The Kamikaze of Fort Greene Park
The film follows the ghosts of Walt Whitman and a Japanese Kamikaze pilot as they drive through a Brooklyn night. Unable to understand each other, the pilot laments the tragedy of his short life, as the poet reads verses glorifying battles of the American Revolution. An experimental meditation on our culture of aggression, the film stresses empathy as our only hope for a peaceful future.
- Released
- 2018
Details
Release year: 2018
Storyline
The film follows the ghosts of Walt Whitman and a Japanese Kamikaze pilot as they drive through a Brooklyn night. Unable to understand each other, the pilot laments the tragedy of his short life, as the poet reads verses glorifying battles of the American Revolution. An experimental meditation on our culture of aggression, the film stresses empathy as our only hope for a peaceful future.
Top credits
- Daniel Martin Berkey — The Poet of American Democracy
- Ai Kiyono — Tokio Roze
- Takumi Mitobe — Kamikaze