Political Supporters
A number of serving national-level Japanese politicians came out in support of the film.
- House of Representatives:
- Shingo Nishimura (Independent)
- Jin Matsubara (Democratic Party of Japan)
- Tōru Toida (Liberal Democratic Party)
- Atsushi Watanabe (Liberal Democratic Party)
- Masaaki Akaike (Liberal Democratic Party)
- Eiichiro Washio (Democratic Party of Japan)
- Hirofumi Ryu (Democratic Party of Japan)
- Yohei Matsumoto (Democratic Party of Japan)
- Tomomi Inada (Liberal Democratic Party)
- House of Councillors:
- Shimpei Matsushita (independent)
- Yasuhiro Oe (Democratic Party of Japan)
- Nariaki Nakayama (Liberal Democratic Party)
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