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World Premiere TARGET

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True Story · Politics/Conspiracy

  • CountryJapan
  • Production Year2021
  • Running Time100min
  • FormatDCP
  • ColorColor
Program Note
In 1991, the issue of "comfort women" was raised for the first time through the testimony of the late Kim Hak-sun. One of the first reporters in Japan to write an article about her testimony was Uemura Takashi of The Asahi Shimbun. Since the publication of his article, Uemura has been subjected to blatant attacks from the far-right, including threats on his family’s life, and the issue is still ongoing in 2021. Based on Uemura’s defamation lawsuit that began in 2015, TARGET details why he had to be someone’s "target." The film becomes more intriguing as it changes its direction and expands its gaze. Through the person who became a target, director Nishijima Shinji faithfully and tenaciously traces ways in which the current far-right forces in Japan systematically exert influence over society and the role the Japanese government play in the process. The Japanese far-right is the "target" of this film. (KIM Bo-nyun)
Director
Director
NISHIJIMA Shinji
Nishijima Shinji is a graduate of Waseda University. Nishijima joined the RKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corporation in 1981, and served as a correspondent in Seoul, Korea, from 1991 to 1994. Later, he transferred to the Production Division, where he produced several television programs focusing on the war, including Kota Bharu: The Untold War (2011) and Foujita: Why did the artist paint the War? (2014). He directed his first documentary film, Resistance - The Old Writer Hayashi Eidai (2017), which centers on Mr. Eidai Hayashi, a writer who dedicated his career to documenting the forced labor of Korean migrants in Japan. In 2019, the director established a production company, ′Document Asia,′ and completed his second documentary film, TARGET.
Credit
  • Director
    NISHIJIMA Shinji
  • ProducerHirayuki KAWAIDA
  • CastTakashi UEMURA
    Hak-sun KIM
    Hajime KANBARA
    Yoshiko SAKURAI
  • CinematographyYoshikiyo YUTANI
  • SoundAkito TERAOKA
  • MusicMiki TAKEGUCHI (VIENTO)
  • Production CompanyDocument Asia
    mamimovie@yahoo.co.jp
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