NG2: no miracles (aucun miracles...?)
NG3: stepped on too much
The Last Heroes of The Imperial Navy
Last night, Ms. Hiroko Kuniya presented, in her moderated TV program of NHK, an interview with Mr. Kaneto Shindo, a 95-year-old Japanese active film director.
(http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/kaneto+shindo)
Despite his age, he was incisive and humorous enough in responding to Ms. Kuniya.
He recently produced a new movie titled "Oka-ni Aga-tta Gunkan" which literally means "On the Land, Got on, A Battleship."
(http://www.oka-gun.com/)
In the last days of WWII, when he was 32 years old, Mr. Shindo got drafted for the Imperial Navy in desperate military situations, since the Imperial Military (samurai spirited war machine) was almost determined in principle to fight until the end on its mainland.
Last night, Ms. Hiroko Kuniya presented, in her moderated TV program of NHK, an interview with Mr. Kaneto Shindo, a 95-year-old Japanese active film director.
(http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/kaneto+shindo)
Despite his age, he was incisive and humorous enough in responding to Ms. Kuniya.
He recently produced a new movie titled "Oka-ni Aga-tta Gunkan" which literally means "On the Land, Got on, A Battleship."
(http://www.oka-gun.com/)
In the last days of WWII, when he was 32 years old, Mr. Shindo got drafted for the Imperial Navy in desperate military situations, since the Imperial Military (samurai spirited war machine) was almost determined in principle to fight until the end on its mainland.
It was the third largest navy in the world by 1920 behind the United States Navy and Royal Navy,[1] and perhaps the most modern at the brink of World War II. It was supported by Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service for aircraft and airstrike operation from the fleet.)
Director Mr. Shindo made the film based on his memory and experiences in those tragic days. It is not a story of a hero in combat, but it shows how he and other old conscripts were treated badly by younger superiors who blindly followed irrational customs and orders of the Imperial Military.
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August is a special month for Japan, since on August 15, 1945, the Empire of Japan stopped its battle against allied forces. It is also in August that Hiroshima and Nagasaki were attacked with atomic (nuclear) bombs. So, there are three major events to commemorate victims of the war in August every year.
Yet, it is a big surprise that Mr. Shindo made a film in which he took a part as a guide for the past.
As his wife, an actress, died 13 years ago, Mr. Shindo is now living alone. He said that loneliness keeps his spirit and thought in a favorable state; when he has his head in the clouds without any focus, he often remembers many things of the past, especially his mother, so wistfully. So, he said that he wanted to produce another film on his mother.
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If you really want to live until 95 in a good style and a high spirit, you may like to see how it looks like by referring to the movie or the NHK TV program recorded somewhere.
(As Jesus Christ died in his 30's, I think I should wonder why I am still allowed to live in this godless world; am I whirling up bodily to Heaven at least micron by micron per second along with the expansion of the whole universe?
Or, should I say with a determined will of life to all the pagans, "See a miracle and be gone!"?
And...Oh, there is Eroica Variations, of course, composed by Beethoven, so pleasant in a music file folder of my PC as appropriately copied from a music CD... )
"WHO IS ABLE TO GIVE HIM ADVICE?"
Director Mr. Shindo made the film based on his memory and experiences in those tragic days. It is not a story of a hero in combat, but it shows how he and other old conscripts were treated badly by younger superiors who blindly followed irrational customs and orders of the Imperial Military.
* * *
August is a special month for Japan, since on August 15, 1945, the Empire of Japan stopped its battle against allied forces. It is also in August that Hiroshima and Nagasaki were attacked with atomic (nuclear) bombs. So, there are three major events to commemorate victims of the war in August every year.
Yet, it is a big surprise that Mr. Shindo made a film in which he took a part as a guide for the past.
As his wife, an actress, died 13 years ago, Mr. Shindo is now living alone. He said that loneliness keeps his spirit and thought in a favorable state; when he has his head in the clouds without any focus, he often remembers many things of the past, especially his mother, so wistfully. So, he said that he wanted to produce another film on his mother.
* * *
If you really want to live until 95 in a good style and a high spirit, you may like to see how it looks like by referring to the movie or the NHK TV program recorded somewhere.
(As Jesus Christ died in his 30's, I think I should wonder why I am still allowed to live in this godless world; am I whirling up bodily to Heaven at least micron by micron per second along with the expansion of the whole universe?
Or, should I say with a determined will of life to all the pagans, "See a miracle and be gone!"?
And...Oh, there is Eroica Variations, of course, composed by Beethoven, so pleasant in a music file folder of my PC as appropriately copied from a music CD... )
"WHO IS ABLE TO GIVE HIM ADVICE?"