The people of Hiroshima, Japan, were able to watch the movie “Oppenheimer” after it opened in theaters there on March 29. There were mixed opinions, with some criticizing the perspective of the story.
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Many comments are saying that movie was made to be about Oppenheimer himself and has no obligation to show the bombs effects. But I disagree, because to focus on Oppenheimer means you need to focus on what he did… which was to build a bomb with horrific effects (melted skin, severe burns, cancer,etc). And Oppenheimer himself struggled with the thoughts of the horrifying weapon he created, which the movie did a great job showing, but the movie doesn’t give the audience that same fear of the weapon, which is probably why the people in Hiroshima felt the movie “praised the bomb”.
it did show the effects of it and Oppenheimers reaction to it. Did you even see the movie?
@@purefoldnz3070 I know I said that in my comment: “Oppenheimer himself struggled with the thoughts of the horrifying weapon he created, which the movie did a great job showing”, my point was that the movie doesn’t really give the viewer that same horror of the weapon.
@@ThePursuitWOD It did show the horror though and showed the guilt he had to live with. Like I said did you even watch the movie?
@@purefoldnz3070 well I did watch the movie, and for me that scene didn’t give me any horror for nuclear weapons. So I personally feel like they should have made it more graphic or something
@@ThePursuitWOD I’m sorry you’re talking nonsense my friend lol. Maybe you walked into the wrong cinema. And no you dont have to make something graphic to make an impact.
Good movie. But he was right, now everyone has nukes
Huh interesting… Japan failed to see the perspectives of Korea, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Laos, Hong Kong… I can go on. Japanese school system must be horrid if many Japanese people are so ignorant of their part of the war.
There’s a reason why many Asian countries are still not considered first world countries. It’s all ruined and corrupted by past colonial invasion. White man’s burden.
they will never admit to the war crimes because of lawsuits, it will probably bankrupt the country too
any Japanese denying unit 731 ever existed you should read these documents. Maybe you could get some education now and yes, the patients were alive when these experiments were done
https://www.archives.gov/files/iwg/japanese-war-crimes/select-documents.pdf
Japanese government failed to educate their people of their own war crimes against so many Asian countries including China Korea Taiwan so on and so forth…not to mention the bombing of Pearl Harbor 🤦♂️
_Tell me you don’t get the movie without telling me_
Hollywood soft power even turned a Japanese into revisionist in real time
Well the U.S. always make it about itself. There’s no war without the name USA in it. They’re always the main character and the good guys. Something genocidal is something they still can be proud of but ironically condemns other countries for being strict on laws. 💁🏻
Godzilla Minus One was a better movie anyways. Fight me.
It’s a pathetic move for Japan allow the movie to be played in Japan, not knowing the fact that majority of Americans think that those people deserved to die or don’t even care. They even joke about it like barbenheimer while those Japanese people trying their best to understand the struggle of the main character. It’s just so pathetic
The only truth of the past, is to grow from your atrocities and trauma rather than dwell and linger on it.
Please fix english CC: they’re AWFUL
Who knew “Oppenheimer” would focus on… Oppenheimer? Crazy, right!?
The movie isn’t called “The Atom Bombs”, it’s about one of the minds behind them and his experiences as the movie title “Oppenheimer” would suggest. So while the Japanese perspective, specifically the civilian one, is important in discussions about atomic weapons, this movie wasn’t on atomic bombs and no sane person is glorifying the use of atomic bombs.
I don’t think the average person disputes the atrocities and horrific outcome of dropping A-bombs on those 2 cities at the end of WW2. There was a lot of desperation and a power struggle with Japan, the USA and Europe. Japan’s military of that era was no stranger to brutality with the war camps, unit 731, Nanjing massacre. The current generation of Japanese or Americans should not have to apologise or atone for what happened, however there was a toll, and it was huge. There is going to be some bias in a movie like Oppenheimer.
