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Tyson 2022-10-24 13:32:52

A masterpiece of criticism of militaristic warfare! Especially did not expect that the death of the father, sister, brother, and sister turned out to be all the real experiences of the original author. The nuclear explosion gave people a suffocating feeling, death... pain... torture... parting. The whole film just wants to tell you to live. ——The dividing line—— There is a sentence in the original play, "The government does not care about the tragedy of Hiroshima" The military government does not care about the current situation of Hiroshima. Fake mercy! In today's world of nationalism? Can you take this incident seriously? Whether it is people from China, the United States, Japan and other countries. What do you think? Some Japanese are now trying to use this event to fight defeat and to portray themselves as victims. However, some Seris directly shouted that the death was good, the bombing was good, and there were no wronged souls under the atomic bomb. It is true that many Japanese people were brainwashed at that time, "all people are soldiers", but I do not agree with the sentence "there are no wronged souls under the atomic bomb", most of the people who were brutally tortured to death were just working people! What influence does the emperor have on the war criminals? ! It is also impossible that there are no anti-war people there. Such a tragedy happened because the Japanese fascists refused to surrender and the U.S. imperialists intended to use the atomic bomb to deter all countries. If the Soviet Army had launched an attack early... this would not have happened. I hated Japanese imperialism thoroughly, and I also hated U.S. imperialism.

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Barefoot Gen quotes

  • Narration: After the bombing of Hiroshima, the United States issued an ultimatum: calling on Japan to surrender, and threatening to drop a second atomic bomb if it did not. The Japanese High Command ignored the warning. They made certain the full extent of the damage to Hiroshima was little reported. Three days later on August 9th, another B-29 appeared in the sky above the city of Nagasaki. Japan's High Command is convinced at last. On August 15th, the emperor Hirohito, in the first public address ever made by a Japanese sovereign, announced that the war was over.

  • Seijo: You idiot!

    [kicks Gen]

    Gen: WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT?

    Seijo: What were you trying to do, tear my skin off?

    Gen: I try to be careful but those maggots keep getting stuck to the scabs like they've been glued on!

    Seijo: I don't want to hear it!

    [kicks Gen again]

    Seijo: You'll just have to be MORE careful, you little BUZZARD!

    Gen: LISTEN HERE!

    Ryuta: You think anyone will stop me if I wring his neck?

    [rolls up sleeve]