Yasukuni (2008)

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 Jan. 18, 2008 123 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: mdblist.two-actors, mdblist.fresh, imdb.f-rated, imdb.one-word-title, imdb.past, tmdb.tokyo-japan

Production Companies: Beijing Youth Film Studio, Dragon Films

Country: Japan
Production Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese