AW: Wings of Defeat at Embassy

[Roland Domenig]

Yasukuni, by the way, is opening today at Cine Amuse in Shinjuku, where it will be shown until May 9. After that it is sceduled to be screened in two other cinemas in Tokyo. At 11:00, 13:40, 16:20 and 19:00 Cine Amuse is showing the film with english subtitles.

Roland Domenig
Tokyo


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Von: owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu [owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu] im Auftrag von Aaron Gerow [aaron.gerow at yale.edu]
Gesendet: Freitag, 02. Mai 2008 20:39
An: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Betreff: Wings of Defeat at Embassy

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
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