Japanese react to oppenheimer : 😵😭😱
Japanese react to their cruelty during ww2 : 😶🤔🤫
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@@FreshsoCleanYep The Japanese soldiers went out of their way to R and torture the civilians in the nations they occupied. Educate yourself first before spouting BS. They aren’t victims. Their husbands, fathers and brothers invaded other countries to R women and children while wearing clothes weaved by the women and supported by other supplies made possible by the women. No one is blameless.
Because they’re not taught about it.
True!
You’re ignorant to what America has done. Your comment can be just as well directed at you.
my years in japan i can tell you when japanese say its good actually its not good. especially in kyoto
Anyone wondering why the US doesn’t apologize for the nukes should first wonder why Japan has never apologized for any of its sickening war crimes to SEVERAL other countries during both the world wars. Japan is no better than the US.
they will never admit the war crimes the Japanese committed because of lawsuits it will bankrupt the country
I guess Japan is just gonna ignore Pearl Harbor huh
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So so many have suffered at the hands of white men and women.
also, the Japanese they were a lot more brutal, especially towards grannies and helpless, teenage girls
This is just an interview with 3 people folks. Don’t get too perked up that this is what all of Japan is thinking with the movie.
These are cherry picked opinions. Might possibly be true on some or most. But, we’re not too sure. If the Japanese gov’t. allowed this movie to be shown there, then they probably think the movie was okay or worth it of a watch.
pretty sure allowing a basic movie shouldnt be something to be praised we arent in 1984
this is like when china didnt allow that virus game to be played in their country because of COVID-19
I am glad Japanese went to see it. Its supposed to be uncomfortable. Its supposed to make people NOT want to repeat the mistakes of the past again. Russians should see it too…Japan is a peaceful country these days, but they should also not forget their own atrocities, not only against the US but against China…history is important. The truth is that without the bomb, Japan would never have surrendered.
they claim it never happened, especially Nanking massacre and unit 731 just go read some of the Japanese comments that’s what they’re saying
The first woman got it right, the 2nd guy didn’t, the movie isn’t proud of the bomb and the ending literally spells it out how dangerous this newfound weapon really is, its creator regrets ever making it
Yeah the 2nd and 3rd guys were off the mark. The film is literally about criticizing the advent of their use.
My impression after visiting the memorial in Hiroshima (which I highly recommend – a day I will never forget), was that it was simply “pro-peace” and anti war, especially nuclear war. I did not get the impression that any effort was made to assign blame. The conversations I had with the tour guides (I took a National Geographic tour which was excellent), did point out something that differs from how we are taught, at least a bit. One element they felt that was under emphasized by Americans was that there was literally next to nothing left of Tokyo and other cities.They were all destroyed by bombing. So that when we say that dropping the bomb actually saved lives in the long run, they don’t quite buy that. Another element was our belief that dropping the bomb was necessary to end the war. They feel that their surrender was already imminent. I’m not taking either side – I don’t know. But it found it interesting. Finally, I do believe that they all know that they struck first, on Pearl Harbor. So it’s not like they learn any twisted version of history or anything. One thing I did not feel in the slighest, even in Hiroshima, was any type of resentment toward Americans. After visiting the gut-wrenching memorial, an event outside was taking place in the peace park. Some young school girls and boys were going up one by one, and speaking forcefully (especially for Japanese people) against war. After just coming out of that museum, I completely lost my composure. A Japanese gentleman next to me smiled faintly, as if to say that he appreciated my tears. That evening, a great time was had by all eating okonomiyaki and going to a great little jazz club. I will never forget that wonderful day. I really love Japan.
I don’t see what the big deal is. The Japanese people could choose to watch or not watch the film. This is similar to showing Schindler’s List in Germany. It’s been almost 80 years. I think both sides have learned some valuable lessons after the war.
Idk if he misunderstood the movie with the whole “glorifying the bomb” thing or if he’s just revising history
No one can change what has happened in the past. I wanna believe we’ll never cause like this again.
