Yasukuni 2008
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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.
- Released: 2008-01-18
- Runtime: 123 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Naoharu Kariya, Junichiro Koizumi
- Director: Li Ying, Li Ying, Takahiro Nakamura
