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In May 1945, three months before the end of World War II, Lieutenant General Okada Tasuku executed without military tribunal 38 American POWs who participated in the devastating carpet bombing of Nagoya. At the war's end, A Class war criminals like PM Tojo Hideki were tried in Tokyo, while B Class war criminals like Okada were tried in Yokohama. Directed by Koizumi Takashi (The Professor and his Beloved Equation), Best Wishes for Tomorrow (a.k.a. Ashita e no Yuigon) takes audiences to the war crime trials of Okada Tasuku.
Based on Ooka Shohei's Nagai Tabi, Best Wishes for Tomorrow provides a remarkably faithful and realistic account of courtroom proceedings, with dialogue taken straight from trial transcripts. The film explores Okada's thoughts, actions, and reasons for issuing the execution order, as well as the circumstances of war and legal technicalities of war crime. Veteran actor Fujita Makoto occupies Okada with gravity and integrity, essaying an aged general whose sense of conviction and determination to protect his subordinates inspires quiet respect. In recreating the trial so directly, Best Wishes for Tomorrow seeks to understand the man, the crime, and the responsibilities and tragedies of war. Okada Tasuku's trial is a story that deserves to be told, and the way director Koizumi chooses to tell it is interesting, leaving judgment to history and responsibility to man.
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In May 1945, three months before the end of World War II, Lieutenant General Okada Tasuku executed without military tribunal 38 American POWs who participated in the devastating carpet bombing of Nagoya. At the war's end, A Class war criminals like PM Tojo Hideki were tried in Tokyo, while B Class war criminals like Okada were tried in Yokohama. Directed by Koizumi Takashi (The Professor and his Beloved Equation), Best Wishes for Tomorrow (a.k.a. Ashita e no Yuigon) takes audiences to the war crime trials of Okada Tasuku.
Based on Ooka Shohei's Nagai Tabi, Best Wishes for Tomorrow provides a remarkably faithful and realistic account of courtroom proceedings, with dialogue taken straight from trial transcripts. The film explores Okada's thoughts, actions, and reasons for issuing the execution order, as well as the circumstances of war and legal technicalities of war crime. Veteran actor Fujita Makoto occupies Okada with gravity and integrity, essaying an aged general whose sense of conviction and determination to protect his subordinates inspires quiet respect. In recreating the trial so directly, Best Wishes for Tomorrow seeks to understand the man, the crime, and the responsibilities and tragedies of war. Okada Tasuku's trial is a story that deserves to be told, and the way director Koizumi chooses to tell it is interesting, leaving judgment to history and responsibility to man.
This Special Edition comes with a booklet and the following special features:
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