Two days ago, I spent more than a dozen yuan to buy a VIP member on Mango TV, not for anything else, just for watching movies. During this period of time, I was very interested in the history of Japan's economic glorious period in the 1980s, and I continued to collect information in this regard on the Internet. Movies are the best way to understand a period of history and social phenomena, so I found two U.S.-Japan co-productions at the end of the last century, one is "Black Rain" directed by Ridley Scott, the other is "Roboman 3" directed by Fred Decker. The backgrounds of these two films are both set in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when Japan’s economic rise surpassed the United States and even once posed a threat to the United States. Against this background, American society was naturally nervous, so American filmmakers expressed this anti-Japanese/anti-Asian sentiment in their films, and such Hollywood movies abound in that period.
If the Soviet Union is the visible enemy of the United States, then the European Union and Japan are the secret enemies of the United States. Although Hollywood made a large number of films reflecting the image of American hegemony and heroism after World War II, the Soviet Union will inevitably become the anti-number one in the film. But within Western capitalist societies, Japan has always been the biggest threat to the United States. In the Sino-US trade war last year, many media quoted the history of the United States banning the sales of Japanese Toshiba products in the United States, and compared this incident with the Sino-US trade war. However, Chinese businessmen are not as big as the Japanese in terms of planning and ambition. Perhaps because Japan is an island country, the Japanese always have a strong aggressiveness and possessiveness. In addition, Japan was defeated by the United States in World War II, and its military power was completely castrated. The shame of the two atomic bombs deepened the hatred of the Americans in the Japanese hearts. Therefore, in such a general environment, Japan particularly wants to retaliate against the United States. The means of retaliation is not war, but economy.
At the beginning of the film, OCP was preparing to acquire Detroit to build a so-called Delta City, and television advertising was also very attractive. However, the advertisement is full and the reality is very skinny. OCP's so-called construction plan is to take the entire middle and lower-level areas of Detroit as its own, and continue to demolish and kill the low-level people living there. The mixed-race computer prodigy in the film lives in that area, and she and her parents are also separated during the forced demolition. As time progressed, OCP also had its own armed forces. Although these armed forces have good equipment, they are essentially demolitions. There is another organization that controls the OCP executives, and that is Japan's Sinar Mas.
In the movie, the leaders of the Cotai Company criticized the president of OCP in a video conference, which reflects the Japanese impression of the Americans. Japan wants to buy Detroit, because Detroit is already in dilapidated condition. The city of automobiles once went downhill in the late 1960s. By the 1980s, the American economy was sluggish, and the myth of Detroit ended. As a former automobile power, Japan naturally wants to develop this deserted area. Therefore, OCP and Cotai Co., Ltd. are in a mess in an attempt to turn things around. In Detroit, a policeman, Murphy, who was killed in the line of duty, came back to life with the help of Pan-Consumer. Murphy, who had regained his life, has been defending the peace and stability of Detroit, but when he faced the brutal demolition squad, he still stood up against the evil forces. But this time, Sinar Mas and OCP developed a new secret weapon-Ninja Robot. This robot has become Murphy's strongest opponent, and it also indicates that Japan will have revenge against the United States.
In the movie, we can see the shadow of cyberpunk everywhere, because the government's influence has declined, leading to rampant chaebols, widening the gap between the rich and the poor, rising unemployment, and high crime rates. In order to consolidate their status and financial resources, these chaebols, regardless of the life and death of the people, recruited street hooligans to join the armed forces for demolition everywhere. Countless people were unemployed. Girls from middle-class families came out to stand on the street. Under the leadership of black female leaders, the people at the bottom organized civil armed forces against the government’s demolitions. This scene in the movie is a good predictor of what is happening in the United States today. It's more like a copy of the "Boxer" in the United States. In the movie, the initials of the three words "Oppressive Capitalist Pigs" written on the wall of the headquarters of the anti-demolition armed forces are "OCP". Although it was 1993, the American people have become extremely disgusted with the lies of capitalism.
The 1990s can be said to be the most prosperous decade for the American national movement. With the fall of the Berlin Wall, the drastic changes in Eastern Europe, and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Japan’s economic myth has been shattered. China has not yet fully risen, and the United States still needs help economically. . During that period, Clinton was flourishing and neoliberalism prevailed all over the world. Countless people emigrated to the United States with the American dream. The US media promoted the tallness of the Statue of Liberty in New York, the sunshine of California beaches, the prosperity of the Wall Street stock market, and the chasing and passionate kisses of young men and women in Ivy League universities. All of this seems beautiful, but there are so many dirty and unspeakable secrets hidden inside. This is America, this is capitalism, a beautiful love lie.
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