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Thursday, May 27, 2010
Film “No Time for Dying” featuring Born Activist Sumiko Masunaga to Screen
“No Time for Dying—Sumiko Masunaga, 86,” produced by Video Press, was to be screened on May 12 in Tokyo’s Nakano Ward, prior to enactment of law to revise Japan’s constitution. Sumiko Masunaga (photo) was made to believe she was one of “Emperor’s child” by militaristic education and holds bitter memory of encouraging soldiers to head to the battlefield. She established the first post-war labor union for nurses and midwives at Toyoda Kariya Hospital in Aichi Prefecture in 1970s. The 145-meter-tall born-activist adapted a death-row inmate and became active in amnesty, anti-death penalty movement, support for Japan Railway workers labor dispute and protecting Japan’s constitution. At the movie screening, she discussed needs of anti-war movement and protest against revision of Article 9, the pacifist article, with former imperial soldier, Ichiro Koyama.
By M
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全身活動家・益永スミコさんの「死んどるヒマはない」完成上映会
ビデオプレスの新作「死んどるヒマはない-益永スミコ86歳」の完成上映会が、改憲手続き法施行直前の5月12日、東京・中野区で開催される。益永スミコさん(写真)は、軍国教育で「天皇の赤子(せきし)」と思いこまされ、兵士を戦場に駆り立てた苦い体験をもつ。1970年代には、愛知の豊田刈谷病院で女性だけの看護士・助産婦の労働組合を、戦後初めてつくった。その後、死刑囚の養母となり、アムネスティ・死刑廃止・国労闘争団支援・憲法擁護運動などに邁進する145センチの「全身活動家」のおばあちゃんだ。完成上映会では、侵略戦争に加担させられた元日本軍兵士・小山一郎さんとの「9条改憲なんてとんでもない!175歳反戦トーク」もある。(M)
・ビデオプレスHP
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