Admiral Yamamato movie

[mbailey]

I love what they did with the Yamato after the war
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Just completely nerded out seeing that pic.....I LOVED Starblazers as a kid.


Thanks for the heads up Rich, ill have to grab that Blu-ray

[Brooke]

Does anyone else have any Axis viewpoint movies? They are fascinating, not only to view a different viewpoint but also to help capture the thoughts of the current people of said country.

Grave of the Fireflies

Warning, though, it is a great movie, but perhaps the saddest movie I've ever seen.

[Brooke]

Does anyone else have any Axis viewpoint movies? They are fascinating, not only to view a different viewpoint but also to help capture the thoughts of the current people of said country.

Downfall
Das Boot

Also, to some extent, Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (was written by Japanese and British writers, directed by a Japanese director).

[Delirium]

Grave of the Fireflies

Warning, though, it is a great movie, but perhaps the saddest movie I've ever seen.

I just took a look at that one, I can't watch an anime movie as it just isn't my cup of tea.

[Delirium]

Downfall
Das Boot

Also, to some extent, Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (was written by Japanese and British writers, directed by a Japanese director).

I've seen those already, real good stuff!

[Brooke]

I just took a look at that one, I can't watch an anime movie as it just isn't my cup of tea.

OK, but just in case it changes your mind, this one isn't in the anime genre.  It is animated, but it is a serious film about life and society in Japan near the end of WWII, and is highly critically acclaimed.  Roger Ebert rated it one of the greatest war films of all time and one of the 300 greatest movies of all time.

From his review that best sums it up for me:  "'Grave of the Fireflies' is an emotional experience so powerful that it forces a rethinking of animation. . . . “Grave of the Fireflies” is a powerful dramatic film that happens to be animated."

It is horribly sad, though, and once you see it, you will never forget it.

[pembquist]

Does anyone else have any Axis viewpoint movies? They are fascinating, not only to view a different viewpoint but also to help capture the thoughts of the current people of said country.

I recommend "The Burmese Harp" a 1956 movie where a Japanese soldier sort of becomes a monk and decides to bury the dead...so many dead. It was remade in the 80's but I haven't seen the remake so I don't have an opinion on it. It isn't a war movie per se but it is about war and its aftermath.

[Lusche]

It is horribly sad, though, and once you see it, you will never forget it.

This.

Grave of the Fireflies is an amazing movie.

[Rich46yo]

This.

Grave of the Fireflies is an amazing movie.

Yeah. The beginning of the Yamamato movie shows the war fever" gripping Japan and much of the world at the time. Fireflies pretty much shows what war fever gets you and its why I'm leery of it now.

[Delirium]

Alright, I'm convinced. I'll watch Grave of the Fireflies soon, maybe I should have given it a chance at the onset.

[Vraciu]