[KineJapan] Tsugawa Masahiko

[Gerow Aaron]

Tsugawa was known for being a strong conservative in the political spectrum. He played Tojo Hideki, for instance, in the somewhat notorious film Pride: Unmei no toki, that was accused of historical revisionism.

Aaron Gerow

> Tsugawa also appeared sans fee in a prominent poster calling for the return of Japanese abductees from North Korea, which many on this list will have seen in many places around Tokyo (and around the country?). (google image search for poster <https://www.google.co.jp/search?newwindow=1&rlz=1C1CAFA_enJP793JP793&biw=1248&bih=824&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=nmtqW8yeKIyZ8wWbvZTQBg&q=%E6%B4%A5%E5%B7%9D%E9%9B%85%E5%BD%A6+%E3%83%9D%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC+%E6%8B%89%E8%87%B4&oq=%E6%B4%A5%E5%B7%9D%E9%9B%85%E5%BD%A6+%E3%83%9D%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC+%E6%8B%89%E8%87%B4&gs_l=img.3...0.0.1.67.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0....0...1c..64.img..0.0.0....0.TxtFInrvKX4>) 
> His own daughter was in fact kidnapped in the 1974 (not by North Korea) which is seen to have led to his interest in the issue.
> 
> He also had Prime Minister Abe's ear, it would seem <https://www.asagei.com/excerpt/96840>. 
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