Korea and Japan to Make Documentary Film on Yasukuni
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Civic organizations from Korea and Japan are producing a documentary film that addresses the issues surrounding Tokyo's controversial war memorial, the Yasukuni Shrine. The joint production is aimed at healing wounds and relations between Korea and Japan.
Civic organizations and filmmakers from Korea and Japan have joined hands to make a documentary on Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, where Japan's war dead including Class A war criminals are honored.
The film entitled, "Annyong, Sayonara", looks into the controversial issues surrounding the shrine, where 21,000 Koreans who were forced to work, fight and die for Japan during World War II are enshrined as well. "I cannot forgive the fact that Japan honors and mourns over Korean victims along with Japan's war criminals".
The film's title means hello and goodbye, in other words, welcoming peace and biding farewell to aggression. It follows the life of a 60-year-old Korean woman who lost her father after he was forcibly drafted by Japan's imperial army and then enshrined at the Yasukuni.
The movie looks into Korean civic groups dealing with lawsuits against the Japanese government on behalf of victims of Japan's past colonial occupation of the Korean Peninsula. "I hope this film would give the young Japanese people a chance to look back at the seriousness of the Yasukuni issue".
The 100-minute documentary will be shown simultaneously in Korea and Japan on August 15, the 60th anniversary of Korea's independence from Japanese colonial rule.
Arirang TV
Civic organizations and filmmakers from Korea and Japan have joined hands to make a documentary on Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, where Japan's war dead including Class A war criminals are honored.
The film entitled, "Annyong, Sayonara", looks into the controversial issues surrounding the shrine, where 21,000 Koreans who were forced to work, fight and die for Japan during World War II are enshrined as well. "I cannot forgive the fact that Japan honors and mourns over Korean victims along with Japan's war criminals".
The film's title means hello and goodbye, in other words, welcoming peace and biding farewell to aggression. It follows the life of a 60-year-old Korean woman who lost her father after he was forcibly drafted by Japan's imperial army and then enshrined at the Yasukuni.
The movie looks into Korean civic groups dealing with lawsuits against the Japanese government on behalf of victims of Japan's past colonial occupation of the Korean Peninsula. "I hope this film would give the young Japanese people a chance to look back at the seriousness of the Yasukuni issue".
The 100-minute documentary will be shown simultaneously in Korea and Japan on August 15, the 60th anniversary of Korea's independence from Japanese colonial rule.
Arirang TV
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