August 15 marks the day when Japan remembers the end of WWII. Although most of us remember only carefully selected historical points of this period, like Hitler burning books and Hiroshima being the site of an atomic explosion, there’s always more to the story. The occupying Allied forces in Japan also burned books and engaged in harsh censorship. This continues today, where the history not only of WWII has been obscured, but of the Japanese Samurai, along with the Jomon culture which provides us with some of the oldest artifacts in the world – making this a matter of human history. Furthermore, Japan itself is a magical repository on the level of Egypt and yet gets left in a very obscure past or a superficial present. Tonight on Ground Zero, Ryan Gable talks with Antony Cummins about DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN – MAGICIANS OF THE SAMURAI.

Originally Broadcast On 8/16/2023