Quote Originally Posted by Mr Punch View Post
Obviously.

The Chinese Government still use it regularly to renew anti-Japanese and generally nationalistic fervour.

The Japanese Government and right wing still use it as anti-Chinese jingoistic denial.

I guess some of the Chinese people still (rightly) want more redress (they don't know or care about the extensive reparations already paid to their government by the Japanese government).

I guess some Chinese would rather let it lie.

Most Japanese I've spoken to about it are appalled to the point that they can't speak about it.

Some just don't believe it, whether through reasoning or horror.

This movie can only cause more problems... which of course doesn't mean it shouldn't have been made.

Even knowing that none of my wife's family were in the Imperial Army will not make this movie much easier for me to watch.
i think the only positive humanity can find out of this story is that you need to be your own spirit, patriotism can be an unneccasry sp? evil that leads to no good...you human first not your flag or your religious gang...