Comments on: Sword Smith Wants Scenes Deleted From ‘Yasukuni’ Documentary

By: parkmount

parkmount — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:27:38 +0000

Well, whatever country you guys are from, watch out for ‘Chinese Trojan Horse’ in your home country. Don’t you remember that the POW needed to go through batteries of debriefing after the POW’s in North Vietnam for long were finally extricated from the country.
Brainwashing has long term effect. Those Chinese coming out of that country are people who are born, “educated” and well brainwashed and seasoned. I am concerned to see more Chinese coming in my country without any treatment. More so after I heard about those Chinese from the Red China the way they behaved in San Francisco for the Olympics torch relay.

By: Dakk

Dakk — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:36:33 +0000

How unwittingly asinine do you have to be to make this kind of propaganda film? It’s a shrine, and while it does harbor war-criminals, it is still a shrine. Do these people know no bounds when it comes to hate-filled rhetoric, and times past?

If more people stopped sulking with pictures, they would look to the future as an opportunity to improve. Those who dwindle in history, become history.

By: tem

tem — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:04:39 +0000

Yeah it’s kind of suspicious of how late this has been brought up, since he did mention having seen the movie soon after completion. I reiterate the comment of some upper powers ‘influencing’ him, probably threatened to stab him in the leg or something. (urgh…I’m being influenced myself by another to say this D:)

By: the overthinker

the overthinker — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:11:10 +0000

Having been reading about how Richard Dawkins and others were duped into appearing in “Expelled,” and knowing the pressure brought to bear over the NHK Comfort Women thing, I would say both are likely.

By: somegirl

somegirl — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:10:36 +0000

ummm, I don’t think anyone or text here is criticising this movie. we are just “discussing” what the comments have been towrd a recent article in the newspaper. We have yet to try to critique the movie so there is no need for you to say “shut up.” I may have critizied the director but not the movie. . .yet.

By: Julian

Julian — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:26:52 +0000

Have you seen the real movie yet? I saw it at a Movie Festival in Germany.
At the beginning I thought the smith wasn’t aware of how he was used in the movie. But after some time you notice his determination to make the movie as authentic as possible. He keeps quiet when he doesn’t want to talk and that convinces me that all his statements are how he feels. You can feel what he feels at some point in the movie.
The statement in the newspaper seems to be a reaction to “important” people “talking” to him. (Especially old) Japanese seek harmony. So in the end he listens to the politicans and decides to give in to the request for the sake of the “Japanese Nation”.
In the end the only message you get from the swordsmith within the movie is: “War is wrong.”

By: ダビ

ダビ — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:25:57 +0000

Let’s just shut up and not criticise the movie until we’ve actually SEEN it!

I hope Li will simply release it online soon so that everyone can make their minds up for themselves.

By: somegirl

somegirl — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:27:16 +0000

I think that the Yi Ling misguided sword smith and is now using this situation to further add critisium toward Japan. I think what the Sword smith said to Asahi is true and that this was not his intention. I don’t think the director is telling the complete truth.