"Letter from Iwo Jima" is a good war movie. There are many classic conversations in the play, which objectively show the understanding of high-level Japanese officials on the war. Personally, I think it is more rational. The disadvantage is that the film was shot in sets, and many of the shots are similar to "The Banner of the Fathers". The former is the Japanese perspective in the eyes of the Americans, and the latter is the American perspective.
Kuribayashi Tadashi was the highest commander of the Japanese army on the island and was the commander of the 109th Division. According to the military system of Japan's Meiji Restoration, the single number is the main standing division, and the 100th division similar to the reserve is formed at the same time, and the military officers are provoked from the standing division. For example, the 9th division is a standing division, and the 109th division is his special division, and its combat effectiveness is also relatively strong. His travels in the United States made him know that the battle would be lost, but the responsibility of the military made him have to do his duty.
He had been to the United States and knew that "the United States produces more cars a year than Japan has since the Meiji Restoration combined", so he explicitly forbade Japanese soldiers to commit suicide. One of his subordinate tank officers is Nishizukaichi, who participated in the Olympic Games and won a gold medal in equestrian performance, known as the West Baron, who still retains himself under the strict military discipline of the Japanese army. When he competed in the United States, he had a lot of communication with the upper-class members of the American society and was an honorary citizen of Los Angeles. He also knew the military gap between the two countries and knew that the war would be lost. He stopped the massacre during the war, rescued the wounded in the United States, and showed the wounded American pictures. The wounded in the United States were surprised to find that he knew so many American celebrities. Nishitake was wounded and blinded and committed suicide in the war. This group embodies the humanized side of Japanese devils.
Of course, there are more scenes of inhumanity. Both sides have killed prisoners of war, which is basically the same as the actual situation on the battlefield. The army is originally animalistic, especially the grassroots soldiers on the front line. It's easy to go crazy. Military discipline is nonsense to them. Once the animal war machine is activated, whether it is a soldier or a commoner, human life is a number and has no meaning.
The film more objectively shows the psychological thoughts of a group of middle and senior officers who know they will lose but still need to face the war. It also shows the desperate struggle of a group of crazy and ignorant low-level officers and soldiers. The panic of the soldiers, such as Xixiang.
In addition, the film more objectively reflects the reality of the war scene, whether it is the powerful military and firepower of the US military, or the tunnel fortifications and tenacious will of resistance of the Japanese army, it really shows the bloody battlefield struggle scenes. Before the charge, the passion was full of victory, and after the death, no one collected the corpse in a mess.
As the saying goes: A grain of sand in the world, falling on a person's head, is a mountain. I would rather be a dog in a prosperous world than a person in a chaotic world. In the big era, people are just a vague grain of sand.
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