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00:05This picture book was published in July.
00:09A woman living in Aichi Prefecture shares her late father's wartime records.
00:13I have compiled them.
00:15The title is
00:15I'm a naval aviator, a role model I've always admired.
00:20This word "longing" reveals the feelings of the boy at that time.
00:23Yes, it will.
00:24This female author is
00:26Young people are manipulated through picture books.
00:29They say they want to convey the horrors of war.
00:34I admire the smart and dignified naval air force.
00:39He became a good trainee.
00:43A picture book published in July
00:49I admired the idea of ​​becoming an airman.
00:51The story depicts young people diligently engaging in daily training.
00:59I also trained in bayonet fighting and cutter techniques.
01:04Everyone on the losing team hit the bottom with all their might using the mental stick.
01:08My bones were hit.
01:10He took a half-step and braced himself.
01:16This is Yumiko Ishikawa from Kasuga City, who created the picture book.
01:21I have worked as a nursing school instructor for many years.
01:29What Ishikawa turned into a picture book was
01:31I found this picture while sorting through my father Kiyoshi's belongings.
01:35Note
01:4521 photos titled "Memories of My Youth" left behind by Kiyoshi
01:50paper
01:53Days spent diligently training as a naval aviation cadet.
01:57The situation
01:58It was written with pictures and text.
02:03My father told me stories about the war and his childhood.
02:08I had never heard any detailed information about such things.
02:14When I saw this, I realized it was something my father actually experienced.
02:20It's not something far away
02:22It really was something that happened very recently.
02:25I felt the war was very close to home.
02:31My father, Kiyoshi, passed away last year at the age of 96.
02:38At the age of 14, I volunteered to do so.
02:41To the Tsuchiura Naval Air Station located in Ibaraki Prefecture
02:44I enlisted as a flight cadet trainee.
02:51It is a major training exercise for cadet trainees under the faint sunlight.
02:56Naval aviation cadets, also known as "Yokaren"
03:01The rigorous training that teenagers undergo to become pilots
03:05I received
03:10As the war situation worsens
03:12Many young men took off to the battlefield as kamikaze pilots.
03:16He lost his life.
03:21From the picture diary, Kiyosuke himself
03:24It turned out they were waiting for the kamikaze pilots to sortie.
03:43What was depicted was
03:44They accepted the death of their comrades as a matter of course.
03:47He is willing to sacrifice his life for his country.
03:51It was my father's figure.
03:56However, the base was bombed.
03:58Kiyosuke never went into battle.
04:02It concludes with these words.
04:06I was so incredibly frustrated and upset.
04:13That's the kind of place you'd risk your life to protect.
04:17It's not about making a sacrifice or anything like that.
04:21I assumed it was a given.
04:25I guess I was just pushing forward together with the adults.
04:32What do young people who are the same age as their fathers feel?
04:39Picture books were donated.
04:40This is Asahi High School in Asahi City.
04:44The students who read the picture book
04:48With a strong desire to protect the country myself
04:52It was heading towards war.
04:54I was surprised by their positive outlook.
04:58In pure feelings
05:02I wanted to become a navy soldier.
05:07I felt a terrible pain in my chest.
05:11War is ultimately a matter of the people of that era.
05:16It's like the whole way of thinking changes.
05:22I thought it was a scary place.
05:27Our values ​​were completely different.
05:30One wrong step and it's like a picture.
05:33There is a risk that they will all head in the same direction.
05:37I'd like you to think about that carefully.
05:45That's what I think.
05:51His father, Kiyosuke, said about the war
05:53With unwavering determination and a positive attitude,
05:55They might not have actually thought that way.
05:58The fact that it had to be done that way
05:59It's not just realistic, it's terrifying.
06:02That Kiyosuke
06:03I understand that they didn't talk about the war.
06:07Mr. Ishikawa,
06:08Due to the changes in values ​​after the war
06:10It seems that he continued to struggle with this internal conflict.
06:13I had feelings for you.
06:14The unspoken message in the writings left behind by Kiyosuke
06:18I feel like I want to accept it.
06:23Next up, we have the Venice International Festival currently being held in Italy.
06:27It's an international film festival.
06:28A film by director Shinya Tsukamoto is competing for the top prize.
