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Best Wishes for Tomorrow (明日への遺言 Ashita e no yuigon) is a Japanese film by director Takashi Koizumi and based on the novel Nagai Tabi ("A long journey") by Shōhei Ōoka. It stars Makoto Fujita as Lieutenant General Tasuku Okada during the Yokohama War Crimes Trials.

Best Wishes for Tomorrow
Japanese	明日への遺言
Directed by	Takashi Koizumi
Written by	Takashi Koizumi Roger Pulvers Shōhei Ōoka (novel)
Produced by	Masato Hara
Starring	Makoto Fujita Sumiko Fuji Robert Lesser Fred McQueen Richard Neil
Music by	Takashi Kako
Distributed by	Asmik Ace Entertainment, Inc.
Release dates	October 27, 2007 (2007-10-27) (Tokyo International Film Festival) March 1, 2008 (2008-03-01)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Plot summary

The film depicts the war crimes trial of Lieutenant General Tasuku Okada, who ordered the execution of 38 captured US prisoners of war, after he considered them to be war criminals for the war time fire bombing of Nagoya. The movie seeks to call attention to supposed American war crime culpability in the fire and atomic bombings of Japan.[1][2][3]

References

External links

• Ashita e no yuigon at IMDb
• Official Site

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