A very interesting film, interposing current with WW2 scenes, Kentaro, a grandson (simplified) researching his biological grandfather (Miyabe) who flew as a Kamikaze yet some had branded a coward. The twists become more complex, as a complex life is drawn, and a number who had known Miyabe, even a converted enemy, lived to fight for him after the war. I found it heart warming, until (about 2hr, 16min in), a US naval officer showed just how dishonourable the US side apparently was by screaming the F-word – that's the only place such shame comes into the film. A bitter taste after the film ended. I would not have watched (nor would again) had I had the head's up beforehand, and grade it as close to a zero as the IMDb allows. I cannot recommend that nihilism, though the film otherwise was exemplary.
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