Seriously, I think it's a relatively average movie that wastes its subject matter. The film is too lengthy, adds too many elements, and ends up introducing a Christian culture that is very different from the previously strong Bushido culture to express the theme of forgiveness in order to echo "End the War", making the film completely superficial. That's the downside of the movie.
But this movie actually has something to shine. There is a key word in the film: dignity. In order to survive at gunpoint, soldiers can show extreme cowardice; in order to obtain food, soldiers can pick up food from the dust like animals. On the other hand, the colonel who fearlessly fought against the Japanese generals, the soldiers who went to rescue the enemy who had been left behind by his comrades, and the soldiers who stopped the comrades who took revenge on the Japanese soldiers, confirmed the existence of dignity from another aspect. What is dignity? It is the courage to persist in being yourself no matter what the circumstances. Camus wrote in The Myth of Sisyphus, "His destiny is his." Sisyphus was a mortal who fooled the gods and was eventually condemned to push the Rolling Stones forever. But before that, he chose his destiny himself. He knew the consequences of everything, but he still chose to do what someone like him would do and let himself suffer the consequences he deserved. In this sense, he is the only one who truly retains his dignity before the gods. This dignity is also manifested in the colonel, in the soldiers. The colonel defended his dignity not to succumb to tyranny, and went to death calmly; the soldiers defended the dignity of life and used their own resources to save the wounded Japanese soldiers; the soldiers defended the dignity of human beings and prevented the abuse of their companions. This act of defending dignity, we call it - freedom. Freedom is not doing whatever you want, not being omnipotent, but retaining your dignity from beginning to end, acting for it, and bearing the consequences for it. Maybe it means death, maybe it means being despised and disgusted, but until you have all the consequences, you are free. And dignity is your road to freedom. So, I prefer to call this film "Wings of Liberty".
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