Posted on 04/14/2014 11:57:40 AM PDT by Saint X
A film about kamikaze pilots has been playing to packed theaters from Hokkaido to Kyushu since its release in December of 2013, becoming one of the top-grossing Japanese productions of all time. In addition to attracting the admiration of Prime Minster Shinzo Abe, “The Eternal Zero” has drawn a fair amount of criticism for being the latest in a string of recent films that mythologize the Japanese role in World War II.
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“Today, you will take your kamikaze airplane high into the sky, over the Yankee aircraft carrier, then take the kamikaze plane down, crashing on the deck, killing yourself and all aboard. Before we have the ceremonial sake toast, are there any questions?”
“Honorable general-san: Are you out of your f-—ing mind?”
Great. Now Putin will invade.
Gotta get the crowds pumped up for WWIII.
Interesting article. Knew someone who watched “Grave of the Fireflies”, said they were too depressed to commit suicide afterwards.
Hope they show the rape of Nanking. Or the treatment allied POWs received (like the Bataan Death March or the construction of theBurma-Siam railway by allied prisoner slave laborers. )
We were visiting Hawaii a few years back and made the required stop at Pearl Harbor and the Arizona.
About 1 and 3 people in line for the Arizona memorial were Asian and very likely Japanese. I could tell by the language and facial features. Not certain why they were visiting. But it was strange.
I’d like to watch these movies. Wonder if they have subtitled versions?
Movie or no movie History shows who made the eternal mistake!
“We have only awakened a sleeping giant”
I recall the story of “Chicken” Yamaguchi, who flew 37 kamakaze missions.
I remember watching "Pork Chop Hill" as a youngster. I hated the Japs.
That will be the day. I worked with Japanese people for several years. The only thing that they knew about World War II was that Japanese civilians were killed by Americans. I always wanted to ask them “What did your grandfather do in the war?”, but I was too polite to ask.
The old documentary “Victory at Sea” was very popular in Japan. I knew Japanese people who were born in the 1960’s who had seen it.
Absolutely no doubt.
And thank you to service men and women and our leadership who made it happen.
Unfortunately, most them have passed on and there are fewer and fewer each day.
Grave of the Fireflies was one of the most troubling movies I’ve ever seen, mainly because I had no idea what to expect when I sat down to watch it. It certainly is not a pro war movie though. Nor is it a pro Imperial Japan movie.
Wow. I wonder what they were thinking.
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