06:32It has been nominated.
06:34In this film, director Tsukamoto explores the end of life for soldiers who have experienced war.
06:39I depicted the suffering of being without something.
06:47A film director who is energetically rolling the camera
06:51Shinya Tsukamoto, 66 years old
06:56As an artist, I continue to confront the realities of the battlefield.
07:04In reality, what you do on the battlefield is kill people.
07:07To depict heroism through war in this day and age...
07:13I have a lot of doubts about that.
07:16War must also be depicted from the perspective of the perpetrators.
07:24Director Tsukamoto has been
07:27I continue to make films with war as the theme.
07:33In Nobi, soldiers lose their reason due to hunger and loneliness.
07:43Hokage depicts the darkness in the hearts of women and orphans caught up in the turmoil of war.
07:49I drew this.
07:58And the latest work
08:00Mr. Nelson, did you kill someone?
08:06American soldiers who served in the Vietnam War
08:09It is based on the biography of Allen Nelson.
08:25The Vietnam War resulted in countless soldiers and cities
08:30He killed the people.
08:31Mr. Nelson
08:43While many of the engine room crew remained silent about their actions
08:48Nelson spoke frankly about his experiences on the battlefield.
08:52I have continued to advocate for peace.
08:58Director Tsukamoto said this was the first time he had heard a firsthand confession from the perpetrator.
09:03I decided to express that shock through film.
09:07He was so honest and candid about what he had done.
09:18In the original story, the perpetrator keeps talking about the harmful acts.
09:24I haven't met many people like that
09:26Rather than a director's impulse to create
09:29This work would definitely be better if it were released as a movie and shared with the world.
09:33That
09:37The film is about Nelson, who returned alive from Vietnam.
09:41It highlights the suffering of someone alone, haunted by the phantom image of war.
10:07This is a scene of a conversation with a psychiatrist.
10:10Nelson, who can't even talk about his past to his family.
10:13Doctors ask questions as needed.
10:39The trauma of war that will never end as long as we live.
10:45Director Tsukamoto wants viewers to feel the cruelty as it is.
10:50I will talk
10:52Even if they return alive, they will suffer from terrible PTSD.
10:55It lasts a lifetime.
10:56Therefore, even if the war ends in a formal sense...
10:59The war that is raging in people's hearts
11:02So it really isn't over yet, is it?
11:06I want the audience to identify with the main character of the movie.
11:09I had the same experience as Allen Nelson.
11:12I'd like you to watch a movie.
11:14The horrors of that war
11:16The experiences you have there
11:18I want you to feel it with your body.
11:2029 years ago
11:26I participated in a meeting in Japan.
11:28This is a video of Allen Nelson.
11:32Facing trauma
11:33The folly of war
11:35He spoke of his strong resolve against war.
11:39It was a 61-year life that I shared.
11:44Allen Nelson in today's world
11:46To be resurrected once more
11:47I wonder if you could show us its existence?
11:49That's what happened.
11:52The memory of that war in the body
11:54Are there actually people like that?
11:55burning
11:57A stinging sensation
11:58I think it's a rejection of war.
12:01No matter what happens
12:02I'm not going to go near war.
12:04What can I even say?
12:05It is a force that transcends logic.
12:07I think that's what you're thinking.
12:09People who felt terrible pain
12:11As you come
12:14We are getting closer to war
12:16I think that's what he's saying.
12:17I can't help but worry
12:18There are some things that cannot be erased.
12:21I'd really like young people to see it.
12:23Young people in the future
12:25They will be the ones to carry the future forward.
12:28There is a possibility of going to war.
12:30Because they are smaller people
12:34Those people
12:35What I want people to truly understand about war
12:37There are certain things that are just like this.
12:43This movie will be released on the 11th of this month.
12:45It will be released in Japan.
12:50Next up is this manga.
12:53It's drawn in a cute style, but
12:56Known as a site of fierce battles during the Pacific War.
12:59It depicts the Battle of Peleliu.
13:02We introduced this on this program before, didn't we?
13:07What is depicted is the daily life of soldiers on the battlefield.
13:12We all drank alcohol and had a great time.
13:17A scene where they play Hanafuda (Japanese playing cards) inside the hut.
