In the film, the lovely little girl died of starvation after her home was burnt down and her mother died tragically. However, no one is innocent, including the little girl. It is always said that the war was started by a few militarists, and the Japanese people also suffered great harm from the war. It is true that the war was started by a few people, and the Japanese people have indeed been hurt, but it cannot be said that the war has nothing to do with them. What kind of people there are, there is what kind of government, and the decisions made by a few people to start war are also supported by the people. Just like in the film, people support the emperor and support the war, even if the house is destroyed and the food is not enough, they do not complain about the war. People may support war out of pure thought, believing that it is the only way out for Japan, and think that suffering in the rear is to contribute to the country, and they envy the military just because military families can get better rations. Simple-minded people may not approve of the Nanking Massacre, but they do identify with the war from the bottom of their hearts. For the little girl Setsuko, she is not more important, she just knows that she wants a mother and pesters her brother, but when she grows up, she will be proud of her military father, and she will be excited when she hears the naval song, and she will Become a passionate patriotic youth.
People actually like war, or rather, people like to be victorious and not die in war for themselves and their loved ones. On the Internet, patriotic young people are clamoring: go to Japan and have a Tokyo Massacre. Some of them are bluffing, but there is indeed a passion. If there is such a war, they may really be gearing up and eager to try. I believe they are just trying to release the heat of youth and full of hormones. Just like Qing Tai in the film, when he was young, he was proud of his father who was a navy, and longed to become an imperial navy. He believed that the Japanese Empire was invincible, until the bomb exploded around him, and saw his home disappear in a sea of fire, and his relatives were alone. Die one by one, only to realize that war means not only beating and killing, but also being beaten and killed. War may not only be won, but also may be defeated. But when the smoke of gunpowder dissipates, and the child grows up into the next generation of passionate youth, the painful memory gradually fades, and it will become restless again, and there will be a new round of fanaticism. Human beings fight, kill, kill, beat or be beaten, kill or be killed in this kind of reincarnation. In war, no one is innocent.
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