You know what? They asked for it. They started it. Don’t start something you can’t finish.
any Japanese denying unit 731 ever existed you should read these documents. Maybe you could get some proper education now instead of trying to erase history and yes, the patients were alive when these experiments were done
https://www.archives.gov/files/iwg/japanese-war-crimes/select-documents.pdf
how come no one‘s crying for the victims of unit 731 I’d rather die in a blast than being dissected like an animal
It’s hard to take anything serious from the Russian looter side. The US Army did not investigate that.
IWG got nothing. after 8 years and $30 million spent this is all they got.
Oppenheimer is just a tool of the US government. After he developed the bomb, they got rid of him. It’s the same with many scientists today – they are all tools. It’s either the government or the big corporations using them for a big project, after it’s done – they are discarded.
did japanese goverment ask for forgiveness of thier atrocities committed all over asia?😂
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They should really be more like Germany and own up to what happened in the past especially what they did to China, Thailand, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Myanmar, New Guinea, Guam, East Timor, and Nauru.
You American are the last one have right to talk about the crimes
@@iraqi7978skill issue
@@iraqi7978 no atleast the people of america admit to their crimes. Japan has yet to apologize and continues to act as if they were victims when the bomb was one of the only ways to stop them.
@@iraqi7978 They’ve owned up to their past, Japan hasn’t. It’s not the Japanese fault what their ancestors did, nor is it the Americans. But it is important to acknowledge atrocities of the past so they do not happen again.
The US protected them from ever having to acknowledge it in order to keep tensions in the region for it to use to it’s own ends.
原爆を肯定するような映画ではないだろ。識字率の高い日本人であっても3割ほどの人は文字は読めても文章が理解できない、あるいは言葉は聞き取れても話は理解できない、ということの現れ。
As a Korean I get dumbfounded whenever Japanese elders openly express their hatred towards Korea. Like tf you don’t have the right to feel anything other than guilt
chill. the video is about hiroshima residents reacting to the movie oppenheimer. literally zero mention about korea in this video.
@@ShohTann nah man, this video was about how the Japanese are still dangerously oblivious about their war crimes. What I’m saying is even the elders who are old enough to have experienced it second hand express open hatred towards Koreans as if somehow we were the perpetrators, and this is largely due to the Japenese government’s determination to deny their history by going as far as manipulating/omitting facts from their school history books and discouraging history as a subject. The viseo didn’t mention Korea but the attitude displayed by the people make the subject very relevant.
Exactly, you have no right to hate the victims for blaming you for what you did wrong
Japan is a country that looks like a democracy from the surface but in reality it has been dominated by a single political party for over 50 years. That ain’t a democracy to me, that’s a bunch of modern day shoguns willingly keeping their subjects oblivious to their own history like they’re a bunch of sheep.
God forbid the movie “Oppenheimer” is about a guy named Oppenheimer
You literally just copied the top comment on this video word for word…
@@ThePursuitWOD Me when i spread misinformation
It took 8 months to resolve the issue despite the controversial scene in Oppenheimer. Japan did ban this movie ever since.
the movie is Oppenheimer not WW2. The story is about the life of the creators of Nuclear bomb lol
“The movie told just a U.S perspective and failed to tell the stories of the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki” it’s literally a movie about the creator of the first atomic bomb
Do they teach about Pearl Harbor in Japan and how it was Japan that started a conflict with the US that got them involved in the war in the first place?
nope
the Japanese government decided not to teach the next generation about the atrocities they committed during the war unfortunately the people of Japan probably wondering why there’s so much tension in the region so you can see why people might be aggravated about the education system at least Germany has a memorial for the holocaust victims
@@PeterDiaz-sg4xe There’s a reason why majority of Asian countries are not first world countries. They got corrupted by westerners.
I’m living in another country and watched this movie as a Japanese. I didn’t feel this movie praised the nuclear bomb, and I thought Japanese should watch this movie: to understand how he made nuclear bomb, to know how others reacted this, we don’t know so much but how he felt about his invention of bomb.
