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AWARDS: Grand Prix. Galaxy Awards
OFFICIAL SELECTION: Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema/ Age of Regionalism Vidfeo Festival
Education and Nationalism - Memory under Siege
After a 73-year hiatus, ethics textbooks returned to Japanese classrooms—but not without controversy. In 2017, a simple image of a bakery was removed from a textbook for lacking “patriotism,” signaling a new era of state interference in education.
This investigative documentary explores the political hijacking of Japan’s curriculum, revealing how right-wing pressure and government censorship have crushed freedom in the name of nationalism.
The fight over textbook content—from war crimes to comfort women—shows how education can become a battlefield. As testimonies from writers, teachers, and politicians unfold, we see the story of a nation struggling with its past and the dangerous cost of forced historical amnesia.
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