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The Eternal Zero
永遠の0
2013 · Film · 144 min
Directed by Takashi Yamazaki
A brother and sister learn their biological grandfather was a kamikaze pilot who died during World War II. During their research into his life, they get conflicting accounts from his former comrades about his character and how he joined his squadron.
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Out of order:
> The minister proposed prohibiting women from getting married after the age of 25 and having forced hysterectomies ( uterus removal procedures) at the age of 30.
> The politician also suggested barring women from attending college after the age of 18, allegedly in order to concentrate on having more children.
Even worse than the headline lead me to believe.
> Hyakuta became recognised on the far right of Japanese politics in part because of his best-selling book The Eternal Zero, which was adapted into a movie that glorified kamikaze pilots in the closing days of World War II.
Just who we should listen to about ideas.
> Sumie Kawakami, a lecturer at Yamanashi Gakuin University and author of a book on gender issues, told This Week in Asia, “I cannot believe that a Japanese politician has said such a thing. I can only see these comments as a call to violence against women.”
Yep.
> He explained that these concepts were not intended to be taken literally, but rather were presented as a “science-fiction storyline” to start conversation. He added on X that he does not support such extreme actions against women and that his remarks were “extremely harsh.”
Sounds like he’s an L, Ton Hubbard type. Time to start a grifting, litigious religion.
My friend, who is going through IVF to have a child in her 40s, would love this.
Seriously, this man should not have any type of leadership role after this. What a dystopian hellscape in his head.
Humans are capable of self sacrifice for a cause. Duty, honor, love of one's homeland, spiritual convictions, etc.
These are psychological motives and forces and their factual impact on the subject person is observable.
I just recently saw Eien no Zero (aka The Eternal Zero). If that movie reflects the actual events, then the pilots were subject to serious psychological stress coming to terms with their duty to Japan.
If we can ever measure 'psychological stress' in ants, then we can observe if they experience a shift from a normal psychological state to a stressful one before "deciding" to sacrifice themselves on whatever heroic ant task awaits them.