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Best Wishes for Tomorrow
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Wikipedia article
'Best Wishes for Tomorrow' ( ) is a Japanese film by director Takashi Koizumi and based on the novel 'Nagai Tabi' ("A long journey") by Shhei oka. It stars Makoto Fujita as Lieutenant General Tasuku Okada during the Yokohama War Crimes Trials.
Plot summary
The film depicts the war crimes trial of Lieutenant General Tasuku Okada, who ordered the execution of 38 captured US prisoners of war, after he considered them to be war criminals for the war time fire bombing of Nagoya. The movie seeks to call attention to supposed American war crime culpability in the fire and atomic bombings of Japan.Pulvers, Roger [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2007/05/20/commentary/an-exemplar-of-where-the-war-crimes-buck-stops/ An exemplar of where the war-crimes buck stops May 20, 2007] 'Japan Times' Retrieved February 23, 2016Pulvers, Roger [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2007/06/24/commentary/maj-gen-okada-a-rare-leader-who-took-the-blame/ Maj. Gen. Okada: a rare leader who took the blame June 24, 2007] 'Japan Times' Retrieved February 23, 2016Morio, Norio [http://www.stripes.com/military-life/japanese-film-a-poetic-look-at-a-wwii-war-crime-trial-1.76660 Japanese film a poetic look at a WWII war crime trial March 9, 2008] 'Stars and Stripes' Retrieved February 23, 2016
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