The Japanese are upset. "Now the same groups are turning their attention to protesting Jolie's big screen adaptation, branding it a work of 'pure fabrication', insisting it has 'no credibility', and accusing the star of racism."
In fact, @CBJapan1 tweeted "Actually, we are mad as hell. Here's why"
In fact, @CBJapan1 tweeted "Actually, we are mad as hell. Here's why"
It seems that Unbroken, the book, had some similarities to the movie.
I am sad the Japanese are upset. Maybe it is the realization of why American servicemen, to this DAY, will not buy anything with industrial giant names on them. After all, those same names were either prevalent in the 1940 attacks on the allies or they were names of the slave labor factories where the Allied servicemen were "guests".
For example, Mitsubishi Motors produced the Zero airplane with forced labor, Honda, Nikon, Aso Mining Compay, and Toyota were among the names the servicemen remembered. Some were found guilty while some were only guilty by association. How can one ignore "Foreign Ministry investigated and announced on December 18, 2008 that Aso Mining had, in fact, used 300 Allied POWs at its mine during World War II."?
For example, Mitsubishi Motors produced the Zero airplane with forced labor, Honda, Nikon, Aso Mining Compay, and Toyota were among the names the servicemen remembered. Some were found guilty while some were only guilty by association. How can one ignore "Foreign Ministry investigated and announced on December 18, 2008 that Aso Mining had, in fact, used 300 Allied POWs at its mine during World War II."?
I am sad the Japanese are upset. Read the book to see what "The Bird" did to Allied servicemen. The movie audience was shocked by the scenes in the movie. The movie did not reveal every day of Japanese "treatment".
In case one is wondering, the Germans were just as guilty. The sentiment was and still is equal among the POWs returning from there.
In case one is wondering, the Germans were just as guilty. The sentiment was and still is equal among the POWs returning from there.
While the movie mentions faith, there was one omission. Read the book for the rest of the omissions.
Of course, one does not need to take my word for it. One can read the movie critics.
Read the book, free at your local library.
I sincerely hope the Japanese get over it. There are some Allied veterans who still won't forgive, yet at least one Allied soldier, a Christian, has chosen to do just that.
I sincerely hope the Japanese get over it. There are some Allied veterans who still won't forgive, yet at least one Allied soldier, a Christian, has chosen to do just that.
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I am glad to find @kc5fm took notice of my tweet on the novel and the movie "Unbroken" where I said "Actually, we are mad as hell". I might have been a bit aggressive, but I enjoy civilized conversation.
We are mad at "Unbroken", because it incites hatred among the people of the United States and the world (including Japan in reaction to it). We fought each other once. The war ended 70 years ago. All the participants of the war were wounded physically, mentally and financially.
Both had reasons to fight (see http://conservative.jugem.jp/?eid=460 ). Only time can heal the wounded. Only time can let people get over the past. And, now we see each other as an indispensable ally in the pacific region.
Provoking old hatred that both sides stopped harboring 70 years ago is the last thing we need. And yet, that is exactly what this novel and the movie "Unbroken" does.
And, it does so by assembling related and unrelated facts here and there, mixing total lies into it, distorting the reality, inflating the facts mixed with pure imagination. We call it simply a propaganda.
We don't deny having used POW as labor, whether we call it "slavery" or not. We don't deny that they suffered. What is lacking, however, in "Unbroken" and the minds of the likes of @kc5fm is the balanced view. What I mean by balanced view is capability to view things in multiple viewpoints. You are not the center of the universe. There are actions and reactions. You see negativity on others. Other see negativity on your side.
So, what do I mean specifically? While many of our soldiers were not allowed to be accepted as POW and mercilessly mowed down by Allied machine-guns (see http://conservative.jugem.jp/?eid=475 ), we saved Allied soldiers who had lost power to fight (see http://conservative.jugem.jp/?eid=489 ) and treated them with means the we had (see http://conservative.jugem.jp/?eid=493 ). The information here is not my invention. It's the inforrmation 1) by Americans 2) for Americans and 3) of Americans (or Brits).
The last link shows that we allowed POW access to our public bath and let them take bath together with our ladies (mixed bathing was our custom then). If you want to dispute me, dispute the source of the information.
I don't care if somebody on your side still don't buy products of Mitsubishi, Honda or Nikon. Buy GM. Buy Ford. Buy Samsung. Life goes on. It's the matter of whether they "get over it" or not.
We Japanese largely got over it. We don't produce anti-US movie. If some of us do, I condemn it. Most of our former soldiers don't see America with hostility. We never see our grandfathers make noise on I-Phone, Coca-Cola and even Lady Gaga.
I read the book and saw what Watanabe allegedly did to Zamperini. The issue is whether we believe it or not.
Now, if you want people to take you seriously, you must 1) be accurate, 2) tell the truth and 3) not exaggerate.
On all three accounts, "Unbroken" is guilty. Therefore, logic leads me (and hopefully many logical thinking Americans) not to believe in it.
Continued from the previous..
Changing the narrative:
This is what Zamperini himself told the reporter back in 2005 (see http://conservative.jugem.jp/?eid=486 around the end). Who is telling the truth - Zamperini 2005 or Zamperini in "Unbroken"?
Korean:
Does this (see http://conservative.jugem.jp/?eid=488 ) have anything to with "true story of Zamperini"? And how true is this information?
Greg "Pappy" Boyington:
This is a real person with real experience. "Unbroken" says Zamperini was a runner. Boyington says he was a miller who cannot cook (see http://conservative.jugem.jp/?eid=490 ). So, who really is Zamperini?
Lewis Bush:
This is also a real person with real experience. He was in Omori from September 1943 to August 1944. Zamperini was in Omori from October 1944 to March 1945. Then, why does "Unbroken" describe them as if Bush and Zamperini were there together, using Bush's narrative of events? We call it "plagiarizing".
Aside from these above serious problems, let's look at the following "Mission Impossible" actions;
Zamperini downed, drowned, passed out, regained consciousness, released from wire tangle, swam up and survived.. http://conservative.jugem.jp/?eid=481 Is it a true story of Louie Zamperini?
Japanese bomber flew over them 8 times, machine-gunning them, and Zamperini and friends survived, not getting a single bullet, kicking off the sharks.. http://conservative.jugem.jp/?eid=483 Is it a true story of Louie Zamperini?
Three of them on a raft with bullet holes, mending the raft (both up and down!!!), pumping the air fast enough, fending off the sharks.. http://conservative.jugem.jp/?eid=484 Is it a true story of Louie Zamperini?
And, catching the sharks by bare hands (!!), dissecting them, and yet mostly throwing the meat away (!!), due to ammonia odor .. http://conservative.jugem.jp/?eid=485 Is it a true story of Louie Zamperini?
Again, is it a true story of Louie Zamperini?
Or, are facts irrelevant?
If so, we shall call it "propaganda".
As long as you appreciate propaganda, you will never be able to "get over" it.
I wish you all a happy holiday seasons and a nice "getting over", so that you can start your new year of 2015 with fresh mind.
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