tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13896723.post3449223177112597782..comments2024-03-29T18:40:27.934+11:00Comments on HamsapSukebe : Makete, KatsuAkiramikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00069211748655168031noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13896723.post-64902326721191652192013-02-02T11:55:20.241+11:002013-02-02T11:55:20.241+11:00I think the Japanese sort of look up to MacArthur ...I think the Japanese sort of look up to MacArthur for whatever reason and that's why they went with the respect thing although he never cared about Japan.Akiramikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00069211748655168031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13896723.post-37192360971124936442013-01-30T09:34:33.514+11:002013-01-30T09:34:33.514+11:00I'm kind of 'meh' about David Morse as...I'm kind of 'meh' about David Morse as McArthur, he pretty much epitomised imperialistic swine, which I initially thought was the point, because it pretty much sums up that country's foreign policy -- which has never changed and sadly never will. But then much later into the drama I realised Yoshida Shigeru's take on McArthur differed from my own. There was a begrudging respect and admiration which I simply couldn't understand. <br />But then I still wept during the dream sequence at the end.<br />This was a Sakamoto Yuji project after all, there was no obvious black and white even in a setting as starkly divisive as this, it remained beautifully murky -- and humane.<br />Eh. I need subs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13896723.post-8892219940507728192013-01-28T16:17:09.061+11:002013-01-28T16:17:09.061+11:00MacAthur in Makete, Katsu is shown as being more c...MacAthur in Makete, Katsu is shown as being more concerned with using Japan as a stepping stone to becoming president. <br /><br />Gankooyaji, I think its less nostalgia and more how did Japan get to where it was in the 80s as an economic superpower cause Japan is facing an uphill battle against China and Korea in terms of manufacturing.Akiramikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00069211748655168031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13896723.post-63677363706347399922013-01-27T22:58:21.297+11:002013-01-27T22:58:21.297+11:00Thanks for this review. I've been debating whe...Thanks for this review. I've been debating whether to give this a try, and you've helped me decide. I've noticed a lot of interest in Japan for two periods -- Meiji and post-war Showa. In both cases the period was one of total, abrupt change (which Embracing Defeat does a great job describing in the latter case). Why the nostalgia? Maybe people feel that Japan needs another such episode to push it out of the current doldrums? <br />Anyway thanks for pushing me to put my pitiful Japanese to the test on this show!gankooyajinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13896723.post-91764642578213527662013-01-27T12:53:40.729+11:002013-01-27T12:53:40.729+11:00Coincidentally or not there is a new Hollywood mov...Coincidentally or not there is a new Hollywood movie <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2103264/" rel="nofollow">Emperor</a> also set in this period starring Tommy Lee Jones as MacArthur.lzyDatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15048717550148913082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13896723.post-19098821001764310082013-01-27T12:39:33.246+11:002013-01-27T12:39:33.246+11:00I'm reading "Embracing Defeat" about...I'm reading "Embracing Defeat" about this period, so will give it a try, even though I won't be able to understand much of the Japanese. The book is rather shocking, saying that MacArthur was so sure he was right about everything that he didn't bother to check with anyone who might actually know something about Japan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com