Behind 'The Cove' (2015)

Directed by

Yagi Keiko

Genre

documentary film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 50m

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary responds to the earlier film The Cove by presenting the perspectives of people in the Japanese whaling town of Taiji. It aims to show both sides of the international debate over whaling.

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What happens

Behind "The Cove": The Quiet Japanese Speak Out (Japanese: ビハインド・ザ・コーヴ 〜捕鯨問題の謎に迫る〜, Hepburn: bihaindo za kōvu 〜hogeimondai no nazo ni semaru〜) is a 2015 Japanese documentary film directed and produced by Keiko Yagi. It is the first film in response to the Academy Award winning 2009 anti-whaling documentary film The Cove, and seeks to show the views of both sides of the international whaling debate, particularly focusing on the town of Taiji, Japan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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