[Peace] Shattering the Myth of the Kamikaze: A Film this Thursday at the Urbana Free Library

[Carol Inskeep]

AsiaLens Film Series presents Wings of Defeat 
Thursday, December 8 at 7pm at the Urbana Free Library
 
After she learned about her uncle’s secret past as a surviving kamikaze pilot, Japanese American director Risa Morimoto was inspired to 
interview former Kamikaze pilots, now in their 80s, who thoughtfully 
recall and share their fears, their ambivalence, their patriotism and 
their guilt as survivors, when thousands of their comrades perished 
during Japan’s most desperate hour at the end of World War II. Wings of 
Defeat is a moving, human re-examination of the Kamikaze legacy from the perspectives of those who trained for, flew, and survived as suicide 
missions, as well as those Americans who survived such attacks. 

AsiaLENS is a series of free public film screenings and lecture / discussion 
programs on issues reflecting contemporary life in Asia. The series is 
organized by the Asian Educational Media Service, a program of the 
Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies at the University of Illinois 
at Urbana-Champaign. 
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