If it weren't for this movie, perhaps "Battleship Island", or "Hashima" would be a beautiful tourist attraction, a "legacy of the industrial revolution of the Meiji era", a successful case to declare a world cultural heritage, even just a short distance from Nagasaki The 15-kilometer island is also an image of a nuclear bomb victim.
For Korean history, Gunkanjima is a hell, not only the hell of people, but also the hell of the entire Korean nationality. The film does not shy away from the topic of "chaojian", but it can't be said too much. After all, this is a politically correct film, which uses the shell of "Battleship Island" to encapsulate the Koreans' own nationalism. Why "Battleship Island" is just a shell, because the labor issue here is just the tip of the iceberg of the fact that Japan forced labor during World War II. The so-called forced recruitment, in fact, there are also some workers who were tricked or even taken their own initiative.
Movies are generally average, Koreans are still the best at social themes, and historical movies always lack some sense of depth. However, I would also like to thank the Koreans for letting us know that under the shadow of the clamor of far-right forces in Japan and the shadow of militarism, there is not only the issue of comfort women, but also the issue of labor.
Why do we always see our history in other countries' movies?
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