Yasukuni Controversy

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(image from Japan blind to a dark past)

“I made ‘Yasukuni’ for both Japan’s sake and for my sake,” said Li, the director, a 19-year resident of Japan. It took him nearly a decade to complete the work, which won the best humanitarian documentary prize last month at the Hong Kong International Film Festival. The film received rave reviews when it was screened earlier this year at the Berlin and Sundance film festivals. (Herald Tribune)

Yasukuni” director voices fears after HK film award

Photo of Li Ying viali-ying1
(Li Ying’s next film will be about the Olympics and Tibet.)

John Junkerman interviews Li Ying

Some background info on Yasukuni Shrine here.

A photo of Yasukuni Pathway and BBC slideshow of Koizumi past visit to Yasukuni Shrine

Still More Controversy over Yasukuni Shrine” (Cross reference to Haruki Murakami’s plea for Japanese to do more soul searching)