Nhk BS is rebroadcasting the TV series “Gitaro’s Wife” based on the autobiography of cartoonist Mizuki Shigeru’s wife Wu Liangbuzhi. In the play, there is a line like Mr. Mizuki:
“The people who died in the war are so pitiful. Everyone doesn’t want to die, they want to live, but they don’t even have a complaint, and they died by following the order. Mr. Mizuki (original name), you have to write down our business. “.
Shigeru Mizuki was recruited to participate in the war of aggression launched by Japan when he was young. He was sick and wounded in the war and lost his left hand. After the war, he published many works reflecting the cruel truth of the war
However, when some netizens posted this scene on Twitter, they attracted the scolding of the well-known cosmetic surgeon Gao Xuke
Takasu humiliates Mr. Mizuki who was infected with malaria because he was stationed overseas as an “outdated soldier” and said: “Man who takes the lead in fighting for the protection of the country, hometown, family and loved ones and has glory” cannot be expressed with comics It’s so sad. Takasu claimed to have “live verification” in Papua New Guinea, who once went to Mizuki to fight, marveled at the “strong struggle” of the Japanese army, and paid tribute and thanks to the “heroes”
(https://twitter.com/katsuyatakasu/status/1206712346552369153).
Takasu Kumi, as the core opinion leader of the right wing of the Japanese network, has always spread rumors and hate speech on Twitter to beautify Japan’s wartime aggression crimes. It is conceivable that Mr. Mizuki, who has experienced the war personally and created anti-war works, is undoubtedly a nail in his eyes
Gao Xu’s remarks caused violent criticism from netizens with conscience. His son Takasu Rimi also posted the Mizuki comic “All Jade Broken!” The two pages in the book, borrowed from the Chinese character Shishan Military Doctor, rebuked him “you always want to kill people meaninglessly” and “cherish and value life”
(https://twitter.com/rourensiumu/status/1206753126348230656).
Takasu Rimi is famous for his favorite comics and reasoning novels, and he has shown a left-wing liberalism on Twitter that is very different from his father. In recent years, he has frequently publicly disputed with his father
Just when Takasuke Kami started a tongue-fighting battle with the netizens who criticized himself, last night, the Japanese emperor Naruhito and his eldest daughter Aiko attended the animated movie “In the World (and More) Corners” Charity preview, watched the work
Supervisor Katamoto said directly on Twitter that before the release, he once said to the emperor: “This movie is a grassroots movie, a citizen movie.” “In the end there will be many (participating) names of people Appeared. It was because of these people that I was able to make this movie. “.
Emperor Naruhito seems to have done some homework in advance. During the communication, he actively mentioned that he was the same age as the supervisor of Katsuragi, and also knew that he had worked with the supervisor of Hayao Miyazaki. After Supervisor Katamoto stated that he had also cooperated with Supervisor Takahata, Emperor Naruhito expressed his regret for Supervisor Takahata’s death
Emperor Naruhito also raised some questions about film production, such as: “How many pictures were drawn?” “170,000.” “How many people participated in painting?” But in the end, there were really many people. “The Queen heard this and said that if the wife of the supervisor of Katabuchi, the supervising supplement, and the picture constitutes Chiya Uya, he would also like to exchange a few words with her. However, Pu Gu has already returned to the studio
(https://twitter.com/katabuchi_sunao).
According to the Kyodo News Agency, the emperor couple carried their daughter Aiko to watch the display of the war, listen to the words of the war dead and deepen their daughter’s understanding of the war. Bringing her to watch “In the (and more) corners of this world” together, I think it is also part of this continuous education
(https://this.kiji.is/579982411067638881).
I do n’t know if Gao Xukemi will see such a report, will he also send out the sorrowful cries of “the princes are waiting for the battle, why your majesty descended first”
In “The Corner of the World”, the protagonist A Ling also heard this line when he heard the “Jade Sound Broadcast” announced by the Emperor “End Battle”:
Didn’t you say you want to fight to the last person? There are five people here! I still have left hand and legs!
Since the outflow of movie piracy resources, screenshots of this scene have been widely circulated on the Chinese Internet, which is regarded as the iron proof of this “anti-war defeat”
In the eyes of many Japanese critics, this scene is a profound expression of the anti-war thinking of “In the Corner of the World”
Immediately after this scene, A-ling saw the North Korean flag in the distance and couldn’t help but kneel down to the ground and said:
It was rice and rice that came from across the sea that fed me … so can we only succumb to violence ….
This line has made some modifications to the original comic. The original line is more straightforward:
Do we use violence to obey others, so do we succumb to violence? Is this the truth of this country?
Supervisor Kazumi explained the intention of this modification in the interview: At that time, Japan was unable to self-sufficient food, so rice, beans, and miscellaneous grains were collected from North Korea and Taiwan, Northeast and other colonies to supply the country National needs. Even when there was a flood in North Korea and the locals were unable to feed themselves, Japan did not slow down the exploitation of the colony. As a housewife, A Ling certainly knows where the food she eats every day comes from. Therefore, she will understand what the country has been doing through food
(https://konosekai.jp/report/1183/).
These two scenes are of vital importance throughout the work. For more than an hour before this, the film has been describing how Aling loves life in an environment of poverty and embarrassment during the war, and strives to improve the situation of the family. But after this line, the meaning of all these descriptions changed significantly: A Ling was never just a victim of war, she—like other 72 million Japanese at the time—was also a war Perpetrator. Her poor and happy life in the corners of the world is based on the blood and sweat of the colonial people. It was these gentle and pure Japanese civilians who sent their families to the battlefield, maintained production in the rear, enjoyed the fruits of the Japanese colonial aggression, and even spared no effort to join in this unjust war one day
In previous war narratives, we always intentionally distinguished the invaders from the Japanese civilians. In the anti-war movies in the past, there were often Japanese people who were muddy and untainted, but I woke up with lines like “This war is wrong” and “We will die of injustice someday.” But “in the corner of the world” is not the case. There is no white lotus in this work. A Ling is always an unintentional perpetrator of war. Until the end of the war, she saw the Korean flag (representative of the real victim) with her own eyes, and finally realized the crimes of her country
The horror of war is not only the destruction of life, but also the paralysis and distortion of human nature. The greatness of “In the Corner of the World” is that it describes the latter with very restrained brushstrokes