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Documentaries
The Last Debate of Mishima Yukio Before His Death
On May 13, 1969, a debate took place between Mishima Yukio and 1000 members of the Tokyo University's All-Campus Joint Struggle League. The movie "三島由紀夫VS東大全共闘" was created based on the footage shot only by TBS, and it is filled with intellectual excitement. We can learn about the thoughts and stance of Mishima Yukio from the debate, which took place a year and a half before his seppuku. -
Documentaries
GMO Food: A Threat to Crop Diversity and Farmers: “Le monde selon Monsanto” (Marie-Monique Robin)
We should pay more attention to “whether it is safe to consume Monsanto Company's herbicides” than “whether Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are dangerous.” The film "Le monde selon Monsanto" reveals the current situation in which Monsanto monopolizes seed sales, plunges farmers into debt, and seeks to eliminate crop diversity worldwide. -
Science/Mathematics
Perelman: The Man Behind the Poincaré Conjecture Proof: “Perfect Rigor” (Masha Gessen)
"Perfect Rigor" is a biography that depicts the life of the genius mathematician Perelman who solved the extremely difficult problem in mathematics, the Poincaré conjecture, and declined a million-dollar prize and a Nobel Prize-level honor. The book focuses on his personal life and the struggles of "the gifted" individual who was born and raised in the Soviet Union, with almost no mathematical descriptions. -
Non-Fiction/Liberal Arts
The Shocking Reality of Private Penitentiaries in America: A Review of American Prison (Author Shane Bauer)
In America, there are "private penitentiaries". "American Prison," written by an author who went undercover as a prison guard in one of them for research, is a non-fiction book that is filled with unbelievable descriptions. It depicts the historical background of how the world of madness, where inhumane acts prevail, came into being, as well as "private penitentiaries". -
Science/Mathematics
[VS Einstein] A New Theory to Replace the Big Bang Theory?: “Faster Than the Speed of Light”(Joao Magueijo)
For those who felt that the title "Faster Than the Speed of Light" makes it a fallacious book, rest assured that this is actually a very legitimate work. Regardless of whether the varying speed of light theory (VSL theory) is correct, the book presents a challenging hypothesis that attempts to compensate for the flaws in the Big Bang theory with a different logic than cosmic inflation. -
Documentaries
[Film] Is “THE MOLE” Really a Documentary? A Must-Watch Film (Director Mads Brugger)
The movie "THE MOLE" is a film full of shocking footage that makes you wonder, "Is it really a documentary?" If the start of "A Danish ex-cook infiltrates North Korea on his own" is unintelligible, the development of a man with no intelligence or military experience revealing North Korea's secrets one after another is also too mysterious. It is a crazy work.