NHK WORLD PRIME
Season 2 Episode 5 - Chasing the Father's Shadow: Vietnamese Children of Japanese Soldiers
9.0 ?
2017
Documentary
72 years after the end of World War II, a group of about a dozen people visited Japan. They were born and raised in Vietnam yet consider Japan their homeland in some sense. Their fathers were Japanese soldiers who remained in Vietnam after the war, to fight for the country's independence from France. About 70 of these soldiers had families in Vietnam but suddenly went back to Japan without saying a word. The group from Vietnam arrived in Japan in October of 2017, chasing their fathers' shadows.
Episodes in Season 2
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One Last Vision: A Photographer's Final Journey
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2
Between Two Homes: A 102-Year Old Japanese Woman in South Korea
50 min
3
Strategy Gone Awry: Revisiting the US Air Raids on Japan
49 min
4
Valens's Return Home: A Rwandan Genocide Offender 22 Years On
49 min
5
Chasing the Father's Shadow: Vietnamese Children of Japanese Soldiers
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7
Setsuko Thurlow's Quest: A World Without Nuclear Weapons
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8
Tsuruko's Tea Journey
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9
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10
The Changing Face of Greed: A Power of Darkness Awakens - Part 2
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11
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12
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13
Survivor Trees: Hiroshima Revealed
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14
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15
Nike's Backstory: Unknown Bonds with Japan
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16
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17
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18
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19
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20
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21
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22
China's Largest Relocation Policy: Part 1
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23
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24
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25
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26
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