靖国 · 2008

Yasukuni

Li Ying · 123 min · Japan

The film looks at the history of Yasukuni Shrine in Chiyoda, Tokyo, where more than 2 million of Japan's war dead are enshrined. More than 1,000 of them are war criminals convicted at the 1946–48 Tokyo tribunal, including 14 Class-A war criminals, Hideki Tōjō among them. The film shows not only the widely reported political incidents associated with the shrine, but also takes an in-depth look at the shrine's sword-making tradition, the Yasukuni sword being the film's underlying motif.

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Production companies

Dragon Films, Youth Film Studio of Beijing Film Academy 北京电影学院青年电影制片厂

Cast

• Naoharu Kariya

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  Junichiro Koizumi

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