![]() ![]() The first is that between Seoul and Pyongyang. Three sets of relations, in particular, need to be closely watched. Ms Park is the daughter of Park Chung Hee, the authoritarian leader who, from his 1961 coup to his 1979 assassination, oversaw South Korea’s remarkable economic rise.īilateral relations between all four nations are bitter and unpredictable, to say the least. She carries strong echoes of history too. In South Korea, this triumvirate will be joined by Ms Park Geun Hye, the centre-right candidate who won Wednesday’s presidential election. Sons and grandsons are playing out the conflicts of their ancestors. Mr Abe is the grandson of Nobusuke Kishi, a wartime Cabinet minister who helped to run Japanese-occupied Manchuria. ![]() Mr Xi is the son of Xi Zhongxun, revolutionary hero of a Communist party whose legitimacy is anchored in its struggle to drive the Japanese out of China. Mr Kim is the grandson of Kim Il Sung, revered founder of North Korea, whose cult of personality stems from his supposedly decisive role in liberating the peninsula from Japanese colonialists. Not only does the memory of colonialism and war lurk behind every confrontation, it is embodied in the very leaders now running their respective countries. The next day, the Chinese military, now officially under the control of Mr Xi, sent out a surveillance aircraft in what Tokyo said was the first such violation of its airspace since 1958.Īt the foot of Asia’s diplomatic garden lies the rotting carcass of unresolved history. The potential for diplomatic brinkmanship - or worse - is high.Īs if to mark the possibility of more dangerous times ahead, Mr Kim, the baby-faced 29-year-old installed in Pyongyang, celebrated the regional carnival of elections, selections and dynastic successions the only way he knew how: He let off a long-range rocket. If you count Mr Kim Jong Un, who took over North Korea from his late father last year, that adds up to four new leaders in one of the tensest regions on the planet. And on Wednesday, South Koreans elected a new President. Mr Shinzo Abe has won a second shot at running Japan. Mr Xi Jinping was anointed as China’s heir apparent in November. ![]() Sujit R.Within quick succession, the three giants of north-east Asia have chosen new leaders. Although invoking divine intervention when Madhavgupta is about to be sacrificed, the film's strongly political thrust has the people rise in revolt. There are several famous scenes, including the twice-told legend of the churning of the seas, once by the priest to show how evil must be exorcised, and again by a good general to show how demons often appear disguised as gods. His son Madhavgupta (Mane) and daughter Sumitra (Apte) together with the princess (Tarkhad) and the people finally overthrow the priest. ![]() He obeys but is then betrayed by the perfidious priest and caught. As the more rationalist King Krantivarma (Varde) banned human or animal sacrifices from the increasingly fanatical festivals dedicated to the goddess, the cult's high priest (Chandramohan/Date) orders the hapless Vishwagupta (Kelkar) to kill the king. This classic opens with a sensational low-angle circular track movement as Chandika cult followers meet in a dungeon of flickering lights and deep shadow. ![]()
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