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Japanese Films about WWII Spark Controversy
USNI News ^ | April 14, 2014 | USNI News

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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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: japan; kamikaze; movies; shimpu; wwii
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To: Fiji Hill

That was in 1992.

We are returning this coming June. I am looking forward to it.

Unfortunately, I don’t think that we allowed enough time on Oahu to see the Arizona. I want my son to see it.


41 posted on 04/14/2014 12:44:16 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: Tijeras_Slim

That’s nothing. I hated the Galactic Empire after seeing Zulu.


42 posted on 04/14/2014 12:44:41 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Vaquero

Pshaw... I hated prime numbers after watching 300.


43 posted on 04/14/2014 12:46:31 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Saint X

We were working with a Japanese Corporation on a Engineering project. We had a number of them working in our office. They would get American holidays off. If fact they got more American holidays off than we did. One early December day one of my co-workers stated “If they get December 7th off, I’m going ballistic.”


44 posted on 04/14/2014 12:48:06 PM PDT by Starstruck (If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
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To: dhs12345

I find it quite inspirational visiting Pearl Harbor and seeing the Japanese faces. It is a testament to the power of the USA and the attraction to liberty. We are now on relatively good terms wir Japan. Although, Obama is doing whatever he can to bring the US down.


45 posted on 04/14/2014 12:49:26 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: FatherofFive
I remember watching "Pork Chop Hill" as a youngster. I hated the Japs.

I hope you are either

1) joking

or

2) don't home school.

46 posted on 04/14/2014 12:50:25 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: Tijeras_Slim
Don’t feel bad... I hated Eskimo’s for years after watching Khartoum.

I get it now...Don Corleon hired Eskimos to chop that horse's head in The Godfather.

47 posted on 04/14/2014 12:56:45 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (For every Ted Cruz we send to DC, I can endure 2-3 "unviable" candidates that beat incumbents.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
Pshaw... I hated prime numbers after watching 300.

Stop it...you guys are killing me...

48 posted on 04/14/2014 12:58:15 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (For every Ted Cruz we send to DC, I can endure 2-3 "unviable" candidates that beat incumbents.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Some cities have inspired popular songs--Home in Pasadena, Moon Over Miami, Honolulu Moon etc.

Nanking inspired one of the best of this genre.

Springtime at Chung Shan Mountain--Chou Hsuan (1941)

49 posted on 04/14/2014 12:58:50 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Night Hides Not

:)


50 posted on 04/14/2014 12:59:13 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Tijeras_Slim
According to Sheldon of the Big Bang Theory. 73 is the best number. He wears a 73 emblazoned shirt.
The logic:

Sheldon: 73, is the 21st prime number, its mirror 37 is the 12th and its mirror 21 is the product of multiplying, hang on to your hats, 7 and 3. Did I lie?
Leonard: We get it! 73 is the... Chuck Norris of numbers!
Sheldon: Chuck Norris wishes! In binary, 73 is a palindrome, 1001001, which backwards is 1001001, exactly the same. All Chuck Norris gets you backwards is Sirron Kcuhc!

51 posted on 04/14/2014 12:59:47 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Vaquero

LOUIS FARRAKHAN: Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president. Thomas Jefferson, the third president, and 16 and three make 19 again. What is so deep about this number 19? Why are we standing on the Capitol steps today? That number 19 — when you have a nine you have a womb that is pregnant. And when you have a one standing by the nine, it means that there’s something secret that has to be unfolded.


52 posted on 04/14/2014 1:02:36 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Organic Panic
Well said. That is exactly what I thought at the time.

And when I see and work with Japanese I don't even think about it. That was another generation. Just that it was poignant standing there at the Arizona memorial.

I even remember the late 70s and early 80s when Japanese automobile manufacturers were displacing American car manufactures and we were worried that they might take over the world economy with cars and electronics. Of course, that never happened. The United States survived. And the Cold War ended and communism fell too.

And even after these threats, both militarily and economic, America survives.

53 posted on 04/14/2014 1:04:59 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: oh8eleven

Let him go...he’s on a roll.


54 posted on 04/14/2014 1:08:14 PM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (Cruz/Palin 2016)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Que the mother wheel.


55 posted on 04/14/2014 1:13:50 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: dhs12345
I was watching Tora, Tora, Tora last weekend. Yamamoto was portrayed as a "diplomacy first" admiral. He was ready to stop the attack on Pearl Harbor up to the last possible moment.

His response to those that disagreed with him was, I thought, striking, referring to the Americans as a "proud and just people."

That of course, led to his quote regarding "I fear that all we've done is awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve", in the aftermath of the late delivery of the declaration of war.

56 posted on 04/14/2014 1:14:40 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (For every Ted Cruz we send to DC, I can endure 2-3 "unviable" candidates that beat incumbents.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

The two great Japanese movies about the war are “Fires on the Plain” (1951) and “The Burmese Harp” (1956), both directed by Kon Ichikawa. Both are considered classics of Japanese cinema.


57 posted on 04/14/2014 1:18:18 PM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep ("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
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To: Mears

What an ignorant thing to say.

There were dead Americans below our feet. They were killed in a sneak attack and possibly by the fathers and grandfathers of the people standing in the line with us.

It was very “hallowed ground” and AS AMERICANS we felt the sadness of the event. I expected the respect that was due and I wasn’t disappointed.


58 posted on 04/14/2014 1:26:04 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: Night Hides Not

Wow. I remember that “sleeping giant” scene. But I don’t remember the proud and just statement.

I am glad that they are our allies.

You should watch “Flags of Our Fathers” and “Letters from Iwo Jima.”


59 posted on 04/14/2014 1:31:32 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: Vaquero

When Hitler read account of the Rape of Nanking he thought his ally was being unnecessarily cruel to the Chinese. Wow, if Hitler thinks you are being cruel then look out.


60 posted on 04/14/2014 1:41:28 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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