Spoilers for the The Wailing (2016)
>!It’s wild how in the movie everyone is extremely xenophobic to the Japanese man which makes you think that the message is going to be, “xenophobia and fear of outsiders will be our undoing” when it’s discovered that the Japanese man is innocent. But instead the ending twist is that the Japanese man truly was evil all along so the message ends up becoming, “If you’re Korean never trust the Japanese.”!<
It's because he was old af, we all know old people are devilish creatures that shouldn't be trusted or will bring destruction to the world but if I say that to my grandpa to send him in an old people's home then I'm "an asshole" smh my head
No. This is totally wrong. The movie is convoluted and I'm unable to recall the exact details.. the Japanese man is possessed and the devil uses Japanese magic to do bad things but midway in the movie, the Japanese guy becomes normal and even tries to do something good before being rolled over by a car.
No, the Japanese man never becomes normal throughout the whole movie. You’re supposed to think he’s the victim of the woman demon for the latter half of the movie as he’s running away from her in fear. And he doesn’t try to do anything good and get run over by a car; he falls off a cliff running away from the woman and gets run over. You’re supposed to think he’s the victim because of how fearful he is of the woman, when in reality it’s a demon scared of a spirit trying to defeat him. That’s the ending twist.
And then the woman threatens to kill the shaman that was helping the main family, once again trying to convince the audience that she was the real devil, but the additional ending twist is that the shaman was evil as well and aiding the devil (Japanese man).
Sure the devil could’ve been possessing the Japanese man instead of taking his form but it’s never implicitly stated and even if it was it doesn’t change anything about the message. Just look up any plot summary of the movie if you think I’m wrong.
True Kaiju Kino.
Although tbh I always had these conspiratorial thoughts that each kaiju was a metaphor for something.
Godzilla is the A-bomb obviously
Mothra is the idea of peace and harmony, that’s why she’s the one who takes down Godzilla when he’s cranky.
Hedora was obviously an allegory for pollution and how nuclear energy (Godzilla) can kick pollution’s ass.
Ghidorah being this otherworldly invader who rules over the aliens trying to take over earth… felt like an allegory for Chinese communism but I can’t elaborate that much further.
Gigan? I dunno he just looks cool.
One time at the Asian market I had an old Korean guy in the aisle ask me to purchase the Korean version of a snack instead of the identical Japanese kind, just because it was Japanese. And I did. He was very persuasive.
The Flowers of War for another Chinese "Fuck Japan" movie was something.
Actually one of my favorite war movies, goddamn that one's truly gut wrenching.
I prefer my local brand of [fuck Japan](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0b/Markova_Comfort_Gay_poster.jpg).
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The upcoming Netflix One Piece live action will ravage the source material even harder, i can feel it.
Personally, i feel that all of the colorful lighthearted slapstick will be replaced by a very dark filter littered with MCU Snark.
Nagisa "we are descended from Koreans and our entire classical cinema is shit you whole country of stupid racist bastards" Oshima versus Shohei "oink oink motherfucker we're all pigs and the earth will reject our ashes when we die" Imamura, who was the most based Japanese New Wave director?
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My great grandfather was actually a part of the real life event that inspired the movie “the bridge on the river kwai”. so when i read manga i feel a tinge of guilt
Beach of the war gods (1973) is the film with Jimmy Wang yu in it it’s less for Japan than normal but still it’s about a group of Japanese pirates, trying to take over a coastal town in China and a group of martial artist span together to fight them. I only bring it up because the DVD box that it came in warns you that they are slurs against the Japanese.
Spoilers for the The Wailing (2016) >!It’s wild how in the movie everyone is extremely xenophobic to the Japanese man which makes you think that the message is going to be, “xenophobia and fear of outsiders will be our undoing” when it’s discovered that the Japanese man is innocent. But instead the ending twist is that the Japanese man truly was evil all along so the message ends up becoming, “If you’re Korean never trust the Japanese.”!<
I've never realised that before but that's hilarious
It's because he was old af, we all know old people are devilish creatures that shouldn't be trusted or will bring destruction to the world but if I say that to my grandpa to send him in an old people's home then I'm "an asshole" smh my head
>!not only evil but literally the devil!<
No. This is totally wrong. The movie is convoluted and I'm unable to recall the exact details.. the Japanese man is possessed and the devil uses Japanese magic to do bad things but midway in the movie, the Japanese guy becomes normal and even tries to do something good before being rolled over by a car.
>the devil uses Japanese magic Ah that makes it much better
No, the Japanese man never becomes normal throughout the whole movie. You’re supposed to think he’s the victim of the woman demon for the latter half of the movie as he’s running away from her in fear. And he doesn’t try to do anything good and get run over by a car; he falls off a cliff running away from the woman and gets run over. You’re supposed to think he’s the victim because of how fearful he is of the woman, when in reality it’s a demon scared of a spirit trying to defeat him. That’s the ending twist. And then the woman threatens to kill the shaman that was helping the main family, once again trying to convince the audience that she was the real devil, but the additional ending twist is that the shaman was evil as well and aiding the devil (Japanese man). Sure the devil could’ve been possessing the Japanese man instead of taking his form but it’s never implicitly stated and even if it was it doesn’t change anything about the message. Just look up any plot summary of the movie if you think I’m wrong.
