WW2 and Cinema in Japan
Title: Gojira (1954) Director: Ishiro Honda Cast: Akira Takarada, Momoko Kochi, Akihiko Hirata Summary: A fire-breathing behemoth terrorizes Japan after an atomic bomb awakens it from its centuries-old sleep. Title: Grave of the Fireflies (1988) Director: Isao Takahata Cast: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi Summary: A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War. Sup all it's Ari, and I'm here to remove your nostalgia goggles on old movies. So is this a review on one movie? No. Well, sort of but we'll get on with it! From all of the reviews I've seen about WW2, I haven't read any covering the war from a country besides the US. From Japan specifically, the only movie about the war is Tora! Tora! Tora! which includes the Japanese point of view for the attack on Pearl Harbor. However, with these films, it brings the message to the forefront, and we'll go into that now. For fair warning, I will be showing imag...