screening event YASUKUNI, documentary

We will have a special screening of YASUKUNI, a documentary (2008), by LI Ying.

Time/Venue:Nov 5 (Thurs) 4:30pm; Rm 131 

Japanese language, with English subtitle

everybody is welcome!!!

Excerpt from New York Times article on this film
For a viewer not steeped in Asian history and Japanese politics, Mr. Li’s oblique, cinéma vérité approach may be a little confusing at first. But the absence of narration or an expressed directorial point of view is central to the film’s achievement, which is to address a passionately contested snarl of issues with a calm, nuanced ethical curiosity. Both the defenders of Japanese imperial glory and the victims of Japanese expansionist barbarism are heard. And while Japanese conservatives were outraged by the film when it was released last year, Mr. Li’s patience with their side’s view might also cause queasiness among those who wish for more overt expressions of candor, contrition and indignation about Japan’s conduct during World War II.


Read the full article HERE