WINGS OF DEFEAT a film by Risa Morimoto and Linda Hoaglund
Posted: Friday, January 09, 2009
WINGS OF DEFEAT a film by Risa Morimoto and Linda Hoaglund
WINNER, Best Documentary, Women Film Critics Circle 2008
NOMINATED, Progie Award for Best Overlooked FIlm 2008, James Egee Cinema Circle
“Wings of Defeat is a remarkably fascinating documentary…”
–Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard Univ.
“Wings of Defeat is an extraordinary film, revealing the terrible power of nationalist fervor as it seizes young minds, and makes them both victims and accomplices in the crime of modern warfare.”
–Howard Zinn, Author, A People’s History of the United States
“Today, the kamikaze campaign remains surrounded by misconceptions—something this powerful film will change…”
–Richard Muller, WWII Magazine
In Japan, WWII Kamikaze are still revered as self-sacrificing heroes. Internationally, they remain a potent symbol of fanaticism. Until now, few outsiders knew that many Kamikaze survived their suicide missions. The candid, heartbreaking testimony of surviving Kamikaze conveys the true depth of war’s travesty. Sixty years later, these humble men tell us about the horrors of the cockpit, their dramatic survival and the survivors’ guilt still haunting them.
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