Boston, July 8, 2026 — On the fourth anniversary of the passing of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Boston Global Forum and AIWS Film Park, under the Shinzo Abe Initiative, today released the memorial trailer of “Shinzo Abe — Peace Through Strength,” a 20-minute political drama created and executive produced by Nguyen Anh Tuan, Co-Founder, Co-Chair, and CEO of the Boston Global Forum.
The film returns to December 12, 2015, when the Boston Global Forum honored Prime Minister Abe at the Harvard Faculty Club as a World Leader for Peace and Security — and to a question asked in a small room that day: what does it take to keep the peace? It follows five decisive moments of his life: the resignation of 2007 and the quiet perseverance that followed; the security legislation of 2015; the Trump Tower meeting of November 2016; the North Korean missile crisis of August 2017; and July 8, 2022, in Nara, together with the State Funeral at the Nippon Budokan — where a nation bowed to the man who had once bowed to them.
Woven through the drama are original interviews conducted by Nguyen Anh Tuan with three men who stood close to Prime Minister Abe: Mr. Taniguchi Tomohiko, his adviser and speechwriter; the Honorable Nakayama Yasuhide, his ally in defense and security; and Mr. Seko Hiroshige, his long-time ally and communications strategist.
All imagery of Prime Minister Abe is authentic archival footage from videos the Government of Japan has made available to the public; no artificial recreation of his likeness or voice is used at any point. The film’s treatment of July 8 follows an absolute principle: no act of violence is depicted in any form — that morning is told through stillness, silence, and a single falling cherry blossom.
The film will have its world premiere at the Boston Global Forum Conference on the AIWS Constitution for Humanity in the AI Age on November 10, 2026, at Loeb House, Harvard University — returning to the very place where its founding question was first asked. The film closes with a torch carried forward: through the Indo-Pacific Spark Initiative and AIWS Lumina, where Hồn Trà — the Soul of Tea — joins Boston, Tokyo, and Nha Trang, inspiring a world of Love, Creativity, Nobility, and Wisdom in the age of AI.
Watch the memorial trailer:
