[KineJapan] Shusenjo lawsuit in the Mainichi

[John Junkerman]

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The film doesn't cover new ground (for those familiar with the subject),
but it does give the denial school plenty of time to expose their bias and
flimsy reasoning. And it does so with a good deal of humor and a YouTuber
sensibility. It may be long for classroom use, but it would be a good
introduction to the issue for students.

On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 10:17 AM Linda Ehrlich via KineJapan <
kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:

> Absolutely. Is there any way to send a message of encouragement to the
> director?
> I mentored a Sr Thesis on this general topic. The more one learns about
> the treatment of the ianfu, the more horrifying the denialism becomes.
> Bravo for this documentary!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 29, 2019, at 7:44 PM, Markus Nornes via KineJapan <
> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:
>
> The Mainichi published a lengthy English article on the lawsuit trying to
> quash the recent blockbuster (for a doc) comfort women film.
>
> https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190625/p2a/00m/0fe/028000c
>
>  The article doesn’t go into what I find most to print. This was a model
> of ethical documentary for making practice. He explained what he was doing
> to his subjects he asked them to sign release forms. He let them know when
> the film was completed and that it would be shown in regular theaters.  And
> because of those efforts, which to many Asian documentary filmmaker‘s blow
> off,  The lawsuit has no standing. It’s rather incredible they are even
> trying.
>
> This makes the lawsuit all the more egregious, because even if it’s
> frivolous it will seriously eat into the modest profits of both filmmaker
> and Tofoo distribution company.
>
> Tofoo  certainly predicted it would have such troubles. I really admire
> their unflinching efforts.
>
> Markus
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