Jane Campion, who directed “The Piano” presents this documentary on Megumi Yokota, the Japanese girl who was abducted by North Koreans decades ago. This incident (and others like it) are still significantly affecting political communication between Japan and North Korea.
DivX Movies – Abduction, The Megumi Yokota Story (trailer for movie)
‘Abduction’ Wins Best Documentary at Slamdance | Christianpost.com
Film brings Yokota story to new audience- The Japan Times Online Articles
I lived in Niigata-ken for 2 years on the JET program… during the time Japan started talking with North Korea and all this stuff came out. It was my first year in Japan and I couldn’t speak Japanese very well. I had internet access and was able to read the English langugage Japanese newspaper websites like Japantimes and the Yomiuri… but there was a disjunction between what I read and the emotionally charged imagery I was seeing on TV every night.
I’m looking forward to seeing this, thanks for sharing.
Wow, how did I miss this news? Thanks for the links… Very curious what this documentary will be like.
she is probably dead by now, sad to hear this ,
north korea is crazy people for sure abducting people is bahh
All of Japan wants North Korea to return Megumi and other Japanese. But despite this nationally shared experience of grief, Japan will not return children from other countries abducted to Japan by Japanese citizens. Nor will Japan sign the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction.
On August 18 at 11 AM, left-behind parents and many others will be demonstrating against Japan’s hypocrisy at the opening of this documentary at the Hollywood Arc Light Cinema in Los Angeles.
http://www.crnjapan.com/megumiyokotaprotest.html