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Japan's Never-Ending War

In East Asia, the Second World War remains a controversial issue. Historian Rana Mitter visits Tokyo to explore how Japan remembers the conflict - through its movies.

In East Asia, the Second World War remains a controversial issue. Historian Rana Mitter visits Tokyo to explore how Japan remembers the conflict - through its movies. Rana talks to leading directors including Harada Masato, Katabuchi Sunao, Arai Haruhiko and Tsukamoto Shinya, to film critics, and to a new generation of young Japanese viewers. And along the way he explores how the war looks from the perspective of modern Chinese cinema.

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 8 Jun 2018 08:00GMT

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Role Contributor
Presenter Rana Mitter
Director Phil Tinline
Producer Phil Tinline

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