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The Man Who Might Have Been: An Inquiry Into the Life and Death of Herbert Norman (1999)
A tragic and duplicitous life
4 December 2023
This film depicts the life story of Herbert Norman, who was born to the family of a Methodist missionary in Japan in 1909. His life was one of intellectual endeavor and cosmopolitanism. As a member of leftist groups at Cambridge, he mingled among communists from Great Britain, Canada, the United States, Japan and other Asiatic countries.
Through his offices in Canadian External Affairs, he aided communist influence in the West. When his activities became known to the RCMP and especially the FBI, he realized that suicide was his only way out.
This production used original locations for this story that makes it very realistic.
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