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Samurai and Idiots: The Olympus Affair

  • 2014
  • Nonemin
Samurai and Idiots: The Olympus Affair
  • Original Title: Samurai and Idiots: The Olympus Affair

In October 2011, Michael Woodford was suddenly ousted as CEO of Olympus Corporation, a multi-billion dollar Japanese optical company. What followed was international media furor which exposed one of the biggest scandals in Japanese corporate history. The film chronicles the saga of egregious corporate malefactors and a doomed East-West clash.

Samurai and Idiots: The Olympus Affair
  • Japanese
  • Country: Japan
  • Original Title: Samurai and Idiots: The Olympus Affair
Hyoe Yamamoto
Hyoe Yamamoto Director
michael woodford
michael woodford

Production Companies

BBC

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