Izutsu vs. Ishihara

[Wei Ting Jen]

Hello,

How is this movie different/related to the Pacchigi released in 2004?
Is this supposed to be a sequel?

Just curious.

Thanks,
Wei Ting


On 4/24/07, Aaron Gerow <aaron.gerow at yale.edu> wrote:
> I am only gleaning this from sports papers like the Daily Sports, but
> it looks like there's a little battle brewing in the movie world in
> Japan over depicting WWII. Izutsu Kazuyuki, whose new film Pacchigi!
> Love and Peace will be opening next month (I have not seen it),
> apparently included a "movie-within-the-movie" scene which reminds one
> of the recent films glorifying WWII in Japan, and then in PR events
> specifically criticized Ore wa, kimi no tame ni koso shini ni iku
> (roughly translated: I Will Especially Die for You), a film about
> kamikaze fighters penned and produced by right-wing Tokyo governor
> Ishihara Shintaro (who recently got re-elected), for beautifying war.
> Kubozuka Yosuke, the lead actor in Go who has gotten a bit of notoriety
> for his right-wing views, then criticized Izutsu for panning a film he
> had not seen, adding that "a bird cannot fly without right and left
> wings."
>
> It would be nice if this could develop into a real discussion about how
> to depict the war, but I doubt it.
>
> Aaron Gerow
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