Angelina Jolie at the London premiere of Unbroken. (Image courtesy: AP)
Tokyo:
Japanese nationalists have initiated an online petition to ban actress-director Angelina Jolie's film Unbroken from the country's cinemas, objecting to Japanese soldiers being shown abusing prisoners of war.
The film is about US Olympian Louis Zamperini, who spent 47 days in the Pacific Ocean after a plane crash during World War II before being captured by the Japanese and forced to work in a labour camp for over two years.
Nationalists in Japan are incensed by the portrayal of their soldiers in the movie, and have now set up a petition on Change.org calling for the distribution of Unbroken to be halted in Japan as it is "contradictory to the facts", reports contactmusic.com.
The protest has already attracted more than 8,000 signatures.
Unbroken is the second film Angelina has directed and stars Jack O'Connell, Garrett Hedlund and Japanese singer-actor Miyavi.
The film is about US Olympian Louis Zamperini, who spent 47 days in the Pacific Ocean after a plane crash during World War II before being captured by the Japanese and forced to work in a labour camp for over two years.
Nationalists in Japan are incensed by the portrayal of their soldiers in the movie, and have now set up a petition on Change.org calling for the distribution of Unbroken to be halted in Japan as it is "contradictory to the facts", reports contactmusic.com.
The protest has already attracted more than 8,000 signatures.
Unbroken is the second film Angelina has directed and stars Jack O'Connell, Garrett Hedlund and Japanese singer-actor Miyavi.