Japanese, especially young generations, don’t know well about their own country’s history, what ancestors did to Koreans, how suffered WW2 not only inside of Japan also outside like in the US. When I visited Japanese American museum in LA, and participated in an event in Vancouver to watch the documentary movie about Korean and Japanese during the WW2, I realized how much I didn’t know about the own ancestors’ history and I knew only history how Americans were horrible, and how suffered Japanese during WW2, especially in Okinawa, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I can get the man from Hiroshima feels he can’t recommend Japanese to watch the movie, but to learn something in a different view, I think especially Japanese should watch this movie.
Best comment on this video. Everyone from every country can benefit from learning and educating each other on their unique histories and their views on shared history. I think I should mention that this also applies to America just the same, many Americans aren’t educated on Guantanamo bay (in fact I went to school in America and there was no mention of it), and Native American history, Hawaiian history, Panama Canal construction, and the long list of bad things America has done in history is never taught in much detail.
Yeah, Japan colonized Korea, doubled the Korean population, developed the economy, built schools and hospitals all over the country, etc. As a result, the literacy rate of the Korean people increased dramatically and the average life expectancy increased. And there was even a university in Seoul, whereas even Germany did not build a university in Poland. And the status system and slavery that were common during the Korean Empire were abolished.
The Japanese people should know this.
I’m sure glad Godzilla Minus One happened in tandem with Oppenheimer, for the sake of today’s culture. Entertainment or not, everyone around the world needs full transparency about the horrors and malicious intent behind war. America should own up to what was revealed in Oppenheimer, Japan should own up to what was tradition in Godzilla.
UNIT 731
The movie was never about Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It’s about Oppenheimer’s life. It’s not supposed to tell the perspective of the Japanese.
I disagree on the movie glamorising the bomb and its results, Nolan has gone out of his way to show the horrifying reality of the bomb and what it has done to Japan and the world.
What it does seem to portray in an awe inspiring light is the very physical and atomic nature of the world; it’s the unstoppable force of nature that once you separate all the humanity from, is nothing but beautiful and purity.
What I very much expected the Japanese audience to take issue with, was the movie’s attempt at humanizing (maybe not the right word) Oppenheimer himself and showing him not as a purely evil person, but that’s the reality of the world too; there is hardly any black or white, just shades of grey.
However with all of these being said, I’m quite shocked and confused by the Japanese audience being bothered by some surface-level things and not the things they could theoretically be bothered by.
I really don’t get it.
USA was so evil
I thought the movie was very well done, but I think people had the wrong idea about what the movie would depict. Other than some short sequences in the film, it does not show the destruction and the terrible loss and aftermath of the atomic bomb. It is understandably from an American perspective because the film is an autobiography of Oppenheimer, not a film about the atomic bomb itself.
The movie does not praise the use of the atomic bomb, but it does seem to praise its creation as a scientific breakthrough. The whole last third of the movie is about him struggling with the fact that he created something that could destroy the world and working to make sure they were never used again, angering his associates and him ultimately losing his security clearance because he was deemed a possible communist
While the movie may not have praised the bomb, which is a good thing, I think the movie should have actually done more to denounced them because nuclear weapons are very horrific and cruel and more people need to understand that.
I think it should also be understood that the people being interviewed in the video are from Hiroshima which is a city with the most anti nuclear weapon attitude in the world (understandably so 😅). And so when they were saying the movie “praised” the bomb what they more so mean is that the movie didn’t denounce the use of nuclear weapons. The main thing the people of Hiroshima want is for nuclear weapons to be never used ever again.
@@ThePursuitWOD I understand where they are from, and I know all about Hiroshima. I have been there and learned a lot about the effects of the Atomic bomb and how terrible of an atrocity it was.
When I was there my brothers and I were approached by an old man in his late 70s who’s mother and father survived the blast, his grandparents, sadly died in the bombing. The man told us everything he knew about the bombing, his family, and showed us old photo albums. He even brought us to many memorials near the atomic bomb dome. You gain a lot of perspective when you actually visit the place and talk to people about their experiences. You can see why Hiroshima’s atomic dome is often used as backdrop to protest war.
