Samurai and Idiots: The Olympus Affair

Samurai and Idiots: The Olympus Affair

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 2014

Runtime

1h 16m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

40%

Original Title

Samurai and Idiots: The Olympus Affair

Production Companies

BBC

Director

Hyōe Yamamoto

Description

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.