The slight bitterness comes from the opening chapter, the postcards depicting the old city of Nanjing. As the date draws nearer, I know that Nanjing is about to fall. When I think of the people in that city, they oppress the innocent people, and their destiny. At that time, my heart trembled a little, and the tears were squeezed out. I told myself - I was too delicate and too sensitive. The film did not convey this kind of sadness to me at this time. These sadness are all my own. hints to yourself. But it's not. I heard my friends around me say: Why do I want to cry now.
Yes, because we are all ready to cry, we are easily hinted at by those metaphorical images of fate. Feel the sadness together.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the Kadokawa chapter~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Then, the story It unfolds, we are very surprised that this film actually shows the catastrophe from the perspective of a Japanese soldier. He is a member of the executioner, he is the enemy, but he was also a civilian originally. Ordinary man in love with a woman.
He came from that distant Japanese island country to this place called China, which is despised by the Chinese. He has no feelings for this place. This is a war. Even water and canned food are scarce, and he is in the company of death all day long. Uneasy, he could be ambushed at any time, and fell into the ruins like his companions. However, he still holds beautiful fantasies, longing to fall in love with a beautiful girl and marry her as his wife.
However, without the girl, this is a war, so cruel that it has never happened in the most terrifying nightmare. He watched those innocent people being slaughtered at will and without reason, watched those innocent and lovely girls being spoiled, watched Yuriko, who represented his ideal degenerate and disappeared, watched the girl who once gave him the cross being dragged into church……
If he is blunt by nature and does not allow his heart to see or listen, he will definitely not suffer, but even animals will cry when they see their own kind being slaughtered, not to mention that he has been educated by the church and guided by the Lord. The ending is chosen by one's own character, but this history was brought out by all forces, just like playing a pen fairy, everyone contributes, but who can tell who has the most force, and that force is the lead The key to the ending.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the Rabe chapter~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
Many years ago, when I read about WWII, the idea of sanctuary was that war was terrible as hell, but there was heaven in hell, where everything was peaceful and people could get food And water, more importantly, has absolute safety. Every time, when the enemy tries to break into this pure land, the priests with beards, shrewd eyes and kind heart can think of all kinds of tricks to save the people here. However, at that time, I was still very puzzled, how could only a priest be able to turn hell into heaven.
This kind of doubt persists to this day, even though the shelter in the movie is not as clean and bright as the book I read when I was young, but every time the Japanese soldiers break into the reserve, I am very worried that these savage and perverted guys will In a moment of anger, he turned into anger, and his evil turned to courage, and Mr. Rabe was killed.
In fact, even if he was not killed, the danger was always there. The women in the reserve were still often raped by the Japanese soldiers who broke in. They even used tricks and set traps just to get the "flower girl" inside - here I am I have to express my anger, even though I know that most Japanese soldiers were blindly driven and used in this war, but this nation's preference for women and sexual violence is absolutely perverted, and this perversion goes deep Genes, inherited from generation to generation, cannot be changed.
Under the persevering attempt of the Japanese soldiers to come in and capture the "Flower Girl", a mere Rabe is too weak to be heard alone. His motherland is on the other side of the distant earth, and it is hopeless to count on its military assistance. At the time of his organization, the Nazi Party was committing crimes no less than the Japanese military police in other countries.
So Rabe could only retreat helplessly. He stood on the stage of the auditorium with tears in his eyes. While saying sorry, he told these poor Chinese people below that there must be a hundred girls to be comfort women. He even To deceive myself and tell everyone: The Japanese promised that in three weeks, they would return "you" to "us".
When Rabe left, he could not afford to kneel in front of the car door to the Chinese who stayed in the reserve, because he knew that he couldn't go and left his reserve, which was no different from the hell outside, but he had already Incompetent, do not go, just watch more atrocities. He couldn't take it.
I have read reports that Westerners feel more shocked than Easterners when faced with violence, so until now, many Americans will lose control when they hear 911, although most of them only know about it through TV and newspapers part of that disaster. So, speaking calmly and objectively, witnessing these atrocities may have brought more pain to Mr. Rabe than some numb Chinese.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is Mr. Tang and Mrs. Tang~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
from the video According to my information, Secretary Tang and his wife and sister are actually Chinese who are overly optimistic and even a little numb. Even after the fall of Nanjing, a large number of Chinese were burned by fire, flooded by sea, buried in soil, etc. After the bloody slaughter in various ways, they still live their delicate lives. Mrs. Tang still thinks that playing mahjong is more important than learning a sentence of Japanese that may save lives. Who is she? People who do things, everyone needs to learn the phrase "I am a good citizen", she doesn't want it.
As for Mr. Tang, from the perspective of the traditional education we have received since elementary school, he is a lackey, betraying his compatriots and taking refuge in the Japanese. However, when I was watching the movie, I actually didn't have much hatred for him. My friend and I almost said in unison: What can I do? In that era when there was no distinction between people and ghosts, everyone wanted to live, even if they weren't human, as long as they could be a dog or a wolf, as long as they could survive, not to mention, he was still a husband and a father, and he strongly wanted to protect his little one. complete home.
However, the pass, which was covered in blood from his compatriots, could not keep him safe at all. It didn't work even once. Just as he took out the pass, his younger daughter was thrown from the upstairs and his sister-in-law was robbed by Japanese soldiers. Let's go, this is a great irony, it means that traitors will not end well, but even traitors, they are still our compatriots and should not be punished like this.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is Jiang Yiyan's chapter~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
at first I thought that the prostitute played by Jiang Yiyan was China's "ball of fat", but I saw a very typical image of a prostitute with national characteristics.
Generally speaking, I think that people who can work in this industry are not necessarily forced by life. Most of them are lazy, and they are good at taking small advantages and playing tricks. nowhere to go.
Jiang Yiyan plays such a lazy and caring "chicken". Since she first entered the reserve, she tried to occupy more beds and refused to cut her hair. She even spoke rudely to the kindly persuading staff, and she was even more disgusted with glamorousness. The beautiful teacher Jiang (Gao Yuanyuan).
She is a fish who has been living in the gutter all the time. She is not used to seeing the sun, and is used to a life of intrigue. She thinks that all this is bad enough. She is a dead pig and is not afraid of boiling water. But that time when the protected area was invaded by Japanese soldiers, she finally woke up after being raped unavoidably. Although the sewer was very dark, it was still in the human world. The clients at least still had respect for her, but once she lost the protected area, she to real hell.
From then on, she began to cherish her life on earth. She had a sincere smile on people, and was willing to be by the side of Teacher Jiang, who used to be extremely hostile, to watch the children in the reserve learn to sing.
However, in the end, she still went to hell. This time, it was not forced by anyone, but her own choice. I think when she raised that hand, she must be as warm and affectionate as those girls with clean bodies, because she She is willing to sacrifice herself if she has affection for her compatriots around her. Her feet are going to hell, but her hands are going to heaven.
Finally, I want to say that the dandelion field, from the time Kadokawa fell, I noticed that they were in a dandelion field, and the round and fluffy dandelions were blooming lovely, I remember the flower language Dandelion represents hope, its seeds can fly far and far with the wind, and then reproduce. Just like in Nanjing city, although 300,000 lives have passed away unjustly, there are still children who have survived, such as Xiaodouzi and the children in Mrs. Tang’s womb. Those children are seeds, hope, and Nanjing’s hope. It is also the hope of mankind that if we do not want the tragedy to repeat itself, there will never be another war.
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