I feel like 99.99% of people can agree that we never want nuclear weapons to ever be used again. The whole final third of the movie, Oppenheimer becomes a staunch opponent to the use of any nuclear weapons. I think the movie was very clear about denouncing their use without just having someone come on screen and say, “nukes are bad”
@@MassRez1 fair point, but I still think the movie could have done just a little more to denounce the use of nuclear weapons. Pretty cool that you’ve actually been to Hiroshima though, I went once when I was very little and living in Yokohama. After that I went to school on America and from my experience, a lot of people in America don’t know just how horrific nuclear weapons are. But I must compliment they are generally very open to learning more about it. I think I should also clarify I’m not from America or Japan btw, I just happened to grow up in both countries.
Hey Japan, you find Oppenheimer hard to watch? Your people feel like they’re the victims? I guess it’s time to start teaching about what actually happened in WW2 in your history classes.
Everyone’s a victim in war except for the governments that are starting them.
While I agree that the Japanese education system is long overdue for an update to include all the atrocities their government committed, I would argue that the US education system doesn’t really go over the sketchy stuff they did during the war either.
unfortunately, Japan doesn’t care about the southeast Asian. They molested hundreds of thousands of teenage girls they literally they got away with it unfortunately it’s called arrogant and self-centered.
movie is worthless without showing the bomb and the horror it created. is useless.
Yeah, nuclear weapons are extremely horrific and cruel weapons, and while it’s fair for the movie to have praised Oppenheimer for his work on physics and even on ending the war. The nuclear bomb itself should not have been praised or shown in a good light at all because they are among the cruelest and most horrific weapons in existence today.
Its about the creator though?
@@HentsSauce yes, but part of the movie is also about the nuclear weapon itself. For example… The movie shows a cinematic explosion scene, but when America drops the bomb on Japan the movie only talks about how the bomb won America the war and doesn’t really show any of the serious and cruel effects of radiation weapons, so an uneducated viewer may think nuclear weapons are just like a bigger version of any old bomb when in fact they aren’t (look up “Hiroshima melted skin mannequins” to get a quick feel for the horror of nuclear weapons). Basically nuclear weapons are bad and should never be used again, but this movie (which does show the nuclear bomb) doesn’t show you why nuclear weapons are bad and should never be used again.
@@HentsSauce also the creator, Oppenheimer, struggled with the thoughts of the horrific weapon he created after the war (which there is a scene on), but still it just doesn’t do enough to give people a good sense of why nuclear weapons are bad and should never be used again.
@ThePursuitWOD It was in the movie that A bomb is bad and can destroy the earth. If you just watch carefully and don’t have to show those disgusting effects.
Coming next: Hitler – the story of a troubled soul. Mengele – a doctor caught up in the war. Netanyahu – protector of good people against bad people.
Nero – the arsonist of Helius.
It’s considered as entertainment in the US, but in Japan it’s an educational film. Think about it
you can’t blame the younger generation – Japan has done alot of brainwashing or selected teaching about WWII to make them feel like the victim to the US and Koreans
I don’t know why Japan are so trying hard to potray themselves as also the victims of WW2 when they are actually wreaking havoc on half of Asia, Germany are not potray themself as a victim of the regime so they must accepting whatever Nzi regime did back then.. If the Japanese still being able to reject this film or pretty much asking for their point of views that means the sense of defeat was not there
You gotta understand that the people being interviewed aren’t just generic Japanese people, they are from Hiroshima, which is a city with the most anti nuclear weapon attitude in Japan and the world (understandably so 😅). And so the main thing the people of Hiroshima want is for nuclear weapons to never ever be used again. Which is a very valid thing to want, as nuclear weapons are some of the most horrific weapons we have. So when the interviewees were saying the movie “praised” the bomb, they weren’t complaining about the movie not having their point of view, but instead over the fact the movie didn’t denounce the use of nuclear weapons.
