Li Ying interview

[Mark Nornes]

John Junkerman, one of the best documentary filmmakers in Japan,  
interviews the director of Yasukuni.

http://japanfocus.org/products/details/2712

It would be interesting to hear from those who have seen this, or are  
seeing it at Nippon Connection. I'm very curious what sort of  
ideological stance is built into the film itself. The defensive  
rhetoric around the film is that it looks at a multitude of positions  
vis a vis the shrine, but this sounds a bit like journalism's  
"balance" canard. Where exactly is the film coming from (bracketing  
the intentions expressed in this interview). Where is it's  
"documentary voice?"

Markus



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