This week's recommendations September 8, 2023 (Friday) New movie ``June 0th: The day Eichmann was executed'' / Old movie ``A City of Sadness''

New movie “June 0th: The day Eichmann was executed”

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Adolf Eichmann was a high-ranking Nazi German official who directed the mass deportation of Jews to the Auschwitz concentration camp. The Israeli government hanged Eichmann on "June 0," midnight between May 31 and June 1, 1961. The body was cremated, but cremation is actually prohibited by law in Israel, and cremation facilities do not exist. So who cremated Eichmann's body and how? Director Jake Paltrow focused on this historical fact and portrayed the scars of the Holocaust from a new perspective.

September 8th (Friday) TOHO Cinemas Chante and other nationwide release Distributor: Tokyo Theater

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Old movie "A City of Sadness"

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Actor Tony Léon: The Professional was awarded the Golden Lion Lifetime Achievement Award at the 80th Venice International Film Festival. His first leading role, which attracted a lot of attention on the international stage, was ``A City of Sadness'' (1989), which won the Golden Lion Award at the same film festival. This film is considered the culmination of director Hou Hsiao-hsien's early career, and is the first film to depict the massacre committed by the Kuomintang in Taiwan, commonly known as the February 28 Incident, and is considered the most important work in Taiwan's history. It is being said.

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