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The film Merdeka—Independence—has sent the Indonesian community in Japan into a fury for Japan's over-heroic role.

June 12, 2001

Merdeka (INDEPENDENCE)
Director :Yukio Fuji
Screenwriter :Ishimatsu Aibutsu
Actors :Jundai Yamada, Lola Amaria
Producer :Tokyo Film Production
Dear Asano-san,
…We appeal that part of the scenes in the film that are improper or exaggerated be left out, especially the one showing an old Indonesian woman kissing the foot of a Japanese soldier at the beginning of the picture, which humiliates and hurts the feelings of Indonesians…

So is c

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