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A documentary film YASUKUNI is about to release

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This documentary film is produced by Mr Li Ying, a Chinese director, who live in Japan. Because contents are not open yet, I don't know what it looks like.
But reportedly this film was funded by Japanese Art & Culture Fund and Korean Asia Documentary Network, and also planned to release at Berlin Film Festival.

Must be controversial again.

If anybody is interested, please check release schedule at Official website: http://www.yasukuni-movie.com (Japanese only) and go to the theaters.

Official trailer: http://movie.goo.ne.jp/contents/movies/MOVCSTD12235/26.asx
 
But people who favour worshipping at Yascuni is a small number in Japan.

 
Read the fine print at the bottom...This QuickVote is not scientific...
 
It is really unfortunate that few J media don't conduct their follow-up reports at all, but just barking, "horrible, scary, the end of democracy". Actually some theaters decided to show the movie even after the inexcusable threat from the far-right activists, however someone who read only the wikipedia article might think Japan is a scary country without freedom of expression.
Yasukuni (film) - Wikipedia
Yasukuni (2007 film)
An independent journalist, Shoko Egawa famous for her great job on the religious cult, AUM, reports as follows:
Interesting is that most J media kept mysteriously silent when the much louder activists surrounded around the Suginami ward office in terms of a history textbook there or the local government in Okinawa paid the bus chartering fare for anti-text book movement activists last year...
Anyways, if they believe Japan is a horrible country without freedom, just upload it in an on-line hosting site like J anime.
 
Sadly,this documentary film becomes a victim of Japanese right-wing's heavy-handed blackmailling.

Is Japan a second-rate democracy with limited freedom of expression
 
Yes, more than 20 theaters are going to host the movies in that second-rate democratic country.

I bet the person in charge of public relation must be head-hunted soon.
 
Uh, 20 out of how many theaters who had originally agreed to show it, but backed down when the rightwingers thretened to disrupt business by making things unpleasant for people waiting to see a movie? There is plenty of freedom of expression, though it depends on what type is allowed. There are plenty of movies that never make it here, and it isn't always because people don't want to see them.
 
The number of theaters who claimed the terrible threat (just 3 black cars and 10 phone calls at most) or overreacted was 5.
Now it is 20 or more.
A small step for the democracy, but it is a great promotion strategy as well.

The sword master, the de facto main character as the movie company says, pleasantly agreed to show his technique at a request from the Chinese guy who said to him that he used the film for his research.

I wish I went into the editing war in wikipedia, but I know my English is not good enough to do so. I just report what really happened here.
 

Instead of the typical good faith clause, I am afraid that the time will come when Japanese needs to hire a lawyer before reaching agreements.
 
gaijinalways said:
Rightwingers thretened to disrupt business by making things unpleasant for people waiting to see a movie ?

There is plenty of freedom of expression, though it depends on what type is allowed.
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This book provides many insightful details.

A Public Betrayed

Japanese university professor named Takesato Watanabe 渡辺武達 reveals in " A Public Betrayed " how Japan's media have dangerously overstepped their boundaries and distorted--even wiped out--honest news.

* Prof Watanabe's homepage

http://www1.doshisha.ac.jp/~twatanab/watanabe/index3.html
 
I want to say "Return the subsidy. "
If they dedicate the profit to Yasukuni, It would be OK
BTW
why doesn't black noisy ban who obstructed movie theater
assist to Tibet?
it is mysterious
 

A honest request from ordinary people is ignored under the name of greater cause, showbiz, or whatever after all.
I think the coverage itself is good, but it was in the Entertainment section of the English version of Mainichi famous for its tabloid section, waiwai.

Sad.
 
Commercial screening of documentary 'YASUKUNI' starts ..

TOKYO, May 3 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The first commercial screening of the controversial documentary film "YASUKUNI" by Chinese Director Li Ying started Saturday at Cine Amuse in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward.

The film will run till May 9 at Cine Amuse, while Cinequanon in Tokyo's Yurakucho and the Seventh Art Theater in Osaka will start screenings on May 10, according to the distributor. Theaters in Hiroshima, Kyoto, Niigata and Okinawa have also decided to screen the film.

The film was originally scheduled to be shown in mid-April but several cinemas decided to cancel screenings after it became controversial following allegations by some lawmakers and critics that the film is anti-Japanese.

Source: Breitbart News Network


A follow up.

I think we shall wait and see if J-right wing groups fan out violent acts.
 
Oh wow. Any ideas if/when this movie will be shown outside of Japan?
 
I am interested, so I hope that the film will come to Europe. But it has to be translated in English first.
In my mind the Yasukuni museum is meant to honour all the Japanese soldiers who died for their country, Japan. Tell me if I am wrong.
It is not altogether clear to me where the film exactly stands for. Is it anti-Japan because WWII? Or is the film anti-Japan because of the war-criminals also been honoured in the Yasukuni museum? Or is there an other reason?
 
The Yasukuni shrine historically was yes to honour Japan's war dead which included those that invaded/commited war crimes during Japans attempts at invading Korea and China. Which is why Prime Ministerial visits to the shrine have caused much bad blood between Japan and Korea. But at the same time Japan is also divided on how to remember the war...A good book to read on this matter is "Nations and Nationalism in Japan."
 
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