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Entertainment › 21 cinemas to screen documentary 'Yasukuni'

Twenty-one movie theaters across Japan including Tokyo plan to screen a documentary film on the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in May or later, a company distributing… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Fri, Apr 04 2008

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01 Apr 08 visit 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...
01 Apr 08 visit 'Yasukuni' cinema snub not LDP fault: Machimura  »  Japan Times Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura denied Tuesday that ruling party lawmakers' actions have led cinemas not to screen a contentious documentary film on the war-related Yasukuni Shrine, and culture minister Kisaburo Tokai expressed regret over the...
21 Apr 08 visit Entertainment › Tokyo cinema to screen 'Yasukuni' from May 3  »  Japan Today The controversial film "Yasukuni" will be screened at eight cinemas in seven prefectures between May and July, with a cinema in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward running…
06 Apr 08 visit Freedom-of-expression gantlet  »  Japan Times Four movie theaters in Tokyo and one in Osaka have decided not to screen "Yasukuni," a documentary on Japan's war shrine. Rightist groups protested against the planned screenings with vehicle-mounted loudspeakers and harassing telephone calls. Most movie...
03 Apr 08 visit Osaka theater to screen 'Yasukuni'  »  Japan Times
OSAKA (Kyodo) A movie theater in Osaka said Thursday it will screen "Yasukuni," the contentious documentary by Chinese director Li Ying about the war-related shrine, in early May. Read the full story . . .

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