The Art of the Heist
How a famous crime is also a metaphor for 1960s Japan.
The Essay · BBC Radio 3
April 26, 201813m 41s
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Show Notes
Christopher Harding tells the story of a famous crime, the robbery of hundreds of millions of yen in 1968 - which also serves as a metaphor for the theft of postwar promises of liberty and openness in 1960s Japan. The country's "radical moment" was purloined in the interests of rapid economic growth and embrace of an American alliance.
Producer: Sheila Cook