The empress who weaponized quiet grace during Japan's loudest century.
Installed at the heart of Japanese society when the country was in a state of collapse after World War II, and then launched on a frantic course to achieve modernity, over a period of 60 years, Michiko followed an unexpected path: that of encouraging the Japanese people to indulge in greater introspection in order to build a united, peaceful and enlightened Japan.
Cinematography
Archive footage transformed into visual elegy—haunting and tender.
Director
Anne-Sophie Chaumier Le Conte
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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