Yasukuni (2008)

The film looks at the history of Yasukuni Shrine in Chiyoda Tokyo where more than 2 million of Japans war dead are enshrined More than 1000 of them are war criminals convicted at the 194648 Tokyo tribunal including 14 ClassA war criminals Hideki Tōjō among them The film shows not only the widely reported political incidents associated with the shrine but also takes an indepth look at the shrines swordmaking tradition the Yasukuni sword being the films underlying motif