Anti-militarist movies about 'kamikaze'

[Dick Stegewerns]

Dear Martin,

I have my strong doubts as to whether you can call Ningen gyorai kaiten 
an anti-militarist movie. It is very much part of the post-Occupation 
war movie genre produced by Shin-Toho that rather glorifies than 
criticizes the Japanese war effort. The similarity in story, message and 
style conventions with wartime propaganda films is striking and before 
long these new war films feature wartime idiom such as Gunshin (military 
god) and Dai-Toa Senso (Greater East asian War) in their titles.

Regards,

Dick Stegewerns



On 01.09.2009 22:31, eigagogo at free.fr wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I am looking anti-militarist movies about 'kamikaze'. Most notable i found are:
> - Beyond the Clouds (leki Miyoji)
> - Ningen gy?rai kaiten (Sh?e Matsubayashi)
> - Nikudan (Kihachi Okamoto)
> 
> No doubt there is other examples, any suggestions/additions would be greatly
> appreciated! :)
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Martin
> 
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