I Go To Die For You

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Is this Ishihara bloke the one you have mentioned before as being a dangerous guy?

 

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Kamikaze pilots hailed as forgotten war heroes

TOKYO

 

Shintaro Ishihara, the Governor of Tokyo, has mounted a publicity campaign for a film celebrating the bravery of wartime kamikaze pilots as Japan wrangles again with its Asian neighbours over Second World War history.

 

I Go to Die for You, written by Mr Ishihara, a 74-year-old nationalist writer and politician, tells of the young men who crashed explosives-laden aircraft into US warships.

 

Mr Ishihara, who is due to stand for a third consecutive term as governor, posed with the stars of the film at a hotel in the capital, in front of a replica Hayabusa aircraft of the type used by the “special attack” forces. “I want to pass on the fact that those beautiful young people really existed,” he said. “This film is not meant to glorify the special attack forces, but neither is it an antiwar movie,” Mr Ishihara said, describing it as a study of adolescence under extreme circumstances.

 

Mr Ishihara was anxious to distance Japan’s kamikaze pilots from modern suicide bombers. “Suicide attacks by religious fanatics are completely different from the special attack forces,” he said.

 

The launch of the film casting Japan’s wartime military as tragic heroes came as South Korea drew renewed attention to what it says is Japan’s failure to atone for atrocities committed by its armed forces before and during the war. (Reuters)

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Thats the guy.

He's a real charmer.