The shoot of "Ashita e no Yuigon (Best Wishes for Tomorrow)" that began on June 2 has ended. The film is in the can — as they say — and is now being edited.
In this column, I have previously written on May 20 and June 24 about this film, having been fortunate to be able to do the screenplay together with the director, Takashi Koizumi. This time, I would like to convey a brief sense of what it's like to work on a feature film in Japan.
The story of "Best Wishes" centers around Lt. Gen. Tasuku Okada (played by veteran actor Makoto Fujita). Some weeks before the end of World War II, Okada ordered the trial and execution of 38 American aircrew captured during indiscriminate U.S. bombing raids on the Tokai region in central Japan.