A Japanese woman hopes a documentary she has made will help opponents of Japan's hunting of whales and dolphins acquire a better understanding of the practice.
"Japanese have failed to argue against the criticism, mostly from the West, because silence is a virtue in Japan and also because of the language barrier," said Keiko Yagi in a recent interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo's Shinjuku district, where "Behind The Cove" has been screening since late January.
The 107-minute movie in English and Japanese is touted as a "counterdocumentary" to the Oscar-winning U.S. film "The Cove," which threw the Wakayama Prefecture whaling town of Taiji into the international spotlight with bloody scenes of its annual dolphin hunt.