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I just saw the film at a small theatre in Tokyo.  It was a biopic about the French politician who lived through holocaust and after the war became a lawyer and the minister of French government and became the first female president of European Union assembly.  She helped promote women's rights by legalisation of abortion in France, 1970's. She contributed to improvement of prisoners' condition. Why was she so enthusiastic about human rights issues?  The film started with her childhood in Nice with her family living in a happy condition before the second world war. Her...

The novel is based on this issue and my own experience.   In Henoko, Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture, shaken by the issue of the construction of a new U.S. military base, a female singer time slips to the time in the midst of the Vietnam War. What is the Henoko New Base Issue?　What was the Vietnam War?　What is America?　What is Okinawa?   A short story in 9 chapters. Each...

Academy winning film (1986) directed by Oliver Stone.  A young American boy joined the military force combatting in South Vietnam, and witnessed the hell including division within the...

Last month, US president Obama paid visit to Hiroshima and hugged survivor of the atomic bomb which the U.S. force dropped onto the city. For most Japanese he was very much welcomed because he...

I bought a DVD of it. It was released in Germany and China, 2009. Until now it was never released in Japanese theatres. Only shown at one-time meeting by peace activist meeting or symposium. DVD...