@@ThePursuitWODit did though, Oppenheimer very clearly states he regrets making the bomb and the end credit scheme shows the dangers of the bomb destroying the world
i get that japan made some atrocious war crimes during ww2 but cmon man how are you gonna justify nuking 200k civilians? you would have been doing the same thing hitler did had japan not surrendered
People saying the Japanese don’t take ownership. Maybe that’s true, but let’s also keep in mind that history is written by the winners. Do the Americans take ownership of what Commodore Perry did? Was that whole fiasco with Commodore Perry the right call on America’s part? Do the Americans take ownership of what has happened to Native Americans? Before WW II much of Asia was under European rule. Were the Japanese completely wrong to think it would be more just for Asia to be under Japanese rule?
FWIW I’m a huge fan of Japanese products, media, books, etc., It is one of my favourite countries in the world. I love Japan. So I can’t possibly be neutral here. We need more ownership in general in such discussions like this where people just admit to their own bias. Whether Ukraine/Russia, Israel/Palestine, people usually have some dog in the fight pulling at their heart-strings. Own up to your lack of neutrality, and the prejudice and partiality that is guiding you. I will tell you this though… if there is one bias that is healthy, and true, it is a bias towards the weak… strong creatures are compelled to protect the weak.
To people saying the film was okay because Japan did war crimes, you’re sick with nationalism. Truly in what universe do two countries doing horrific war crimes and crimes against humanity justify each other’s crimes? In what kindergarden did you learn when your friend punches you in the face you can kick them in the nuts? Japanese people know that the part Japan played in the war was really bad- they know this. Meanwhile you a holes in the comments are justifying the usage of atomics- how do you not see how that’s evil villain behavior?
The film is about the people who created the bomb and the trials and tribulations to achieve it. We know what they used it for but the movie isn’t about that at all. There’s no reason for a japanese perspective.
Rmb, history is a foreign place. No use blaming or suffering for it. Best to learn, understand it and takeaway the experience. Considering the comment section, both sides of the war can do that
Western media expecting Japanese to be outraged like Americans do on anything failed
“the film also depicts the atomic bomb in a way that seems to praise it”
“failed to tell the stories of the victims of Hiroshima”
I don’t think they really understood what the movie is about…just goes to show up until now Japanese youths are being conditioned to think they were the victims…
I think the “praise” that guy described I think is something a lot of people would miss, not just (but mostly) the Japanese, but it’s tragic irony that’s depicted in the film; that even something horrible and devastating, if people dedicate years to make a thing, they’re going to rejoice in their accomplishment. When the characters were cheering after the success of the test, it’s not an “‘Murica hoorah!” moment, but an ironic moment of weakness in humanity. It’s disappointing that the overall opinion in Japan of Oppenheimer misses that irony.
its true , a same example is british empire . Today British people do not know anything about the horrors british commited on its colonies especially INDIA and AFRICA . A huge amount of slavery wealth were taken but they are still proud of british empire .
War is a story told by the victory side.
And real war is nothing “clean”.
The term “kamikaze” can get dark real quick.
The more you read into it, it gets really nasty.
Hope we all learn from the history n dont do it again, no war is good
Do not forget the atrocities the Japanese soldiers made in during the world war 2 to Asian people.
I wonder what would be the response if a movie glorifying hitler came out by a well known director and huge budget.
The movie is literally called Oppenheimer, Not bombing of Hiroshima or Nagasaki.
It is supposed to show everything from Oppenheimer’s pov and not the entirety of history that we all know. Also I really don’t understand the argument that they celebrate making the bomb because the movie itself is demonising the existence of nukes.
*Comment section be like:*
– _The Japanese cannot criticize, their country did worse things throughout history._
= _Your country also did worse things throughout history._
– _Well, you can’t criticize the citizens for what their country did._
so true
but you could criticize the Japanese government for not teaching about the war crimes they committed at least Germany has a dedicated museum for the Holocaust victims. It’s like us saying Hiroshima and Nagasaki never happened.
@@PeterDiaz-sg4xe Same as british
it’s still an issue. ask me why did germany still managed to recognize their warcrimes and even gave their victims a memorial in the country and their warcrimes are even taught at school and even has good relations with Israel?
So much whataboutism in the comments.
