Looking at the scene at the beginning of World War II, which was probably the Japanese mainland, I was worried that I would play civilians on the side of the victims, and it was a little uncomfortable to see the end.
The whole film is roughly about the Japanese mainland being attacked by the enemy, innocent civilians, innocent brothers and sisters, their homes are destroyed, displaced, living under the fence, surviving in the wild, being forced to take advantage of the fire and looting, and finally died "poorly".
What I want to say is that no matter how cute and miserable you are, no matter how you play the victim, and you don't think about the reasons for the war, the movie's conception will be crooked. Is the US bombing of Japan considered just? It should be a little bit more just--Let's not talk about Japan's aggression against China, Korea, and Southeast Asia. The so-called bombing of civilians is also to urge the Japanese military to surrender to no avail, so it tries to reduce all casualties as much as possible to show the Japanese that "surrender is the only way out". The culprit comes from the Japanese military and can even extend to Japanese civilians. To paraphrase a vulgar saying, "No snowflake is innocent in an avalanche."
So without the background of the story of World War II, where Japan played an unjust role, is there any war in history that Japan played a just role or a real victim role? There should be none. After all, it is mostly island nations attacking the peninsula and the mainland to occupy resources, not the other way around.
At night in the cave, the brothers and sisters caught a lot of fireflies and put them in the mosquito nets, glowing brightly, and the fireflies died in batches the next day. I think the common people in China are probably the fireflies. They are not treated as human beings, and they drain their resources until they finally die in an indifferent and numb environment.
Some film critics said that they should not spit political slobber, but should think from the artistic level, and also compared Germany and Germany to live in harmony. What I want to say is that Japan never apologized and reflected on the war like Germany did! As for the artistic aspect, if you make a plate of exquisite and highly artistic garbage for people to eat, will anyone eat it, just like the recent Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, who will take the opportunity to express political views.
In the film, the military is characterized as non-evil, and is even implied to be a little righteous. Sorry, I can't give a pass.
Just after watching "Nobody Knows" again, the little male protagonist doesn't have any source of income, and he also has younger brothers and sisters to take care of. He accepts the help of the convenience store clerk; he doesn't steal, even though his playmates lure him and threaten him; he resists his friends to sing to support him. In contrast, the young male protagonist of this film is excitedly looking forward to the bombing, because then there is a chance to steal. Is the war causing the distortion of innocent children, then who caused the war - the evil military, including the child's father!
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