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Japanese pacifists sing praises for Costa Rica’s disarmament.  According to the documentary “A Bold Peace,” the nation abolished national army in 1948, the same period Japan announced current constitution which states disarmament. Japan was actually forced to do so by US occupational force. But Costa Rica did that internally. This was a way to counter US imperialism in the region. US used military forces of Central American nations to remove anti-America regimes by provoking coups.  In that sense having military is a huge risk for the small nation.  Even if the nation tries...

A biographic story of Grace Kelly who left Hollywood when she was a top star and got married to the Monaco Prince. I remember TV documentary on her life a long time ago. It was her family's philosophy that leaving the business when he or she is on the top ranking. Not letting anyone see you downgrading. Indeed, she did. The film was criticized for historical inaccuracies, so it was...

Recently I have become a big fan of Germany, Deutschland. The documentary film I saw represents one aspect of that.   Germany has recently decided to terminate operation of all of...

I rented a DVD of the film which contains Japanese subtitles and censored faces for the release in Japan. The film won US film Academy Award for documentary. It is about dolphin loving westerners...

Directed by Spike Lee. A story of Black soldiers fighting against Nazis in Italy during WW II. Although the film wasn't well-edited but I could learn so much about WW II history in Europe,...