In 2015, Japan did something that shocked the two countries: Japanese television broadcast an anti-Japanese "divine drama".
The anti-Japanese drama is called "Red Cross: Women's Enlistment Notice", and the heroine is played by Matsushima Naoko. Therefore, many people think that the anti-Japanese dramas filmed by Japan will definitely smear the image of China's Eighth Route Army and hype the Japanese people's "heroic and heroic martial arts."
But is that really the case?
As soon as the TV series came out, Japan instantly set off a huge controversy, but our people clapped their hands and praised it, what kind of a divine drama is this?
The image of the Eighth Route Army "subverts cognition"
The drama is set during World War II, and in order to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the anti-fascist war, Japan made this "Chinese people's anti-Japanese drama".
The heroine is amano Hidai, a schoolgirl full of ambitions to serve the country, in 1931, Hidai's mother was hospitalized due to illness, in the process of caring for her mother, Hidai slowly became interested in nurses.
In order to work towards this dream, Hidai applied for the nursing school, and after graduation, she was called into the army, because she believed that women should also contribute to the country.
Then Hidai began a rigorous training, and after passing the grades, she set out with an excited heart. In her concept, this will be a journey to serve the country and win glory for the country.
In the eyes of family and friends, Hidai embarked on a journey to China. As a fraternal medical worker, Hidai's duty was to treat the wounded Japanese army.
However, after coming to China (Manchuria), the cruel rain of guns and bullets here really frightened Xidai, the two countries are at war, and the battlefield is full of scenes of flesh and blood.
Not only that, here, Hidai also saw a scene contrary to his imagination: the Japanese army was brutally killing Chinese, they burned and looted, and did nothing wrong, which gave Hidai a great shock.
The actions of the Japanese army immediately subverted Hidai's cognition, which made her very sad for a while. Seeing this, Hidai could not forget what his father said before his departure: Chinese and Japanese lives are equal.
One day, a man named Nakagawa of the Manchurian Pioneer Regiment was injured and taken to the hospital, and there was a Chinese among the wounded who came, this person was very badly injured, and Hedai was very unbearable, so she decided to find a way to treat the Chinese wounded.
However, this behavior of hers was stopped by the person in charge, which gave Hidai more people the subversion of people's cognition, so Hidai made up his mind to stay and help the suffering Chinese!
However, Hidai's betrayal of the country soon attracted the attention of the Japanese army, and in the face of this "traitor", the Japanese army wanted to snipe Hidai to death, there was no way, and the hunted and killed Hidai could only escape all the way.
Soon, by chance, Hidai actually ran into the camp of China's Eighth Route Army, and the scene here once again subverted Hidai's cognition.
Why is this drama a "divine drama" for Japan? It's God here!
Faced with the serious position problem, the Japanese screenwriter did not smear the Chinese Eighth Route Army, but truly restored the image of the Eighth Route Army.
Among them, the tenacity and perseverance of our soldiers in battle, and even a shot in the middle, which deliberately shows the real fine work style of our army -- not taking a needle and a thread from the masses, these are all presented one by one.
Although there is a small flaw in the play: the Eighth Route Army in the play speaks Japanese.
In addition, perhaps the screenwriter in order to show the theme of "Sino-Japanese friendship", in the play, Xidai and his son Bo ren separated, Bo Ren was taken in by the Chinese landlord, the landlord regarded him as his own son, and bo people are also very friendly to Chinese people, and speak Chinese very fluently.
The main line of the whole drama is that With the spirit of great love, Hedai has been following the troops in China to save lives and help the wounded. As soon as the TV series came out, you can imagine the huge controversy that caused in Japan.
What is the purpose of the screenwriter?
After the Japanese masses saw this anti-Japanese drama, they immediately exploded the pot, and the insults to the screenwriters were instantaneous, of course, from the perspective of Japan, we can understand, after all, this is related to the position between countries.
However, for our countrymen, it is more gratifying to see this anti-Japanese drama, and the screenwriter can restore history in 1510 and not take sides, which is a very rare quality.
Because the controversy of this drama was too great, the screenwriter once withstood very great pressure, and the Japanese people were resolutely unable to tolerate their own countrymen to "slander" the country like this, so they even caused attacks by Japanese "right-wing villains" for a time.
