Dear SSJ members,



The first screening of the English/Japanese dual subtitled version of my film "Shusenjo" will be shown this Friday evening (April 26th at 6:45pm) at Theater Image Forum in Shibuya.



I will be doing a Q&A session after the screening in English with Japanese interpretation.



Online ticket reservation is available three days before the screening at:

http://www.imageforum.co.jp/theatre/



The film features interviews with Sakurai Yoshiko, Kent Gilbert, Sugita Mio, Yoshimi Yoshiaki, Hayashi Hirofumi, Nakano Koichi, and Watanabe Mina (among many others).



From an article by by Karen Severns at the FCCJ:

"Surprisingly, until Miki Dezaki's Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue, there has not been a feature documentary that thoroughly investigates the facts, figures, opinions and distortions of both sides. For this reason alone -- and there are many, many others -- the film is absolutely essential viewing."

(http://www.fccj.or.jp/events-calendar/film-screenings/movie-committee-blog/item/1208-shusenjo.html)



Trailer:

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



English Flyer:

http://www.shusenjo.jp/media/English.pdf



Official Websites:

http://shusenjo.jp <http://shusenjo.jp/> (Japanese)

http://shusenjo.com <http://shusenjo.com/> (English)



Director Bio:

Miki Dezaki is a recent graduate (March 2018) of the Graduate Program in Global Studies at Sophia University in Tokyo. He worked for the Japan Exchange Teaching Program for five years in Yamanashi and Okinawa before becoming a Buddhist monk in Thailand for one year. He is also known as ``Medamasensei`` on Youtube, where he has made comedy videos and videos on social issues in Japan. His most notable video is "Racism in Japan," which led to numerous online attacks by Japanese neo-nationalists who attempted to deny the existence of racism and discrimination against Zainichi Koreans (Koreans with permanent residency in Japan) and Burakumin (historical outcasts still discriminated today). ``Shusenjo`` is his directorial debut.



I hope to see you all there!



Kindest regards,

Miki Dezaki

Director/Producer