映画「荒野に希望の灯をともす」Film “Lighting a Hope in the Deserted Lands”

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日本共産党の駅宣活動で出会ったご婦人、Kさんに紹介されて、彼女が所属する団体が主催する映画の上映会に行きました。

これは、医師であり、ピース・ジャパン・メディカル・サービス(PMS)総院長でありペシャワール会現地代表である中村哲さんのドキュメンタリー映画です。彼は、テロリストに撃たれて亡くなったその時まで、人生を医療や運河の建築を通してアフガニスタンの人々を助ける事に捧げていました。元々中村哲さんの事はとても尊敬していたので、喜んで行く事にしました。

昨年ペシャワール会に入会し、会報はちらほら読んでいましたが、中村哲さんの歩んできた道のりや活動の詳細を知ったのは初めてでした。

一言で言うと、凄いです。分かってはいましたが・・・それにしても、何という困難の数々。私が彼だったら、もう何百回も心が折れて、とてもじゃいけれど続けられません。

彼の多くの言葉が心に残りました。実際に一度ご覧になってみる事をおすすめします。自主上映会がたまに開かれています。
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映画の後の監督が登場するアフタートークに参加出来なかったのが残念でした。

Fruits custard pudding at Fruit Full Café (photo permission granted)
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A lady I met at the JCP weekly publicity activity in front of the station, K-san, asked me to a film screening an organisation she’s in was hosting.

It’s a documentary film about the doctor and the head of Peace Japan Medical Services (PMS) and Peshawar-kai, Tetsu Nakamura. He devoted his life to help people in Afghanistan through medical practices and building canal project until the day he was shot to death by terrorists. I respect him so much, so I willingly went.

I joined as a supporter of the Peshawar-kai last year and although I receive and read its regular reports now and then, it was the first time I became to know his trajectories and details of the activities.

In a word, he’s incredible. I knew he was, but still… such difficulties and hardships…. If I were him, I couldn’t continue, with heart broken hundreds times.

So many words of him stuck in my mind.
I recommend you to actually watch. There are independent film screenings like the one I went.
Link to the film official website

Shame I couldn’t join the after talk by the film director.

Having said that, today’s ‘time for that’

I have multiple concerts by our Tomo this month.

The opening of the season was in Chigasaki, and after that, I’ve already been to Nara, Maibara (Shiga), and Kawasaki.

I think Chopin Scherzo No. 1 – 4 already reached perfection in Kawasaki. I can’t choose which is my favourite. Looking forward to witnessing how he will develop his Beethoven Sonata No. 31 and 23, which are already good, further.

In Nara, my mother and I met mother’s old friend. It was the second time for me to meet her and the last time was 6 years ago. Traveling is even nicer when we can meet friends who haven’t seen for years at the travel destination.

I was also surprised how delicious the fruits in Nara were.

I like fruit parlors but I never had such delicious fruits in fruits parlors elsewhere….