The truth of the Second World War that the war experience who talks about himself

Before and after the end of World War II anniversary of August 15, the movie was a World War II on the theme have been published one after another. By the Japanese-American director"TOKKO - suicide -"Is taken from that uncle of himself was a survivor of the kamikaze pilot, was reflects the appearance of the kamikaze pilot sobering."Warship that went up in the land."Documentary drama that active supervision of the Japanese film industry most elderly appeared as a witness, told its own war experience. Draw the absurdity of the war in one soldier's point of view, it has become something like to emphasize the humor, yet poignant. During the war, and opposition to it was sent to the Japanese American concentration camps, drew a checkered life of the painter who abandoned their own citizenship"Mirikitani of cat"Also, it is the work of documentary touch party talks. In addition, as a war-related movies, and film the 2004 Japan Media Arts Award Manga Division Grand Prize Winners"Country of town cherry Yunagi"Now, draw the scars of war on the stage of Hiroshima, of movie art by the masters, Takeo Kimura"Matouqin Nocturne"In, it is incorporated into the background of the story of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.

This time last year,Theatre Image Forumso"Ants of the soldier."Diptych but published, depicting the "Battle of Iwo Jima," from the perspective of the other, the US Clint Eastwood is the day both became long run of more than 11 weeks"Flags of Our Fathers"When"Letters from Iwo Jima"A collection of big topic as well. That none Mai weathered the war as past events, just hot work compelling message is felt the author's = warring parties. 62 years from the end of World War II, has been approaching the day when hope the anti-war and peace.

 

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title:
TOKKO - suicide -
Screening Location:
Cine-la-set
2007年7月21日〜
 
Cine Amuse East & West
2007年8月4日〜
directed by:
Lisa Morimoto

Director Lisa Morimoto of Japanese Americans who were aware of his death that his uncle was a survivor of the commando members, the suicide terrorist "kamikaze attack" and called Japan's fanatical suicide attack as "TOKKO" image have a sense of discomfort in the United States of climate overlaying, it was repeated interviews with the survivors. While exchanging also valuable materials video of testimony and both Japan and the US of the US warship crew sank attacked by commandos, their appearance was not a war hero is to relief If there is a fanatical.

Will think of what I heard, "" commando "? They, during the training, before the sortie, during the battle, what I was thinking what kind of thing. There was able to hear precisely because Japanese-American director, when straw choice but sentiment is clogged. in the past a drawn has "commando" is a documentary film that scandal. people that were in wartime kamikaze pilot was only 80 years old. only because now, listen to their words I want you to tilt the. "(Cinequanon / Sakai-san)

From the movie "TOKKO - - suicide."

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title:
Warship went up to the land
Screening Location:
Euro Space
Screening period:
2007年7月28日〜
directed by:
Yasuhiro Yamamoto
Out Starring:
Kaneto Shindo, Ippei Kanie, Kenichi Takito, earth Yasuhito, Mansaku Ikeuchi, Shinobu Kato, Terumi Niki talks: Shinobu Otake
1944 spring, in response to a draft card, Kaneto Shindo was enlisted as a second-horizontal Wu Marine Orchestra of Hiroshima Prefecture, a 32-year-old. Is assigned to the same year June in Takarazuka Naval Air Corps, it celebrated its defeat in the following year choice sailor. In the 95-year-old active duty, director of the Japanese film industry the most elderly, documentary-drama starring told its own war experience as a witness. In weak soldiers eyes draw the absurdity of the war, was finished in full of humor work yet bitter is, "Shindogumi" Yasuhiro Yamamoto, who served longer as an assistant director of. Itsusaku of intimacy, which was reproduced in the video memory of the teacher.

"I think Kaneto Shindo 95-year-old, Japan is a war oldest movie director who stared at his own war talks about the experience! Kaneto Shindo is" weak soldiers eyes "was at that time privates .... Or like" control of drift? " such, ridiculous even, "what war, in fact, what was such a thing!" in a number of absurd military training and the eye should scales fall from. to tell the generation that does not know the war, in front of the first camera at the age of 95 standing "will" of the maestro-Shindo supervision. Do not miss! "(" warship "propaganda charge that amounted to land)

Movie than "warship that went up to the land."

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title:
Cats of Mirikitani
Screening Location:
Euro Space
Screening period:
2007年9月8日〜
directed by:
Linda Hattendorf
Out Starring:
Jimmy Mirikitani, Linda Hattendorf, Roger Shimomura, Janice Mirikitani
September 11, 2001, New York on the streets of the state of tension that the World Trade Center has collapsed. Elsewhere in the surrounding area as the noisy, there was a man you are running just as nonchalant a paintbrush and always. His name is Jimmy Mirikitani, 80-year-old. I was born in California, but during the Second World War, sent to the Japanese American concentration camps, was discarded their own citizenship and resistance to the United States. Life of his rebellious from that time began. What is in his 80 years was there ..., and from what he has been put in the picture of the cat to draw ....

"Living Japanese American street artist a checkered fate across the border, Jimmy Mirikitani. This work was born from a chance encounter between Jimmy and the film maker Linda was fascinated by the pictures painted by him, like a miracle a documentary. by the efforts of Linda supervision, anger will continue to be full-san's heart Jimmy unfolded in to the war. a lot of the miracle that was spelled on the film, please as much as possible by all means need to theater in the witness . "(Astaire / Amano-san)

From the movie "Mirikitani of cat"

title:
Country of town cherry Yunagi
Screening Location:
Theater N Shibuya
Screening period:
2007年7月28日〜8月31日
directed by:
Kiyoshi Sasabe
Out Starring:
Rena Tanaka, Kumiko Aso, Yu Yoshizawa, Noriko Chuetsu, Shiho Fujimura, Masaaki Sakai
過去と現在の時代を背景に、二人の女性にスポットを当てたふたつの物語が描かれる。 ひとつは原爆投下から10数年後の広島を舞台に、幸せの一方で被爆した心の傷が再び痛み出していく『タ凪の街』。 もうひとつは現代にあって自分の家族のルーツを見つめなおしていく『桜の国』。二人の女性を通して映し出される家族愛、兄弟愛、男女の恋愛など様々な形の愛。そこから実感として浮かび上がるのは、平和の尊さと、生きることの喜び。彼女たちの目線から、感動の人間ドラマが静かに紡ぎだされる。
title:
Matouqin Nocturne
Screening Location:
Theatre Image Forum
Screening period:
2007年7月21日〜
directed by:
Takeo Kimura
Out Starring:
Seijun Suzuki, Sayoko Yamaguchi, Hikari Harada, Mitsuru Chiaki, Man琳 Harue
Seijun Suzuki, Kazuo Kuroki, Takeo masters Kimura that has been working as an art director of a number of supervision, such as Kei Kumai. To challenge the film director from the late 80s, and the third of his "Matouqin Nocturne". Matouqin the placed on the side baby abandoned in the church, grandfather of world feather (John) is a once Matouqin player, died in Nagasaki atomic bomb. Image of brilliant brilliant colors, while hidden in the inner sorrow for the war, in the avant-garde charm, keep grabbing the viewer's heart.

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