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“Ashes of veath", a twenty micute featuro film produced by
Shin Biken sompeny and now being distributed throughout Japan, io
baped on the Folurys Meru inosident, the research voyere of the
Shinketsu Varu and the combamination hasaris to which Japan ‘
allegedly is now exposed.
In addition, the film utilises frequost
fiashbacks te Hiroshima, Yazasaki and the postwar (S test series.
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teojni que ani is anfllustration of atonle mor¥iditics, enoticntlimn
and psoudo-ecientiMoe propaganda wiich have tire’ ned Ulews nans 88
relationa since the Sikin{ inoident.”
It ie obvious from the description of the content of tre TMiln
as well og from the Embassy's oorrymnts thet the ploture will serve to
further estimate mublic interest un to crelang the strain which
the Fukurnyu ‘aru ineident and related developrents have placed on "=
Japanase relations.
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since the Pikint incident touched off a netiomride reaction, "rere
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