Linda and I drove down to Philadelphia this past weekend to screen the film privately to the USS Drexler survivors, who were having their annual reunion. Mizuno san from Asahi newspaper joined us for the trip. It was an incredibly emotional viewing...some who were brought to tears- all those distant memories all too clear and vivid. They shared their insight with us (great DVD extras!) after the screening saying how stunned they were that the Kamikaze were just as human as them. And how before they die, they would like to meet former Kamikaze pilots and bury the hatchet. What an incredible moment that would that be...
Linda and I drove down to Philadelphia this past weekend to screen the film privately to the USS Drexler survivors, who were having their annual reunion. Mizuno san from Asahi newspaper joined us for the trip. It was an incredibly emotional viewing...some who were brought to tears- all those distant memories all too clear and vivid. They shared their insight with us (great DVD extras!) after the screening saying how stunned they were that the Kamikaze were just as human as them. And how before they die, they would like to meet former Kamikaze pilots and bury the hatchet. What an incredible moment that would that be...
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