Miike at Yasukuni?

[Aaron Gerow]

I took my class to Yasukuni Shrine on Tuesday, but while we were in  
the Yushukan, I noticed that they were showing an animated film  
directed by Miike Takeshi entitled Heiwa e no ukei (A Vow for Peace).  
Searching on the net, it seems that while a DVD is available, about  
the only place it is being sold is Yasukuni. Since one should be  
suspicious of anything at Yasukuni--and especially the Yushukan--as  
well as their definition of "peace", I wonder if anyone knows  
anything more about this. I didn't have time to watch it (even though  
it is a little under an hour), and I don't like spending money at  
Yasukuni. It is apparently in two parts, one about the origins of the  
Yamaga Lantern festival, the other about Matsuo Keiu, who attacked  
Sydney Harbor in a midget submarine during WWII.


Aaron Gerow
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Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
Yale University
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