japanese religions in film

[Sven Koerber-Abe]

Is Kitano Takeshi anyhow "inflicted" with Aum (or some other sect like
them) ?

Mark wrote it was a "long and respectful" interview, so it doesn't seem to
be a comical approach or a Kitano-show with a slogan in the type of "Just
look at tose stupid people !" as he sometimes made on TV.

What exactly was the reason for him to interview the leader of a sect like
Aum ? Was he paid by them to interview their leader ?

Quite shocking as I think that an honest interview with THE face of Japanese
TV could have helped to raise the popularity of Asahara and Aum itself.

Sven

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <tim.iles at utoronto.ca>
To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 3:36 AM
Subject: Re: japanese religions in film


> Kitano Takeshi interviewing Asahara Shoko... now, that's something worth
> seeing... in a surreal way...
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> Tim
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