A widow raises her sickly son to be strong enough to join the army and fight on the front lines.A widow raises her sickly son to be strong enough to join the army and fight on the front lines.A widow raises her sickly son to be strong enough to join the army and fight on the front lines.
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- TriviaThis movie was released in Japan on December 7, the third anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Opening Title Card: In the Straits of Shimonoseki, warships from the Western nations wait for a chance to attack Japan. A time of turmoil. The fires of war rage across the nation. Brother against brother. Japan is facing a crisis.
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Yes it was a propaganda film but it showed the people as humans and not monsters. The director did a wonderful job and the actors also did well. The propaganda was subtle but still there and allowed the film to pass the censors. What was disconcerting was the disregard for the truth. The headlines of China attacking the Japanese at Shanghai and Japan as the victim. Even though the people were portrayed as human I kept thinking how could they commit Pearl Harbor, Singapore, Philippines, Rape of Nanking, Bataan Death March, the railroad like the movie Bridge over the River Quai, and attacking China in the 1930's. In the movie the soldiers and their families were happy to die for the Emperor and I feel no remorse that we were able to accommodate them. My mother, father, and wife's family were all in WWII and had the acquaintance of the Japanese.
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- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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