Films and the Rule of Law

[Roger Macy]

Arthur Stockwin, in launching the fourth edition of his 'Governing Japan' last week, singled out imperfections in the rule of law as one of the major challenges to Japanese democracy, as does Asahi.com in the editorial that John Junkerman's post links to.  What is noteworthy is that, to illustrate this, at both the launch and in the book, Professor Stockwin singled out Suo masayuki's film Soredemo bokuwa yattenai to make his point.
It's not every day that an august text book leaves a feature fiction film to make an argument and it is surely a compliment to a gripping film which tackles the impact of the administration of justice - the first thing that gets jettisoned in most court-room dramas.
Roger
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