History Hiccups
The film Merdeka—Independence—has sent the Indonesian community in Japan into a fury for Japan's over-heroic role.
June 19, 2001
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…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…
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