A Tokyo cinema decided against showing a controversial documentary film by a Chinese director on the war-related Yasukuni Shrine, citing the potential "inconvenience" it may cause to other tenants in the same building, an official of movie theater... ...full story at Japan Today
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| 06 May 08 |
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Japanese need police protection to watch the movie "Yasukuni »
YouTube video I went to see the movie "Yasukuni", Shibuya, Tokyo, on the 3rd of May,
2008.
It was an opening day
for the movie "Yasukuni" in Japan.
I thought Japanese rightwingers would
be around a movie theatre to protest
against the movie "Yasukuni".But I did
not... |
| 18 Mar 08 |
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T-Joy cinema nixes 'Yasukuni' premiere » Japan Times A Tokyo cinema decided against showing a controversial documentary film by a Chinese director on Tokyo's war-related Yasukuni Shrine, citing the potential bother it may cause to other tenants in the same building, an official of movie theater operator... |
| 01 Apr 08 |
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No Tokyo theater will show 'Yasukuni' film » Japan Times Three more theaters in Tokyo and one in Osaka have decided against screening "Yasukuni," a controversial documentary on Yasukuni Shrine by Chinese director Li Ying scheduled for release in mid-April, officials of the cinemas said Monday. Read the full... |
| 10 May 08 |
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Entertainment › Documentary 'Yasukuni' screened at Osaka theater » Japan Today A movie theater in central Osaka began screening the controversial documentary film "Yasukuni" on Saturday, becoming the first theater to do so in the Kansai… |
| 03 May 08 |
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Entertainment › Commercial screening of documentary 'Yasukuni' starts » Japan Today The first commercial screening of the controversial documentary film ''YASUKUNI'' by Chinese Director Li Ying started Saturday at Cine Amuse in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. The… |
| 13 Mar 08 |
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'Yasukuni' given pre-release screening for LDP lawmakers » Japan Today Lawmakers attended a pre-release screening in Tokyo on Wednesday of a documentary film on the war-related Yasukuni Shrine that was arranged at the request of some Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers who are concerned that the film may be "anti-Japan." The... |