Yasukuni Controversy
April 24th, 2008<> <> 
(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 via
(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)
