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米軍ヘリの低空飛行問う映画「東京上空300メートル」大墻敦監督に聞く
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米軍ヘリの低空飛行問う映画「東京上空300メートル」大墻敦監督に聞く

日米地位協定の特権と基地問題を追うドキュメンタリー映画が10日から全国公開

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東京の繁華街上空での米軍ヘリの低空飛行や日米地位協定の問題を追ったドキュメンタリー映画「東京上空300メートル」が10日から公開される。大墻敦監督に撮影背景や作品に込めた思いを聞いた。

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毎日新聞が2020年から日米地位協定の問題を検証する企画「特権を問う」を実施してきた。

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新宿や渋谷といった東京の繁華街上空で、米軍のヘリコプターが低空飛行を繰り返している。日米地位協定で容認された危険な飛行。日本のヘリには認められないことがなぜ許されるのか。疑問を掘り下げた映画「東京上空300メートル」が10日から全国で公開される。大墻敦監督(63)に撮影の背景を聞いた。

始まりは2020年から毎日新聞が続けている日米地位協定の問題を検証する企画「特権を問う」。取材で集めた米軍ヘリの異様な低空飛行の証拠映像を使い、ドキュメンタリー映画にできないか。24年に映画化の話がスタートした。

新宿の高層ビル群を縫って飛行する米軍ヘリ。日本の航空法では、世界基準に合わせ、建物の上端より300メートル以上の上空を飛ばなければいけない。機体に不具合が起きたとき、安全な不時着に必要な高度とされる。

しかし、日米地位協定に基づく航空法の特例により、米軍には適用されない。事故が起きたらどうなるのか。監督は「すぐに解決したり、答えが出たりするものではなくても、考え続けなければならない問題」と提起する。

日米地位協定を巡る問題は低空飛行だけにとどまらない。映画化に際し基地問題の現場に足を運んだ。特に負担が集中する沖縄だけでなく、さまざまな問題が全国にあることを再認識し「少しでも多くの人に見てもらいたい」と思いを強めた。

性犯罪者や交通事故の加害者が日米地位協定に守られ、処罰が困難になる問題など新たな映像を加えた。米軍に対する賛成派・反対派、さらに若者の声も盛り込んで作品に仕上げた。

日米地位協定にはいろいろな論点や切り口がある。低空飛行を入り口に改めて広く学び直す約2時間となっており、監督は「一度考えてみたかった」「いきなり本を読んでもよく分からなかった」と言う人にぜひ見てほしいと呼び掛けている。

◇大墻敦監督

大墻敦氏(おおがき・あつし) 1963年生まれ。千葉県出身。一橋大卒業後、86年からNHKでドキュメンタリー、教養、福祉、歴史などの番組を制作する。2019年から桜美林大教授。作品に「春画と日本人」(18年)、「スズさん 昭和の家事と家族の物語」(22年)、「わたしたちの国立西洋美術館」(23年)。

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