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TOKYO — Six Japanese movie theaters will screen an Oscar-winning documentary about dolphin hunting in Japan, the film’s Japanese distributor said Monday, after pleas from free-speech advocates.
A nationalist group, which calls the film anti-Japanese for criticizing what it calls a time-honored tradition, has staged rallies to press theaters to cancel screenings. But six will start showing “The Cove,” and 16 more are considering screening it, said Takeshi Kato, president of the Japanese distributor.
The film was directed by Boulder-based Louie Psihoyos.
The New York Times
