Wings of Defeat at Embassy
Aaron Gerow
aaron.gerow at yale.edu
Fri May 2 14:39:09 EDT 2008
The discussion of Yasukuni has toned down on KineJapan, but I noticed
that the mailing I get from the Japanese embassy featured a screening
of Wings of Defeat, the film by Risa Morimoto (and produced by Linda
Hoagland), about the kamikaze. Although this film is definitely
critical of wartime Japan, it has not encountered the problems
Yasukuni has:
http://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/jicc/JapanNow/EJN_vol4_no6.htm#tokko
Aaron Gerow
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Film Studies Program
Assistant Professor
Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
Yale University
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