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Film”Miracle at St. Anna” Italy's position in WWII
Directed by Spike Lee. A story of Black soldiers fighting against Nazis in Italy during WW II. Although the film wasn't well-edited but I could learn so much about WW II history in Europe, especially Italy's position in the war. I also could learn how Black soldiers are treated in the w... Read more ...
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German film ”Die Welle” It can be true!
The story took place in Highs School in Germany. One high school teacher taught students what the dictatorship (Autokratie) is. Students never understood what it was and believed things like Third Reich would never happen again. Then the teacher decided to do psychological experime... Read more ...
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German Film”Anonyma-Eine Frau in Berlin” tells...
A true story of German woman who lived through in Russian occupied Berlin, 1945. Women in Berlin were raped by Russian soldiers. But they have to go through that because they were defeated. Not only that, their nation was in fact aggressor of the war, which killed many Russian civi... Read more ...
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Film”Elizabeth, The Golden Age” tells the...
A story of British queen who established the Golden Age of British Empire in 16th century. The film described how she managed the country, how she unified the nation when it comes to the war with Spain. It is not easy to unify big population, that is why a country needs a sy... Read more ...
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Film”The Last Emperor” Japan and China
I've seen this movie a few times in the past. But I watched it on TV last week during my ski trip to Naeba, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. True story of the last emperor of Sino dynasty, Pu Yin, who was crowned at the age of 3. Since he became the emperor, he had been like imprisone... Read more ...
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Film”Gone with the Wind” the origin of...
Maybe the most famous Hollywood film in history, I think. I bought the DVD of it for 500 yen recently. The film was 3 hour and half long and all color though it was produced in 1930's. The story of a passionate and selfish daughter of plantation owner who lived through the Civil War ... Read more ...
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Film”The Barbarian and the Geisha” John Wayne...
John Wayne played as U.S. diplomat, Townsend Harris who arrived in Shimoda, Japan 1850's. All the scenes were filmed in Japan 1950's. Surprised to know John Wayne, a famous cowboy actor was in Japan for filming such historical story. I do not know if the film ... Read more ...
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Japanese military's Anthem
Please listen to the music. It is a good one. Umi Yukaba (If I go away to sea). I like it. I can feel the souls of dead soldiers belonging to Japanese army. The song is played with translated lyrics (English and Russian). The song is not played in public any... Read more ...
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”Auld Lang Syne” is very nice song
This was in fact Scottish folk song. The song for rememberance and friendship. In 19th century the song was introduced to Japan and was used as martial song. Japanese translated version "Hotaru no Hikari, The glow of a firefly" was for promotion of patriotism and imperialism. I learned th... Read more ...
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Became a free walking tour guide for Imperial...
Today, I have become a guide for free walking tour guide for Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Though I am not a professional guide but I speak English so I joined the volunteer activity. It was nice. Today I and other two guides started the tour from Tokyo Station. There were 10 people gath... Read more ...