right to wage war".