Protests flared in Tokyo Saturday as Oscar-winning dolphin hunting documentary “The Cove” was screened at cinemas despite outrage among people who complain the film is anti-Japanese. About 30 protesters, mostly right-wingers, briefly skirmished with supporters of the film ahead of its first commercial showing at a Tokyo theater where police were on guard. “Don't bully fishermen,” a protestor screamed through a loudspeaker and held a banner reading: “The anti-Japanese movie, The Cove, is a poison that discriminates Japanese.” The movie shows graphic scenes of the bloody but legal dolphin slaughter filmed using hidden cameras, and nationalist groups say it should be banned because it is anti
