"The Cove," a film about dolphin slaughters in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, drew a mixed response from an audience of 150 that included foreign journalists in Tokyo on Friday evening, the first time the award-winning movie has been screened in Japan.
The 92-minute film, which was first screened in Los Angeles July 31 and is now being shown in other parts of the United States, Australia and some European countries, was screened at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.
The film contains footage of dolphins being brutally killed and reveals that dolphin meat has high levels of methyl mercury, a toxic substance.