I have always stubbornly believed that the people living on the archipelago shaped like bugs are cruel and perverted citizens. The kind old lady could indifferently send the husband of the expectant wife and the father of the fetus in the womb to the battlefield; the officer could exile him to death because his subordinates refused to obey his cruel instigation; all but women and children were sent to death in the whole country On the battlefield.
However, perhaps more are just individuals who are desperate and helpless in the war. Their sacrifice and struggle, mercy and courage should be remembered by the world.
The film flashed back from the excavation site of Iwo Jima in 2005 back to the site of the Japanese army's sea defense ditch excavation in 1944. The soldiers were desperate, and they knew that what they had excavated was just their own grave.
"As a soldier, but unable to defend my country, it is so sad. For this beautiful motherland, I will sacrifice my humble life", before rushing to Iwo Jima, as the commander of the soul of the Japanese army in this battle Su Lin Zhongdao had already anticipated the irreversible ending. He wrote in his family book to his wife and children: "You don't have to look forward to returning... I'm destined to die on Iwo Jima... Even after death, I have to maintain my innocence..."
He should be a kind and beautiful person. He loves his family so much, loves travel, and loves beautiful things. In fact, he does not approve of war with the United States in his heart, because he has always had a good impression and admiration for this country.
He knows exactly what kind of difficulties he is facing, and the result of this resistance can only be destroyed. Therefore, he defended himself with the worst plan, knowing that he could not do anything: abandon the beach and turn all the fortifications underground; strictly order The Japanese army’s favorite suicidal assault is prohibited. His various innovations were naturally opposed by the conservative military officers-"The thoughts of those who have been in the sea are strange."-In the end, he chose the eclectic strategy of mainly underground and supplemented by coastal defense.
In the entire battle, almost everyone fought until the end. Of the first more than 20,000 Japanese soldiers on the island, only a thousand surrendered or survived, and all the others fought to the death. In the final battle, Su Lin Zhongdao chose to commit suicide.
When the Olympic equestrian champion Nishitake, who was crying because of the bombing of Aiju, treated a seriously injured American soldier; when the American soldier died of injuries and died, Nishitake found a letter from his mother and read it to everyone; when that dreamed back The family reunited with his wife to see his unborn daughter's Xixiang buried Su Lin and then swung a shovel at the American soldier who snatched Su Lin's beloved pistol... All of these scenes will move the viewer.
"The letter from Iwo Jima is my attempt to examine this war through their hearts and eyes." Director Eastwood said: "The war movies I have seen since I was young are clearly marked. Good and evil and right and wrong. However, for each individual in the war, nothing is really clear. These two films are not about who wins and who loses, but about the harm that war has caused to human beings. Human beings have the right to demand more. A good way to spend his complete life. No matter from which point of view, the soldiers gave their only life in the war, this alone is always worthy of respect. These two films are my contribution to these withered lives. Tribute. To show this story completely through different perspectives, there are some beautiful things that are of universal significance even to the hostile parties and should be shared together. I hope that we can look at that difficult period of human history from a new perspective years."
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