Shinpachi, do you feel it is a fair portrayal of how events happened so far? This series is hard to watch from an American perspective, I imagine it is even harder from your perspective. The Pacific island campains was such huge loss of life on both sides, and I truly feel sorry for the average Japanese foot soldier on how they were treated and basically viewed as cannon fodder IMO. Tom Hanks and Spielberg claim to have done a huge amount of research to make everything as historically accurate as possible. From your point of view, and based on your country's history, is there anything you feel that is in accurate or wrong? I'm really interested in your opinion if you would be willing to discuss it.
I was almost throwing up when I saw a Jap's rotten skull covered with a helmet(Type 90) which was displayed on a pole beside the GIs dining place. I know Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg are very in favor of Japanese and Japanese culture well, so it would be a matter of preference.
Calling the Japs 'Jap' is good as it was true and sounds realistic on the screen.
I have ever seen "The Great Raid" but was disappointed somewhat because they were so polite as to say "Japanese" in the movie though the movie was not introduced in Japan officially after all. As far as I know, "The Pacific" is the first US war-movie in which the soldiers use the historical term 'Jap' with no hesitation. In our local forum on ww2, this is favorably accepted as an evidence that the war was truely over, as well as the Japanese soldiers wear correct IJA uniforms with the Type 98 infantry rifles and speak natural Japanese, unlike "Baa Baa- Black Sheep". Also, to see a trailer of "The Pacific" on Youtube, a friend of mine says this is the first time he sees the Type 0 transport plane(Nakajima's license production of DC-3) on the war-movie made in the post war.
However, as a war-movie, it might be too realistic and maniac to enjoy in our side.
I hope the producer did not rely on the Charles Lindbergh's diary too much.... like throwing out Japs alive from a flying airplane.
Thanks, Messy1, for giving me a chance to comment.
"The Pacific" is a good movie without any malice.