Therefore, it can be seen that the ratings of this drama in Japan are dismal. So what is the purpose of this Japanese screenwriter to make a TV series on this subject?
Before analyzing the purpose of the screenwriting, let's talk about a small episode, in which after the defeat of Japan, the Japanese female nurses met the People's Liberation Army, which did not torture and humiliate them like the Soviet Army, but regarded them as their comrades.
Female nurses learn Chinese in our army, learn "Mao Zedong's guiding ideology", learn communist ideas, and from the perspective of the Japanese, this plot is indeed extremely "exciting".
In addition, the screenwriter also used a lot of Chinese actors, and the few negative characters in the play were not placed on Chinese.
The focus of this drama does not clearly state the position of the "party responsible for the war", but only to publicize how fragile and small people who have been devastated by war are in the face of disasters, even if Theyida, who has the "heroine's brilliance", is still suffering.
Taking Hitai as the main line, people see the pain after being separated from their loved ones, the huge trauma caused by the war, and the difficulty of surviving during the war, which can be said to be a very perfect interpretation of the "anti-war" theme.
Looking at it in this way, the screenwriter just wants to publicize the humanitarian idea of fraternity, and the "top of the head" almost clearly writes the four big words of "Sino-Japanese friendship", it can be said that the screenwriter did not distort the facts, did not shoot for the sake of shooting, which should be appreciated by us.
The play revolves around the "Red Cross", in which the Red Cross also has some unknown "insiders".
The International Committee of the Red Cross has always been a non-state humanitarian organization, and they are deeply respected internationally, and during the First World War, countries signed the Geneva Convention, which included a content against the Red Cross: States must not kill and capture Red Cross personnel.
Regarding this treaty, Japan also signed and recognized it at that time, but when the life of the flesh and blood battlefield was not guaranteed, how many people would care about those treaties?
As a result, many Red Cross personnel were brutally humiliated after being caught, and many more were directly brutally killed, so the war was as big as the country and as small as it was for the individual, it was a terrible pain.
Behind the scenes is moving
Many scenes of this drama are In China, the crew arrived in Beijing at the end of May that year to start filming, at the time of filming, the local temperature was more than 30 degrees, the crew often shot for more than ten hours, and the heroine Matsushima Caizi never shouted tired.
During the filming, the Japanese actors have been eating Chinese food in China, which makes them very unaccustomed, but no one has ever made a half-sentence comment, and after returning to Japan, Matsushima Naoko also ordered 100 Japanese ramen for the crew to eat.
In the play, there are lines such as "Chinese is as important as the lives of Japanese people", and Matsushima Noriko is also deeply aware of this, so it is reasonable that she can become a "goddess" for many Chinese.
As soon as this drama was broadcast, it quickly caused repercussions in China, and after our people saw it, they all clapped their hands and praised it, but this did not bring any ratings increase to this drama.
After all, in the eyes of most of the Japanese people, Japanese imperialism launched a war to "defend the family and defend the country", and their soldiers were "wise and heroic".
Therefore, putting aside the war stance, this is a very worthwhile drama, although some of the historical facts in the play are not 100% restored, but we can also understand, after all, Japan does not have much information about World War II in its hands.
After watching this Japanese anti-Japanese "divine drama" and looking back at many anti-Japanese dramas in our country, we have to admit that there are high and low, such as China's "hand tearing devils", "riding bicycles to fly into the sky", "grenades blowing up planes" and other plots, which are really ironic.
Of course, there are also many excellent anti-Japanese dramas in China, but we should learn from experience and lessons in the face of the shortcomings of China's anti-Japanese dramas.
The purpose of the anti-Japanese drama is not to see how painful and happy the psychology arises after we see the "tearing the devil", but to let us cherish the peaceful and prosperous world that the martyrs of the predecessors exchanged for their lives, remember how the Chinese people struggled to get out of the humiliation of a hundred years, and inspired our determination to strive for strength!
On the whole, "Red Cross" is a well-made film and television drama, which respects history, promotes the concept of fraternity, and earns people's tears with the sensationality of the content.
As an anti-war theme TV series, it is undoubtedly successful, although some of the story lines in the play are overhead, but the content can cause people to think deeply, interested netizens can take a look!