THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
December 14, 2021 at 18:33 JST
Yoshikazu Hara, director of the film “Yoake-mae no Uta, Kesareta Okinawa no Shogaisha,” speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 10. (Atsushi Ohara)
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