Yakuza boss Shozo Hirono must choose his alliances carefully as the local gangster family affiliations prove themselves to be wildly unstable, causing gang conflicts to slowly escalate. Under the Flag of the Rising Sun This movie clearly has a message for the Japanese people about WWII that the director intends them never to forget. Glad it ended on a note of calling out the fuckin emperor. "I ate a man and the world didn't change". Show All… This is a violent movie, in the extreme.I do not ordinarily watch violent movies. What she finds are a series of lies and half-truths that attest to the inhumanity of war and the value of sacrifice to a prosperous postwar Japan. READ THE FULL SYNOPSIS aghaemi. An unmistakable masterpiece of anti-patriotism. And it has a message for her Asian neighbors who suffered at the hands of Japanese soldiers, that perhaps hate is no longer appropriate.Viewing it as an American, I was struck by how different the image is from that of the well-disciplined soldier presented almost as a polite stereotype in Hollywood movies. It is not just about war, and it is not just about Japanese soldiers, it is about human beings, and what any of us might do in similar circumstances. While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power. Right there with Nobi as one of the most devastating anti-war films of japanese cinema. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. Never forget the two elderly women and the former soldier talking and the look on their faces + the editing. However, I can't help wondering if this is perhaps not exactly a representative view of what Japanese soldiers went through.The movie is told very effectively through its plot, following the inquiries of the war widow into the death of her husband. There’s something kind of comforting about being in a WORLDWIDE CRISIS! Film tersebut terpilih sebagai entri Jepang pada Film Berbahasa Asing Terbaik di Academy Awards ke-45 , namun tidak masuk nominasi. The official companion to…. See high school TV and movie icons then and now, from "Dawson's Creek" and more favorites. We know life happens, so if something comes up, you can return or exchange your tickets up until the posted showtime. The state and existence of the survivors is another witness to the dangers of war and warmongers. Kinji Fukasaku, best known for his lowdown gangster films, tackles the subject in this surprisingly moving film about a woman's search to find the truth about her husband's death in World War II.