Best Wishes for Tomorrow
2007 Japanese film
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Best Wishes for Tomorrow (Japanese: 明日への遺言, Hepburn: Ashita e no yuigon) is a 2007 Japanese drama film directed by Takashi Koizumi, based on the novel Nagai Tabi (A Long Journey) by Shōhei Ōoka. It stars Makoto Fujita as Lieutenant General Tasuku Okada during the Yokohama War Crimes Trials.
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| Kanji | 明日への遺言 |
| Directed by | Takashi Koizumi |
| Screenplay by | Takashi Koizumi Roger Pulvers |
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| Produced by | Masato Hara |
| Starring | Makoto Fujita Sumiko Fuji Robert Lesser Fred McQueen Richard Neil |
| Cinematography | Shoji Ueda |
| Music by | Takashi Kako |
| Distributed by | Asmik Ace Entertainment, Inc. |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Plot summary
The film depicts the war crimes trial of Lieutenant General Tasuku Okada, who ordered the execution of 38 captured US prisoners of war, after he considered them to be war criminals for the war time fire bombing of Nagoya. The movie seeks to call attention to supposed American war crime culpability in the fire and atomic bombings of Japan.[1][2][3]
