Tokyo festival to screen Japanese dolphin slaughter film
Hollywood actors such as Ben Stiller campaigned for The Cove's
inclusion, despite hunters' attempts to ban it Scene from The
Cove (2009) Scene from Louie Psihoyos's award-winning
documentary, The Cove. Photograph: c.Everett Collection / Rex
Features  A controversial documentary about Japan's annual
dolphin slaughter is due to be screened in Tokyo tomorrow,
despite last-ditch attempts by hunters to have it banned.    1.
The Cove   2. Production year: 2009   3. Country: USA   4. Cert
(UK): 12A   5. Runtime: 90 mins   6. Directors: Louie Psihoyos
7. More on this film  The Cove, an award-winning movie directed
by Louie Psihoyos, is the highlight of the Tokyo international
film festival, whose organisers belatedly included it in the
schedule only after pressure from Hollywood actors such as Ben
Stiller.  Fishermen in Taiji, the town featured in the film,
have been in "continuous contact" with the Japanese government
in an attempt to get the screening canc