For the first time, I plan to write a serious film review.
Let me start with some digressions. I visited station B two days ago and saw a video about the German Embassy in Japan. On August 9th, the German Embassy in Japan published a tweet commemorating Japan’s atomic bombing, and mentioned that the two countries had committed crimes. As a result, he was violently attacked by Japanese netizens, and all kinds of dirty remarks were unbearable. At first I was a little skeptical, because I think that in a developed country like this, people who don’t have brains are definitely not the majority. Although there has been brainwashing by the right-wing in Japan in recent years, I even think that the people who published this video at station B may have just learned part of it. Come and rub the heat. In the end, after two days, I personally checked on Twitter and found that I was wrong. The situation was worse than what I saw at station B. It was really hard to tell. The following is a screenshot
Another piece posted by a South Korean that I personally think is very rational, but it has also been "sieged" by Japanese internet mobs
I saw it for a long time, originally I only planned to take a look, but finally I watched it for an hour. It was a waste of time to think about it. However, after the anger, I conducted a calm analysis of this kind of thing and thought that there are two situations: one is that these spam comments are just the quick talk of some young angry Japanese hair, and the nature is similar to that of the domestic network navy; or , As you think, Japan as a whole is hopeless.
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The following is a simple film review. Actually, I wanted to watch this movie very early. Blackpool’s movies have always been very good, and the values in it are generally very positive. I put this movie on the list at the beginning of this year. Because August is in the name, I plan to watch it in August. Before I watched it, I didn’t pay much attention to the plot of the movie, and I didn’t expect it to be related to the atomic bombing (hereinafter referred to as the "gen bomb" based on the movie content) commemoration. It’s just that I have recently seen a lot of bad remarks from Japan. The hatred towards the Wa country, I didn't expect it to be so relevant to current affairs. This movie is set in the Nagasaki countryside in 1990. The main theme is the impact of war (the atomic bomb) on the family. Unfortunately, although this movie reflects on war and expresses hatred for war, it does not have us. I want Japan to apologize for launching the war, but I still think this is much better than the attitude of "what did we make wrong and why should we beat us" in "Tomb of Fireflies".
At the beginning of the movie, in the summer, the grandmother's four grandchildren received a letter from the grandmother's brother from Hawaii, saying that they hoped to meet each other. However, grandma said that she "doesn't know" this elder brother so she didn't plan to go to Hawaii. In the evening, the children asked their granddaughter to cook because they didn't like grandma's cooking, and mentioned that they would go shopping in Nagasaki the next day. The next day, the grandchildren came to Nagasaki and talked about the grandfather's death due to the atomic bomb. They saw monuments from various countries in the city, expressed some emotions, and visited the school where the grandfather who died in the atomic bomb was on his deathbed.
When I returned home in the evening, I talked about it again. Grandma overheard it. Grandma was moved by the kind-hearted children's remarks. Grandma said for the first time that "It is war to resent," and pointed out that both Japan and the United States have victims.
These two paragraphs should let the current Japanese take a good look at what is meant by "the scar is gone and the pain is forgotten." The film was shot in the 1990s. In those years, the Japanese society as a whole was quite prosperous, the social atmosphere was also good, and the foreign relations were also very good. There were still many people who had experienced war at that time, and everyone still remembers the war.
Later in the conversation between the grandson and grandma, the grandma mentioned a dozen of her brothers and sisters, but she "can't remember" this brother in Hawaii, but she told the story of her other brother. He was frightened on the day of the atomic bomb, and then he developed a habit of painting. Everyone was puzzled by the eyes that he painted. Finally, his grandma pointed out that the eyes were atomic bombs.
In the back, the grandma's two sons and daughter-in-law came back, and they discussed how to let grandma go to Hawaii, because grandma's elder brother's family is very rich in Hawaii, and they all want to be in his favor. The words of the adults were heard by people larger than the adults. Grandma learned that they did not want their relatives in the United States to know that their husbands died in the atomic bomb and undermined their high-level goals, and severely accused them.
Knowing mistakes can improve the greatness of things. Grandma’s nephew Clark came to visit her when she learned that her aunt’s husband had died in the atomic bomb, and the parents narrowly thought that he had come to cancel their business cooperation for this matter, so they complained when they picked up the plane. I thought so, so I didn't want to wait, so I borrowed and went to Nagasaki Grandpa's school. Unexpectedly, Clark came to apologize and offered to visit his grandfather's school. Clark and the children met in this way, and saw the classmates of the victims come to commemorate the scene in the school.
Clark and grandma met in the evening, and the two of them hit it off as soon as they saw each other. They quickly solved their knots and thanked each other.
Grandma decided to go to Hawaii to meet her brother, but before that she participated in the memorial in the Buddhist hall on August 9th. Clark also participated together.
During the period, Clark and the children saw ants lined up on the flowers. It reminds me of an Indian fable in a previous philosophy class (I forgot the content), which roughly means that we are just like ants, and sometimes it is difficult to decide our own destiny, and helplessly follow the trend. The final climb on the flowers seems to be like Buddhist epiphany, Nirvana, or reaching the world of bliss (I know more about Western religious philosophy, but don't know much about Buddhism, this is just my personal understanding).
I received an urgent letter that day, saying that my grandma's brother had passed away, and Clark had to leave. Grandma blamed herself.
After that, my grandma became insane, thinking that it was still 1945, the year when Grandpa died. A thunder and lightning made grandma think it was an atomic bomb explosion. Grandma hurriedly took a white quilt to protect her favorite person (a common sense: white clothes absorb less radiation and black is the most, so many people wearing white clothes survived)
The next day the rain was about to come, and grandma ran to the school where grandpa was mad again, and everyone chased her wildly.
The film stopped abruptly at the moment of catching up with grandma.
This movie really expresses the reflection on the war. There are many details worthy of savoring. I hope everyone can take a look at it. At present, only Youku has it on the whole network, and it is not available on the Internet. Especially hope that people who have no shame can see it. Although there is no obvious reproach to Japan for launching a war, the pain of remembering the war is already very good compared to the Japanese today. Maybe sometimes we can’t ask too much. For example, we ask the Japanese to express their reflection on their own warfare in every movie about World War II. Ordinary people have a normal mentality, and those who can dare to reflect on themselves honestly must not be ordinary people, they are sages), it is already very good to be able to do this.
Finally, I shared a picture, grandma and the children watch the moon together (grandfather likes to watch the moon the most).
This film is rated as the first time I wrote it seriously, and there is no lack of shallowness in it. Please forgive me and please advise.
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