STEVEN ANDREW praises a beautifully written and enjoyable read
A tsunami of historical proportions
The Great Wave is an acute reflection of the fraught relations between Japan and North Korea, says SIMON PARSONS
The Great Wave
National Theatre, London
IN 1987, when a North Korean terrorist was captured after blowing up a South Korean airliner, the first real evidence came to light that numerous Japanese had been abducted by the North Koreans in order to train their agents to pass for Japanese.
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