Two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey are connected: The sinking of the Turkish frigate Ertugrul off the Japanese coast in 1890 and the evacuation of Japanese nationals from Iran in 1985.Read More »
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Mitsutoshi Tanaka – Kainan 1890 (2015)
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Nobuhiro Yamashita – Mai bakku pêji aka My Back Page (2011)
Nobuhiro Yamashita2011-2020DramaJapan
Mai bakku pêji (2011)
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Based on Saburo Kawamoto’s autobiographical novel My Back Pages: Aru 60-nendai no Monogatari (A Story of Life in the 60s), the film is set during the student protests at Tokyo University. At the time, Kawamoto was working as a journalist covering the protests, which were in reaction to the Japanese government’s tolerance of US involvement in the Vietnam War and the use of Okinawa as a staging ground for that war.Read More »