Kaoru Ikeya (æ± è°·è–«, Ikeya Kaoru) (born 14 October 1958) is a
Japanese film director. He directed the documentary The Ants
(2006)."In the intricate tapestry of World War Two, there are still
many threads left to be considered. Hidden in the annals, and almost
forgotten, is the full record of Japan’s military actions in China.
Director Ikeya Kaoru covers this controversial territory from a deeply
human perspective, that of 80-year-old veteran Mr. Okumura, who once
fought beside fellow Imperial soldiers in China, and who is now
confronting the spectre of his war crimes. In a passionate campaign,
Okumura joins with fellow veterans to expose the secret military
orders that kept his company in China years after Japan had ostensibly
surrendered. His macabre journey takes him from Japan’s Yasukuni
shrine, where he pities youth celebrating the monument “in
ignorance,†back to China, where he tries to come to terms,
face-to-face, with victims of the atrocities. Ants is a sweeping
documentary that vividly and articulately relates the present to the
past, and the personal to the political. Kaoru's direction and
Okumura's project become fused in meaning, and together they weave a
crucial historical filament that is binding and also damning." ~Brett
Hendrie.
Japanese film director. He directed the documentary The Ants
(2006)."In the intricate tapestry of World War Two, there are still
many threads left to be considered. Hidden in the annals, and almost
forgotten, is the full record of Japan’s military actions in China.
Director Ikeya Kaoru covers this controversial territory from a deeply
human perspective, that of 80-year-old veteran Mr. Okumura, who once
fought beside fellow Imperial soldiers in China, and who is now
confronting the spectre of his war crimes. In a passionate campaign,
Okumura joins with fellow veterans to expose the secret military
orders that kept his company in China years after Japan had ostensibly
surrendered. His macabre journey takes him from Japan’s Yasukuni
shrine, where he pities youth celebrating the monument “in
ignorance,†back to China, where he tries to come to terms,
face-to-face, with victims of the atrocities. Ants is a sweeping
documentary that vividly and articulately relates the present to the
past, and the personal to the political. Kaoru's direction and
Okumura's project become fused in meaning, and together they weave a
crucial historical filament that is binding and also damning." ~Brett
Hendrie.
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