Looking at the three films that covered some degree of adapting or questioned culture and changes in the norm. I was able to see the full depth of transition and cultural identity that Japan had at the moment. Through these three movies and especially the ones set during World war two I was able to see the Japan trying to grow to fit a new world with new ideas and standards. It was also clear to see the different expectations and realities that all the different players were seeing or working with.
Starting off looking at Hiroshima and a Bridge to the Sun, both of these films really led me to see a Japan that was holding on to its traditions and values while failing to see how it was hurting itself. Many of the traditions were noble and are traits that make Japan but others were really hurting them. This was where the expectations and reality really hit them. Their expectations were that their traditions and point of view was going to survive unchanged or that everything was going to stay the way it once was and the reality was that idea was hurting them and leading them towards their defeat. …show more content…
This same never give up attitude was praised in samurai movies and times but here in the film Hiroshima it is shown leading to two nuclear bomb strikes. It was very interesting and very sad to see how the lens of a certain time made this trait of never giving up sad or the defining trait. The expectation that they could never be defeated since they never had before but the reality was that they should have given up to avoid the losses. As seen in the movie and also the the historical sources of The Pacific Theater (from the Hiroshima packet), Japan was basically defeated but still not giving
Starting off looking at Hiroshima and a Bridge to the Sun, both of these films really led me to see a Japan that was holding on to its traditions and values while failing to see how it was hurting itself. Many of the traditions were noble and are traits that make Japan but others were really hurting them. This was where the expectations and reality really hit them. Their expectations were that their traditions and point of view was going to survive unchanged or that everything was going to stay the way it once was and the reality was that idea was hurting them and leading them towards their defeat. …show more content…
This same never give up attitude was praised in samurai movies and times but here in the film Hiroshima it is shown leading to two nuclear bomb strikes. It was very interesting and very sad to see how the lens of a certain time made this trait of never giving up sad or the defining trait. The expectation that they could never be defeated since they never had before but the reality was that they should have given up to avoid the losses. As seen in the movie and also the the historical sources of The Pacific Theater (from the Hiroshima packet), Japan was basically defeated but still not giving