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Why You Can't Be Prime Minister (2020) | Slate

Why You Can't Be Prime Minister

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Rated 6.0 on TMDB

Why You Can't Be Prime Minister

なぜ君は総理大臣になれないのか

What keeps popular policies of social welfare from the seat of power? Over nearly two decades, Arata Oshima follows a politician navigating splintered opposition parties in a landscape dominated by the right-wing.

Released: 2020
Runtime: 2h 1m
Genres: Documentary
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese

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