13:20The humanity that was present even amidst the harshness of the battlefield left a lasting impression.
13:24Yes
13:27The author of this manga is currently working on their next project.
13:31The theme I chose was
13:40Manga artist Kazuyoshi Takeda
13:43In the next film, which will be themed around the Battle of Okinawa...
13:46How were children involved in the war?
13:49I want to draw it.
14:12Mr. Takeda is now
14:13A collection of testimonies from children who experienced the Battle of Okinawa.
14:18I am looking forward to it.
14:20Excuse me, I'm leaving.
14:24Kunio Taira
14:26I am 98 years old.
14:30As a child soldier
14:32To overseas
14:37Taira was 16 years old at the time.
14:40I will be joining the army and participating in combat.
14:48The group was mainly composed of local boys aged 15 to 18.
14:53Five educational bodies consisting of approximately 1,000 people
14:57Based in northern Okinawa Island
15:00I was trained in guerrilla warfare.
15:06When drawing the manga, Takeda-san
15:09We want to cherish the daily lives of children.
15:13What kind of games did you play?
15:20Tropical fish
15:22Famous
15:23I'm looking forward to catching one.
15:26So we played by competing against each other.
15:29This was what I was most looking forward to.
15:32I loved sumo wrestling.
15:34Sumo
15:34Okinawa Sumo
15:43When the American forces landed...
15:45The environment for these children is
15:47They say things have changed dramatically.
15:52To stop the tank
15:54Hirata was ordered by his senior to plant a bomb.
15:59However, they failed to conquer the world.
16:02Back to the original position
16:06Both of my seniors disappeared and ran away.
16:09I'll make it the size
16:11To Kunio, the youngest
16:13Let me be the one to carry it close to the bomb.
16:18That's why I
16:19Using the words "Let's run away" to him
16:21I was just a kid who didn't understand anything back then.
16:25yes
16:29Where were the children continuing to fight?
16:36June
16:37Mr. Takeda is located in the mountains in the northern part of Okinawa Island.
16:40I visited the site of the Gogo Unit's encampment.
16:57Hiding in Australia during the day
17:01We launched a surprise attack against the American forces at night.
17:14July 1945
17:16The group disbanded.
17:18The children were sent home.
17:24However, some children were unable to return home.
17:43Koichi Nakamura
17:46Just before the unit was disbanded
17:48He is said to have lost his life in the shelling.
17:52In place of my father who went away to work elsewhere
17:54I was taking care of the family.
18:18The remaining family of Yasushi goes every year
18:21Okinawa's Day of the War Dead
18:23I paid my respects at the memorial for the Gogo Unit.
18:28If they're healthy, they'll come again next year.
18:32May you rest in peace.
18:36On the very last day
18:38Because my brother passed away
18:40Everyone thinks it's likely to happen.
18:43I was on my way home
18:46Couldn't wait another day, huh?
18:49I thought
18:52This is the only thing I'm frustrated about.
18:58For a very long time
19:00In my heart
19:02Your older brother has always been there for you.
19:04That made me realize it again.
19:08When I actually heard the story...
19:11Each and every
19:13Different circumstances
19:13There was a different situation.
19:16This is very clear.
19:32By war
19:33Children whose normal lives have been taken away
19:37Takeda-san is a manga artist
19:40I think it could be widely shared with the younger generation.
19:43I'm thinking about it.
19:46Try to keep that part from becoming too heavy.
19:50What I want to convey is
19:51I believe that's the meaning behind my writing manga.
19:54I was living at that time.
19:56Each and every person
20:00How to make my work appealing
20:05I'm thinking about it.
20:09And so I went to the site to do some reporting.
20:11This is Mr. Takeda.
20:12I will proceed with writing from now on.
20:14We hope to announce it as early as next spring.
20:17They are apparently thinking about it.
20:18There was also a story about catching tropical fish.
20:21Because it is a form of expression in manga
20:23Not just the battlefield itself
20:25The daily lives of the people who lived through it, etc.
20:28It can bring emotions to the surface.
20:30That's how I felt.
20:32Takeda's new work is
20:34Even now, the world is at the mercy of war.
20:36The reality of children
20:38As something that is continuous with the land
20:39This could be an opportunity to reconsider things.
20:41See you again
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