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Japan: Tibet Tibet

Monday, March 17th, 2008 @ 10:23 UTC

by Chris Salzberg

Countries:: Japan
Topics:: Ideas, Arts & Culture, Ethnicity, Film
Languages:: Japanese

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Blogger and artist Takami Toshio writes about the Japanese film Tibet Tibet [ja] at his blog Radical Imagination. He points out the similarity in perspectives between the director, who is Zainichi Korean, and the people of Tibet, both of whom do not have a country of their own.

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March 20th, 2008 at 11:37 am
TAKAMI Toshio:
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Thank you for your introduction of my article.

I introduce your site in my blog.
http://www.radical-imagination.net/2008/03/post_992.html

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