I, Kamikaze
Art of the Real 2015
April 10 - 26, 2015
Q&A with Masa Sawada
Masa Sawada’s riveting new film is essentially a one-man show: the uninterrupted spoken testimony of Fujio Hayashi, a 90-year-old Japanese World War II veteran who led—and, against all odds, survived—the first squadron of kamikaze pilots.
Q&A with Masa Sawada
“Sometimes I think, today is my turn.” Masa Sawada’s riveting new film (partially co-directed with Bertrand Bonello) is essentially a one-man show: the uninterrupted spoken testimony of Fujio Hayashi, a 90-year-old Japanese World War II veteran who led—and, against all odds, survived—the first squadron of kamikaze pilots. That he wasn’t meant to survive is one of several aspects that gives I, Kamikaze its chilling force. Hayashi is a remarkably clear-eyed, critical observer, well-attuned to the logic of submission, sacrifice, and duty that emerges in a military system where the emperor is—for most of his subjects—a god.
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