Every photo has a story to tell, and the eldest son of Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara is hoping that photographs taken by his father will give people a fuller view of his life.

An exhibit in Tokyo, starting next Wednesday, will showcase for the first time in Japan around 240 photographs taken by Guevara, whose iconic image still emblazons T-shirts and posters half a century after his death in 1967.

"What is extremely important is (for people) to get to know about the life (of my father), his thoughts and ideals," Camilo, 55, said in a recent interview with Kyodo News through a Spanish interpreter on his first visit to Japan.

As a medical student, Guevara witnessed injustice and poverty during a journey by motorcycle across Latin America and embraced Marxism. He later joined Cuban communist revolutionary leader Fidel Castro to carry out the Cuban Revolution. The leader seized power in Cuba in 1959.

Guevara then moved up the ranks under the Cuban government led by Castro but left in 1965 for Congo and then Bolivia to export revolution elsewhere. He was executed by Bolivian solders in 1967 at age 39 and has since become a symbol of heroism, rebellion and radicalism, either revered or reviled.

Camilo, a coordinator of Centro de Estudios Che Guevara, a museum in Havana dedicated to research and promotion of Guevara's thoughts, life and achievements, said he is "very honored" to share his father's photos in Japan during the Aug. 9-27 exhibit which marks the 50th anniversary of his death.

Of particular interest are Guevara's shots of Hiroshima, including a cenotaph for the atomic bomb victims, during his 1959 trip there. In a postcard Guevara sent to Cuba after visiting Hiroshima, Guevara wrote, "In order to fight better for peace, one must look at Hiroshima."

Camilo's Japan trip will also include Hiroshima, where he will join an annual ceremony to commemorate the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the city. For many younger Japanese people, Guevara is known by the iconic photograph of him taken in 1960 by Cuban photographer Alberto Korda.

Camilo said he does not want people to learn about his father from information simply passed on by others, but to let Guevara's photos and books speak to them. In Japan, there is another opportunity to learn about him. A film entitled "Ernesto," depicting a guerilla fighter of Japanese descent who fought with Guevara in Bolivia, is set to be shown in Japan in October.

"Today's world remains a world of inequality. That has not yet been corrected, and there is a need to change that. Which is probably why young people look at him as a symbol or model to steer the world in a better direction," he said.

If Guevara were alive today, he would have witnessed changes in the political landscape surrounding Cuba, such as the restoration in 2015 of diplomatic ties with the United States severed in 1961 and U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Cuba last year as the first sitting leader in 88 years.

(Centro de Estudios Che Guevara)

He would also now be seeing the partial rollback of rapprochement toward the Communist-run island and new travel restrictions introduced by current U.S. President Donald Trump.

As Camilo spoke of the need to overcome challenges such as injustice and inequality, he seemed to be taking to heart his father's wish for his children to "try always to be able to deeply feel injustice committed against any person in any part of the world."

"It would certainly be ideal if people, after learning about his life, became inspired to take up the cause of rectifying inequality" in the world, Camilo said.

He recognized that it would be a tall order to ask everyone to take up such cause, and simply asked people to "know more deeply" about Guevara's life through the forthcoming exhibit, which comes at the initiative of a Japanese friend.

Photos his father took of himself while hiding in Tanzania and in disguise in Bolivia are among his favorites. Stressing that "every photo has a meaning and episode," Camilo expressed hope that even a single piece would strike a chord with visitors.