Japan's War in Colour; 2004 Documentary with never seen before films

Yahoo ^ | 2004 | TWI Carlton Production

[GraceG]

[ Yeah, the ISIS creeps couldn’t hold a candle to the ferocity of Imperial Japanese troops. ]

I think it had to do with the fact that the Japanese’s god was their emperor and he pretty much wasn’t running around raping goats and marrying 4 year olds. At least in that era i think. That and he actually existed / was still alive and they actually had pictures of him, whereas a pic/image of “mad mo” would get you stoned in a bad way.

I think the code of honor also applied even more to their own leaders too, so their leaders would kill themselves (by not blowing themselves killing innocents in the process, but dicing their own guts with a sword).

So if you know your leaders are what you consider “honorable to the point they will kill themselves if they screw up” your soldiers might be far more willing to die in glorious battle.

That and they honestly seemed to love their homeland and their women at home and protected them and treated them with care unlike how ISIS treats their women like easily replaceable livestock. A lot of the Japanese war propaganda was slanted to play upon protecting their homeland despite the expansionist nature of their Asian expansionist conquests.

So if you have women you actually care for, and a living god figurehead type person, i can see these factors creating a ferocity when it comes to fighting on their behalf even if they were fighting and doing bad things for all the wrong horrible reasons.

ISIS is just a bunch of gangbangers compared to the vicious efficient (and heavily propagandized) Japanese.

[dila813]

bookmarked, thank you

[GQuagmire]

bookmark

[Conservative4Ever]

This documentary is stunning. The film footage is historic. A must watch

[Walrus]

A few observations after watching the film.

- If anyone had lingering doubts about the decision to drop the bomb, this documentary should settle the question. The Japanese would, in fact, have fought literally to the last man, taking vast numbers of Allied soldiers with them.

- Yes, there is a frightening parallel between 1930s Japan (and Germany and Italy) and today’s USA. An alarmed and disconnected populace often allows strongmen to take over, usually with disastrous results.

- Control of the media allows pure propaganda which, in turn, allows the people to believe things like the enemy soldiers actually have horns and eat children.

-Power-loving leaders will stop at nothing to keep and grow their own power.

- Like ISIS today, Japanese kamikaze pilots were brainwashed into believing that they would find great reward in the afterlife if they were to die in battle. It is very difficult to fight a man who doesn’t care whether he lives or dies.

This is a very important film. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

[Rockpile]

Post 18

I feel that the after the samurai killed the British citizen in that coastal city and then gave the Brits the finger is a defining moment for the Japs. The Royal Navy came in, defeated the harbor forts and shot the hell out of the town and the Japanese leadership was humiliated. That seems like a real eye-opener to those who felt themselves superior to all others.

(Cannot recall the city name, dang it).