|
Roadside_Picnic posted:Has anybody here seen the Yasukuni documentary? There's this bizarre sequence of an American guy, white, in a bad suit and tie and dark sunglasses, showing up to support Koizumi's visit and being assaulted by a crowd of elderly Japanese men. None of the trailers seem to have the sequence, though. This is amazing. What made him think that it'd be a good idea to wave an American flag around in a crowd of ultra-nationalists, who were there to commemorate dead war criminals from WWII?
|
#
¿
Sep 26, 2012 08:48
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 7, 2024 07:06 |
|
|
jigokuman posted:This commercial always produces a wonderful array of emotions every time it comes on. What's with the second one? I understand it has something to do with regionalism against Kansai people?
|
|
#
¿
Mar 8, 2013 07:09
|
|
|
Bloodnose posted:Reading that article led me to the one on Nihonjinron which just makes me angry to read. Here's the best part: Do you average Japanese people actually believe in that kind of thing, or is it just a few nationalist blowhard? This kinda reminds me of the time when I was in China, people there were really up in arms about alleged history revisionism going on in Korea, that Koreans are writing in their school textbooks that ancient Korea was some sort of superpower that dwarfed China. No idea if it was true though! 
|
|
#
¿
Mar 12, 2013 07:29
|
|
|
quote:Tenno heika banzai, or “long live the emperor”, was commonly chanted by Japanese soldiers in the second world war, said CCTV This is the main reason. Japanese saying 'long live the emperor' simply has very negative cultural connotation in China. It's like Sieg Heil, which literally means 'hail victory', but you still wouldn't want to say it out loud nowadays, would you.
|
|
#
¿
May 2, 2013 10:43
|
|