Samurai and Idiots: The Olympus Affair (2014)
• January 1st, 2014 • 1h 16min
Documentary
Overview
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.
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