In the normal course of events, the motion would be nodded through in the dead of night - but not this time.

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"In normal speeds it's gone in seconds, but in slow motion, when you see it lasting 40 seconds to a minute, you get a real sense of the beauty, the scale and the size and power of that shot which is exactly what we wanted, " Fothergill said.

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It is merely part of an epic slow-motion battle between reformers who want to turn Japan into a "normal" democracy and an old guard that prefers the corrupt status quo.

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