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Naomi Kawase named to direct 2020 Tokyo Olympic documentary

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Another plug by the Ministry of Propaganda to further glaze over the eyes of the people of the world at the image of the resilience of Japan! Courtesy of Dear Leader.

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Please include all the false promises, changes to venues, and lies about the nuclear power plant being all okay into the film

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Kon Ichikawa's one is a masterpiece, a beautiful documentary. This new one will be just as flat and lifeless as current Japanese films are.

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I second koiwaicoffee's comment about Kon's '64 Olympic documentary. I never get tired of watching that one. So little said with the images beautifully put together.

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Kawase is one of few truly interesting Japanese filmmakers today. I am glad they chose her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA0JCrBpV1s

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The Tokyo documentary will be financed by the International Olympic Committee and the local organizing committee...

In other words, they have sanctioned one big propaganda fluff-piece! So very Japanese! I don't know why any self-respecting film maker would take on this project when it is funded by biased local committees or governments.

A Japanese reporter, posing a question to Kawase, described her typical film as "quiet and slow-flowing." He then asked how this approach suited something "fast moving" like the Olympics.

She will need to get used to being steered from the rear now that she has taken on this project.

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Abe will get his propaganda film. How nice.

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The Japanese government hopes the Olympics will show the region is recovering and that products made there are safe.

How is that related to the Olympics?

"This will be an opportunity for me to show the world where Japan stands and what kind of changes Japan will be undergoing," Kawase said

Again, this film should be about Olympics in Japan. Not about Japanism.

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Tohoku is simply being used as a whitewash for the Olympics. A couple of softball games will change nothing for the people there.

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Why is the film taking on a japan propaganda role?

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