I had the privilege of interviewing John Dower yesterday for the educational DVD (2011 release) of my film ANPO. John had served as the historical advisor on my film and because I chose to tell the story of ANPO more as a collage than as a conventionally narrated “documentary”, his comments on the educational DVD [...]
Check out the review of the latest book by Bacevich, a super smart ex-military professor analyzing the state of “permanent war” the U.S. has wound up trapped in. It’s gratifying to find a few brave souls willing to step up to the plate.
A beautiful quote from the brilliant young director, Nishikawa Miwa. She is a rising star on both the cinematic and literary scene in Japan.
For ANPO
I am of the generation that gave up on it all.
By my time, the war, ANPO, the economic miracle and everything else was over and done with, defeated. Unable to identify [...]
An elegantly translated brief essay on the source of Okinawan underlying rage over the U.S. bases today, written by a thoughtful Japanese defense analyst. The brief essay manages to send the readers’ thoughts towards all of the 700 plus bases we maintain throughout the world
Anna Takayama interviewed me about the origins of my film ANPO. If you’re interested I hope you’ll take a peek here
Most U.S. military bases in Japan open their gates to the Japanese public one day each year, to foster “friendship.” (I recently translated an essay by Japanese filmmaker Nishikawa Miwa, a Hiroshima native, who recalls her one and only visit to the Marine Corps base at Iwakuni as follows: “When I travel to the U.S. [...]
The Japanese equivalent to the World Series is the annual National High School Baseball Team Championship. This summer, for the first time in history, the Okinawan High School team won. It didn’t feel like an accident to me, given the rage and betrayal so many Okinawans feel over the previous prime minister’s empty broken promise [...]
One of the many interviews I’ve had here to promote the release of ANPO in Japan in September was published in the Japan Times.
Staying in super muggy Tokyo promoting the theatrical release of ANPO in Tokyo on September 18th, after its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12th. Hoping to see many folks there! It’s fascinating to watch the mood shift here, as the reality of Hatoyama’s resignation settles in and many folks here [...]
The ANPO team is delighted to announce that the film has been invited for its world premiere at the prestigious Toronto Film Festival, on the evening of September 12th. “Charting creative impulses born of hardship, ANPO is a poetic rumination on how artists respond to a nation’s trauma” is how the Toronto International Film Festival’s catalogue [...]
