After World War II for many years, the protagonist Luo Marx was still trapped on the railway more than 5,000 kilometers away from his home, and his soul was still locked in that small dark room and tortured. He never told anyone what he had suffered during the two weeks he was dragged away. The Japanese soldier said that all of your comrades in arms all testified that you set up a radio station privately, so you shouldn't confess as soon as possible. I don't know what the male protagonist thinks at this moment, betrayed by his comrades who stepped forward to protect, so that even after participating in the World War II veteran club, one of the reasons why he was unwilling to talk to his comrades. I very much disagree with some people saying that the punishment in the small black house is nothing more than waterboarding, which is far from the imagination. But as soon as I saw this place, I cried in pain. The feeling of suffocation, despair, and near-death was mixed with screaming across the screen to let the Buddha disturb the surrounding airflow. I also imagined the perverted torture in the little black room. After all, we have been receiving cruel messages from the Japanese since we were young. But Lomax is Lomax, and it is unfair for us to bring our own balance to measure his situation at that time.
Later, comrade-in-arms Finley asked Lomax to go to Thailand to find the Japanese military police Nagase for revenge, but he refused because he already had a loved one and had a family. Finley left, using suicide to pass on his message. Someone said again, why don't you go, uncle? Well, I thought about it, too, but this is also true human nature, isn’t it? Not everyone has the courage to face that painful and humiliating history, and not everyone can find their love and home and get rid of that period. The shadow may only be dead. Lomax went anyway. Even if he was full of hatred in the face of Nagase, would it really be better if he did all the torture he had suffered? Luo opened the small black room, nothing changed in it, and the water pipe was still dripping. He also saw himself lying on it again. The years were imprisoned here without passing by, but in reality, he was completely different. "I still feel like I'm still on the battlefield."
"Sorry" is really the most helpless language at certain moments. What's the use? What can be changed? Can you give me all those vain years? But what else can I say besides this sorry sentence. At the end, when Nagase received the letter from Luo personally, he couldn't cry without opening it, and so did I. Luo put his arms around his shoulders with gentle comfort. "I offer my sincerest forgiveness." I like this kind of comedy but very warm ending, incredible but true story. If the whole world were them, would peace be closer to us?
I hope that everyone will not always be entangled in the painful past. History needs to be remembered. No one is a survivor in the war. Only by walking out of the shadows can you start a better life. Making love, no war.
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