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“Okinawa: The Afterburn”—Victor's Images, Words That Do Not Form Words

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2025

Ishizaka Kenji
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Abstract

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Director John Junkerman’s “0kinawa: The Afterburn” is an extremely rational documentary film. This is a virtue shared by the director’s “Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times” (2002) and “Japan’s Peace Constitution” (2005), in which, via the maker’s level-headed processing, viewers are able to face many problems and encounter many clues they are given to think through on their own. At 148 minutes, this is a long film. But it is carefully arranged in four, roughly chronological parts—1) The Battle of Okinawa; 2) Occupation; 3) Violation; and 4) To the Future—that sustain interest and can be watched through without ever feeling long. I would like to explore those four parts with particular attention to aspects of the film that deliver a strong impact.

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Research Article
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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 13 , Issue 38 , September 2015 , e4
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Footnotes

(Editor's note: The documentary “Okinawa: The Afterburn” [Okinawa Urizun no Ame] premiered at Iwanami Hall in Tokyo on June 20, 2015, and has since opened at theaters across Japan. There will be a special screening of the film with English narration and subtitles at Hibiya Convention Hall in Tokyo on October 6, 2015. Additional information is available here (http://tokyofilmgoer.com/2015/09/okinawa-the-afterburn/).)