The Kamikaze in Japanse and International Film in Japan Focus

[Mark Nornes]

Japan Focus has an article by Kim Do-hyeong entitled, "The Kamikaze  
in Japanse and International Film." A quote:

Here in Tokyo, I saw two movies last week. One was a feature, and the  
other was a documentary. Both were about Japan’s Kamikaze pilots in  
World War II.

"I wanted to convey the corps’ beauty to young people today." So  
writes Tokyo mayor Ishihara Shintaro at the start of "For Those We  
Love," (Ore wa kimi no tame ni koso shini ni iku the feature film.  
Ishihara is the film’s executive producer and scriptwriter.

Ishihara’s ability to move audiences by having them discover the  
"beauty" of the Kamikaze pilots instead of any "madness" on their  
part, the beauty of their glorious self-sacrifice, was far more  
skilled and clever than I thought it could be.

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For the entire article: http://japanfocus.org/products/details/2431

In Variety, Mark Schilling reported that it was one of the top  
grossing films. Has anyone seen this?

Markus
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