Have you listened to what they have to say before pointing your predetermined fingers?
The victim perspective conveyed is as important as that from victims of Japanese actions.
Speaking as a person of Chinese heritage
I read that the movie does not do well in Japan, debuting only at the 6th of the box office ranking in its first week.
Japan hides the truth from its own peopl3, they dont even teach history to their children properly
Bro really said the movie failed to tell the story of the “victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki”? While getting nuked is pretty awful, so is the countless war crimes and atrocities committed against the people of Asia. I don’t really think Japan can cry victim over anything that happened.
1) I disagree with the last dude. The movie “Oppenheimer”, is literally about a guy named Oppenheimer, not Hiroshima or Nagasaki
2) I don’t think they have the right to criticize the film considering Japan still brushes off and downplays their atrocities across Asia
japan gov really went and deleted all their own atrocities it committed in china and ww2 from their history books. students in japan dont even know what their own country did to others.
they only teach what happened to them in the end that’s convenient of them unfortunately they just skip the entire war
Still trying to blame the US
They should watch a film about Japanese war crimes
too late, they have already re-wrote history so they don’t know about the war crimes and they won’t believe it either
Seems like a bad translation. The movie in no way praised the bomb, nor was it under any obligation to show the “Japanese side”. It was about Oppenheimer, and what he went through developing the bomb.
I will never watch this movie.
I am Japanese. I am not good at English so I use translation. Sadly, in Japanese schools, they hardly teach about the Nanjing Massacre, Unit 731, and the terrible crimes committed by the Japanese military against the people of the Philippines and Indonesia during World War II. Personally, I am ashamed of this fact as a Japanese person and at the same time I am truly sorry for the victims. I think that people who are dissatisfied with this movie should think more about why the atomic bomb was dropped on Japan. If we properly learned about the mistakes our ancestors made overseas, we would realize how foolish it is to act as mere victims.
no one hates Japanese people. I think they just have a problem with the government. but I got to admit You guys make great products though
I’m an American, and after 9/11, everybody knew there were foreign policy decisions and military actions in the Middle-East in our past that caused 19 people to want to commit suicide in a kamikaze attack, but we also felt it was evil to attack civilians. Similarly, Israelis probably know their foreign policy hasn’t been perfect, but attacking civilians on October 7 was wrong. So, the question on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is whether attacking civilian cities was morally acceptable. That’s what Oppenheimer tries to explore. Personally, I was born in 1985, so I don’t feel the collective guilt the generations of my parents and grandparents might have felt. I grew up thinking highly of Japan and its culture, especially its anime and video games.
Japanese that refuse to aknowledge their own actions and think that they are the victims should visit the Nanjing memorial before saying anything
unfortunately, they said Nanjing and Unit 731 never happened but I don’t blame them because the government decided not to teach them about it. That’s convenient of them.
@@PeterDiaz-sg4xe it is indeed how it is, many seem unaware… It’s sad to see, for westerners, it would be similar to, imagine if germany never acknowledged the holocaust and even built shrines to commemorate the people who led the country at the time
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No one is saying Nanking didn’t happen. Their claim is basically that the Nanking casualty figures are exaggerated. The original source for the 300,000 victims in Nanking was a novel by Iris Chang. Iris Chan’s book has been widely contradicted by historians. And even the members of the International Commission on Nanking at the time put the number of victims in Nanking at around 50,000. And from what I have seen in various documents, the situation in Nanking at that time was chaotic, the KMT was also oppressing and massacring civilians, and KMT soldiers were taking off their military uniforms and pretending to be civilians to attack the Japanese army. The Japanese, of course, had to fight back, and they had to find and eliminate the KMT soldiers who were mixed in with the civilians. In the process, unfortunately, the civilians probably became collateral damage.
And some of the famous images of Nanking have turned out to be fake. For example, the photo of a Japanese soldier stabbing a baby with a bayonet has turned out to be a scene from a Hong Kong movie. I have even seen images of KMT soldiers executing Hanjian “Chinese who joined the Japanese” being used as images of Nanking. My point is that the 300,000 casualties is a clear exaggeration, and the Japanese were not slaughtering the Chinese for no reason at all.
