「新聞記者」などを手がけた映画製作会社スターサンズと「パンケーキを毒見する」の内山雄人監督がタッグを組み、“日本の真の影”に切り込んだ政治ドキュメンタリー。
連続在任日数2822日を誇り歴代最長在任総理大臣となった故・安倍晋三。タカ派的な外交政策と「アベノミクス」に代表される経済政策で支持を集めた反面、物議を醸す言動やスキャンダルでも世間から注目された。そんな安倍元総理の母方の祖父である政治家・岸信介は、社会の表と裏を渡り歩いて政財界を操る実力者としての姿から「昭和の妖怪」と呼ばれた。
「祖父の教え」として幼心に刷り込まれた野望を実現しようと極端に「前のめり」な政治姿勢となった背景にある血縁と生い立ちの秘密に迫り、安倍元総理とは何者だったのか、そして彼がこの国に遺したものは何だったのかを、ブラックユーモアや風刺絵本を交えながらひも解いていく。
Star Sands, the production company behind "The Journalist," and director Uchiyama Taketo, known for "Tasting Pancakes," team up for this political documentary that delves into "Japan's true dark side."
The late Shinzo Abe was the longest-serving prime minister in history, serving in office for 2,822 consecutive days. While he garnered support for his hawkish foreign policy and economic policies exemplified by "Abenomics," he also attracted public attention for his controversial words and actions and scandals. Abe's maternal grandfather, politician Kishi Nobusuke, was known as the "ghost of the Showa era" for his powerful role in manipulating both the public and private sectors of society and manipulating the political and financial worlds.
This film delves into the secrets of his blood ties and upbringing that lie behind his extremely forward-leaning political stance as he tries to realize the ambitions that were instilled in him as a child through his grandfather's teachings, and unravels, with a mix of black humor and satirical picture books, who former Prime Minister Abe was and what he left behind for this country.
