The film looks at the history of Yasukuni Shrine in Chiyoda, Tokyo, where more than 2 million of Japan's war dead are enshrined. More than 1,000 of them are war criminals convicted at the 1946–48 Tokyo tribunal, including 14 Class-A war criminals, Hideki Tōjō among them. The film shows not only the widely reported political incidents associated with the shrine, but also takes an in-depth look at the shrine's sword-making tradition, the Yasukuni sword being the film's underlying motif.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Naoharu Kariya, Junichiro Koizumi
Crew: Li Ying (Writer), Li Ying (Director), Takahiro Nakamura (Assistant Director)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: Beijing Youth Film Studio, Dragon Films
Runtime: 123 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jan 18, 2008
IMDb: 5
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