The Wandering of the Naked General: The Kiyoshi Yamashita Story
1981, Japanese. Directed by Tengo Yamada.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 21 July 1981
- Original title
- 裸の大将放浪記 山下清物語
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Tengo Yamada
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The Wandering of the Naked General: The Kiyoshi Yamashita Story isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 21 July 1981. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Wandering of the Naked General: The Kiyoshi Yamashita Story?
The Wandering of the Naked General: The Kiyoshi Yamashita Story (1981) was directed by Tengo Yamada and stars Gannosuke Ashiya, Jun Negami, Takashi Yamaguchi.