The Cove in Japan?

[Christine Marran]

Brian,

Yes, I am curious about that too. At 
http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0019032 a 30 July article concludes:
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The bloggers are pretty busy discussing this film based on their viewing 
of trailers and interviews. Conservative bloggers are crying racism and 
hypocrisy. Some are calling westerners (and the filmmaker more 
specifically), hypocrites because they eat beef/cows/pigs. As one 
blogger said of dolphins, 'after all, they are called "sea pigs" in 
Japanese and they look like hotdogs'. Addressing the point of the 
radically high mercury levels in dolphin meat, other bloggers argue that 
in small quantities it is no problem to eat the meat or feed it to 
children who eat school lunches ??. The slaughtering practices don't 
get discussed in any of the blogs I've read. Others take issue with the 
fact that the filming was done illegally. In short, the blogs I've seen 
are quite negative about the film. Perhaps that means the film won't be 
released there.

Christine


> The film "The Cove" is opening here in Austin this weekend. I really hope to be able to see it: http://www.thecovemovie.com/
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> So, what are the chances of it being released in Japan? Has there been any coverage of the film in the Japanese press?
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> == Brian
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-- 
Christine L. Marran
Associate Professor of Japanese Literature and Cultural Studies
Department of Asian Languages and Literatures
University of Minnesota