Kimi wo Wasurenai

[Susan Paik]

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Stuhr <stuhr at mable.webtrek.de>
To: kinejapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu <kinejapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Date: April 27, 1998 1:02 PM
Subject: Kimi wo Wasurena
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>The film doesn't seem to be a typical war film,
>
>Kimi wo Wasurenai has impressed me with the total lack of action and its
>concentration on the characters only. No heroes, no cliches, just young men
>who happened to live in a time, when they couldn't choose but to be soldiers.
>

My impression of the film was that this was for young generations in Japan today.  This kids do not know how terrible "WAR" is, how
ever they are becoming "products" in their corporate society.  Japan has emerged as economic power and this film had new nationalism
for the kids.  This is just my own view since the film was  packed with top stars(teen idols)...it was for Japanese kids today to
understand the history of the war in different way..this was how I felt...sorry I do not know any reviews or about the director.

Susan Paik