As an asian, the weirdest part always for me about seeing american films are the s*x scenes. Feel so uncomfortable especially in asian culture where alot of times, a kissing scene is the best you’ll get from movies. And that usually happens at the very end of the show.
Unit 731…
Meanwhil Unit 731 victims.😢😢😢
It’s baffling to me when people think the movie praises oppenheimer or bomb? Like it literally ends with someone saying he is responsible for the potential destruction of the world and he stares in horror down the camera lense? Like the movie is very critical of both him and the bomb.
Have they reacted to the heinous war crimes they committed to hundreds of thousands of civilians in weaker Asian countries who have done nothing to them?
I don’t think they care they never even apologize or admit it to anything
Petition to show Black Sun to Japanese people😅(movie about Japanese biowarfare unit 731 during WW2)
The current box office revenue is 2578,000$. If it can keep up the momentum, it looks like it will be 16,533,000$ by the end of the screening period.
People who say that the bombs shouldn’t have been used don’t understand that Japanese soldiers fought to the death because they were taught surrender was dishonorable. And civilian were encouraged to commit suicide rather than suffer the supposed atrocities the allies would commit.
We must not turn a blind eye on our history so we have a better chance of not repeating it. This is true not just for Japan but for all of us humanity.
imagine Germany saying the holocaust never existed
Buts it’s not America’s view on the bomb but oppenheimers view on the bomb and Idk why they think oppenheimer saw dropping it as a positive. The movie showed he was against dropping it on the Japanese
So you’re telling me that second person say through this whole movie and got “oppenheimer was a saint,” from it. Did she watch the same movie or did it show the part where he’s regretting his entire life to the point of having PTSD while giving a speech where his creation was annihilating the crowd and him being tried for a war criminal?
There are over 200 characters in the movie and only ONE regrets his work. I can fully understand what the person means. You would see the movie with completely different eyes, if you were effected or have roots in Hiroshima or Nagasaki.
it is not prohibited?
I appreciate the comments showing westerners and Asians will never be friends. Combine that with dei lowering demand for American media over foreign country alternatives and western foreigners causing public ruckus in Japan for tik tok clout:
I can already smell another major conflict brewing 😛
Because You are indian
Why would a movie called Oppenheimer focus on the victims of Japan? With that logic lets focus on the victims of Pearl Harbor and Asia that Japan committed terrible acts against.
Revisionists, lol
Even in their (misplaced) criticism, they are so polite.
For contrast, imagine how White Britishers would react to Sardar Udham.
They should watch City Of Life And Death to understand how suffer the Chinese during the Japanese colonialism (ww2) and it’s also happened in other southeast of Asian countries, they treat us so bad and now the Japanese people just act like they are victim while watching Oppenheimer instead of remembering their war crimes in the past
The conversation between Oppenheimer and Einstein revolves around how guilty Oppenheimer feels having created such a destructive weapon.
I don’t think the movie praised the bomb, as one man told….
They criticize the barbarism yet their own govt concors the atrocities and pillaging of resources in the asian continent.
It’s called arrogance and self-centered
Did any Japanese wonder…why? they got nuke in the first place?
These opinions are of course, justified. I do agree that the movie avoided the Japanese side of things (they slid through it, but didn’t go deeper, which is understandable) that’s why they must think, especially the victims, that the movie seem to “praise” the making of the bomb. The point here is, the movie is about Oppenheimer, not the bomb itself, and its on the perspective of Oppenheimer, not the Japanese people. Look, horrible things have been done in the past. If a movie about the doings of the Japanese during WW2 was made, and shown to the countries that were the victim of these acts, the victims would probably have the same reaction as what was shown in this video. It’s just a matter of perspective.
Of course it only covers the us perspective, its literally a biopic
Japanese are hypocrites, they forgot what they did to people of Philippines back in the ww2.
Japanese have victim mentality 🤣. Just like Palestine