Film director arrested

[Aaron Gerow]

On 2004.4.17, at 08:54  AM, Jason Gray wrote:

> As for other directors arrested, I seem to remember
> something about a movie director being collared after
> freaking out in his local prefectural office over remarks
> made relating to the war. Might have been in the late 90s?

I think you might be remembering the case of Watanabe Fumiki, the 
director of Bari zogon, Zazanbo and other films. As I have reported on 
KineJapan before, several local governments have refused to let him use 
public halls to show his anti-emperor film Harahara dokei for fear of 
right wing reprisals. Watanabe has sued such governments and has 
usually won. One time, however, he did get mad at officials for their 
suppression of his right to free speech and was arrested for 
interfering with a public official.


Aaron Gerow
KineJapan owner

Assistant Professor
Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
Yale University

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