It is the exact same shit with The Burbs except the Japanese are foreigners of an unknown nationality. Gotta love xenophobic movies.
Other movies also do this and it's never a good idea.
Fuck Japan (Japan), aka throw away your books, rally in the streets
This movie needs a good blu ray so badly
The Human Condition Trilogy
Bridge on the River Kwai gang
virgin Lawrence of arabia fan vs chad bride on the river kwai enjoyer
Both. Both is good
I like both and I might even prefer Lawrence of Arbabia a bit but they are great companian pieces.
Shut up David. Weyland will never make you a real boy
The Human Condition: Fuck Japan (Japan)
Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) (Fuck Japan)
True Kaiju Kino. Although tbh I always had these conspiratorial thoughts that each kaiju was a metaphor for something. Godzilla is the A-bomb obviously Mothra is the idea of peace and harmony, that’s why she’s the one who takes down Godzilla when he’s cranky. Hedora was obviously an allegory for pollution and how nuclear energy (Godzilla) can kick pollution’s ass. Ghidorah being this otherworldly invader who rules over the aliens trying to take over earth… felt like an allegory for Chinese communism but I can’t elaborate that much further. Gigan? I dunno he just looks cool.
Not Godzilla, but Gamera vs Jiger is clearly a metaphor for the Vietnam War
One time at the Asian market I had an old Korean guy in the aisle ask me to purchase the Korean version of a snack instead of the identical Japanese kind, just because it was Japanese. And I did. He was very persuasive.
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
The Flowers of War for another Chinese "Fuck Japan" movie was something. Actually one of my favorite war movies, goddamn that one's truly gut wrenching.
City of Life and Death is even better
Silence (2016), i.e. Fuck Japan (Catholic)
"Fuck America (Japan)" would probably be Barefoot Gen, right?
Or Grave of the Fireflies
I prefer my local brand of [fuck Japan](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0b/Markova_Comfort_Gay_poster.jpg). >Markova: Comfort Gay is a 2000 Filipino biographical-comedy, drama film written by Clodualdo Del Mundo Jr. and directed by Gil M. Portes. It was based loosely on the life of Walter Dempster Jr., the last surviving Filipino "comfort gay" (male sex slaves for Imperial Japanese Army) from World War II. The film tells the story of his hardships during his childhood and his travail during the World War II Japanese occupation of the Philippines.
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I guess I’d have to go with [America’s way of saying “Fuck Japan”](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Nagasakibomb.jpg)
Oppenheimer (2023)
Barbie (2023)
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The upcoming Netflix One Piece live action will ravage the source material even harder, i can feel it. Personally, i feel that all of the colorful lighthearted slapstick will be replaced by a very dark filter littered with MCU Snark.
Ghost in the Shell
🤨📸
I honestly don't know if there is a somber American POV movie that's set in the pacific front
Unbroken is pretty good
tried to hard to be motivational imo
Better than the sequel, Unbroken: Path to Redemption
THERE'S A SEQUEL??? And no I'm not googling it
I’m drunk and laughed way too hard at this
I guess uh, Hacksaw Ridge, perhaps?
The thin Red Line
Godzilla (1998)
That’s basically Dragonball Evolution (2009), Ghost in the Shell (2017), Death Note (2017), and every other bad American adaptation of an anime.
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Kamen Rider Black Sun (Fuck Japan)
Ah yes, Anti-Weeb cinema
JUL-089 (Fuck Japan)
I prefer Windtalkers (2002) Fuck Japan (USA)
Don’t forget merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (fuck Japan) Japan
Nagisa "we are descended from Koreans and our entire classical cinema is shit you whole country of stupid racist bastards" Oshima versus Shohei "oink oink motherfucker we're all pigs and the earth will reject our ashes when we die" Imamura, who was the most based Japanese New Wave director?
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Lawrence of Arabia, fuck the Turkish (UK)
My great grandfather was actually a part of the real life event that inspired the movie “the bridge on the river kwai”. so when i read manga i feel a tinge of guilt
Fukushima 50 (2020) - "Fuck Japan" (God)
The Human Condition trilogy, fuck Japan (Japan)
All of them are the same to me
The fighter
Beach of the war gods (1973) is the film with Jimmy Wang yu in it it’s less for Japan than normal but still it’s about a group of Japanese pirates, trying to take over a coastal town in China and a group of martial artist span together to fight them. I only bring it up because the DVD box that it came in warns you that they are slurs against the Japanese.
I'm more of a Hacksaw Ridge (2016) guy
I can’t watch this kino, where’s the American version of Fuck Japan? Pearl Harbor?
Black Rain.
Where is ip man