The Ants (2006)

Original title

蟻の兵隊

Directed by

Kaoru Ikeya

Genre

documentary film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 41m

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

An 80 year old Japanese WWII veteran campaigns to expose secret military orders that kept him and 2600 others in China after Japan surrendered. He travels to the Yasukuni shrine and then to China, where he meets a Chinese woman who was abused by Japanese soldiers and hears a story of evil and forgiveness.

confrontationalsoberpoignantcontemplativepersonalhistoricalunflinchingreflective

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