12/11/2014
TOKYO – Japanese nationalists have mounted an Internet campaign to ban the release of the film “Unbroken,” directed by Angelina Jolie, based on the life of an American athlete who was a Japanese prisoner of war during World War II.
Sponsors of the petition on the website Change.org argue that the second feature film to be directed by Jolie distorts historical facts and accuses the Japanese of cannibalism.
The campaign was launched on Dec. 1, and to date has obtained around 8,200 signatures.
At the present time, “Unbroken,” which scheduled to be released in the United States and Spain on Dec. 25, does not have a release date set for Japan.
Meanwhile, the heads of Universal Studios, which is tasked with distributing the film in the United States and other countries, have admitted that releasing the film in Japan will be a delicate issue.
The film is based on the book by Laura Hillenbrand, “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption” (published in Spanish by Aguilar), about Olympic athlete Louis Zamperini.
Zamperini, who competed in the 5,000 meter race at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (and whose performance was praised by Adolf Hitler in person), was captured by the Japanese Imperial Army after his fighter plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean in 1943.
He spent two and a half years in different Japanese prison camps where he was systematically tortured by Sergeant Mutsuhiro Watanabe, famous for his cruelty towards prisoners.
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TOKYO – Japanese nationalists have mounted an Internet campaign to ban the release of the film “Unbroken,” directed by Angelina Jolie, based on the life of an American athlete who was a Japanese prisoner of war during World War II.Sponsors of the petition on the website Change.org argue that the second feature film to be directed by Jolie distorts historical facts and accuses the Japanese of cannibalism.
The campaign was launched on Dec. 1, and to date has obtained around 8,200 signatures.
At the present time, “Unbroken,” which scheduled to be released in the United States and Spain on Dec. 25, does not have a release date set for Japan.
Meanwhile, the heads of Universal Studios, which is tasked with distributing the film in the United States and other countries, have admitted that releasing the film in Japan will be a delicate issue.
The film is based on the book by Laura Hillenbrand, “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption” (published in Spanish by Aguilar), about Olympic athlete Louis Zamperini.
Zamperini, who competed in the 5,000 meter race at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (and whose performance was praised by Adolf Hitler in person), was captured by the Japanese Imperial Army after his fighter plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean in 1943.
He spent two and a half years in different Japanese prison camps where he was systematically tortured by Sergeant Mutsuhiro Watanabe, famous for his cruelty towards prisoners.
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