The first movie is titled, Racism in Japan. It was said to be based on his experience teaching English at Itoman High School in Okinawa.
Dezaki spoke to the students in Japanese and asked: "Is there is racism in Japan? If you think so, raise your hand." Only a few students raised their hands. He asked the same question in other classes and again, only a few students raised their hand each time.
Dezaki then looked dissatisfied and turned to speak to the camera in English. "I know there is a lot of racism in America. And I am not saying that America is better than Japan." He then continued his monologue:
"But there is racial discrimination in Japan. In the Edo era [about three hundred years ago] a caste system was put in place with Burakumin at the bottom. These people are still discriminated against today. And in Japanese there is a word for disposable cameras, called baka-chon camera. Baka means stupid, and chon is a derogatory term used for Korean people. Furthermore, even though they are the same Japanese, Okinawans were discriminated against. During World War II, when Japanese soldiers pushed them to the front to use as human shields. And a few years back, a good friend of mine tried to get an apartment in Tokyo and was denied by landlord because he was Okinawan."
The second movie is titled, Shit Japanese Girls Say.
Surprisingly, Dezaki appears in the video in female dress and a wig, without shaving off his mustache and beard. Posing with lewd undulations and uttering silly phrases, he pretends to imitate cute young Japanese girls:
"She said she lost 5 kg on the banana diet."
"Hey. Who are you emailing?"
"I got this on sale."
"Eew. He's blood type B."
"Have you met any good guys lately?"
"Stop it! You're embarrassing me."
"I heard if you massage like this your boobs will grow."
"Uza! (annoying)."
"Let's go to Korea. I've been learning Korean lately. Kamsahamnida (Thank you very much)."
He goes on and on, seemingly endlessly.
Suddenly, the words, "The End" appeared. A moment later, a man in a woman's dress entered again, this time with braids and blond hair. He looked out toward the sea and shouted the vulgarity, "I want a penis!"
What in the world did he want to say in the movie? The title included the word "shit." The content ridicules Japanese women and Japanese culture. It seems to have been made for non-Japanese and has already been watched by as many as 680,000 people
What of the Movie, The Main Battleground of The Comfort Women Issue?
"Hello, folks!" The film began with a scene, in which three men, Tony Malano (Texas Daddy), Shun'ichi Fujiki (Texas Daddy Japan Secretariat) and Mitsuhiko Fujii (head of the Rompa Project), visited the statue of a seated comfort woman in a park in Glendale California. A video by "Texas Daddy" duplicating the scene played in the background, with narration added by Dezaki. The scene seemed to have been selected because Malano introduced Dezaki in his video.Then speakers appeared one after another, making their various claims.
But was it "surprisingly thrilling" as Dezaki's flyer had promised? No, and the reason is clear. This film was far from fair.
Dezaki promised the film would explore the issue from a neutral position. However, he immediately expressed disdain for those whose perspective was that the comfort women were not sex slaves, calling them "revisionists" and "denialists." Instead, from the beginning it was clear that the film was made from the perspective of proponents of the sex-slave argument.
His tone was very rude to those who cooperated with him on the film, raising questions about his motives, among other things. I could not help but suspect that his email promises to those whose views he disdained were simply a trap to induce them into appearing in the film.
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