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Jolie says 'Unbroken' an antidote to hate and violence

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I am looking forward to watching this movie as I have been fascinated by the life of Louis Zamperini for many years now.

Zamperini participated in the 1936 Olympics in Germany, before spending time as a POW in Tokyo, Yokohama and Naoetsu. Given his past, CBS Sports put together an excellent documentary on him during the 1998 Nagano Olympics. They even managed to track down a long-lost prison guard, Mutsuhiro Watanaba, aka "the Bird" (渡辺むつひろ), who escaped trial as a class B war criminal by hiding out for several years after the war. Here is the video (about 35 minutes): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEGL-wyz1yk

If you live in or visit Japan, the Yokohama and Tokyo sites of the POW camps he was placed in were the Omori POW Camp nearby present-day Omori Station on the Keihin Tohoku Line (one stop from Shinagawa Station), and Ofuna POW Camp nearby Ofuna Staion on the Negishi Line.

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Even though it's called "Unbroken" the book broke my heart, I'm really looking forward to this movie.

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