What Did the Dying Japanese Soldier Say in The Thin Red Line? - #shorts #short

[lt.pineapples]

Despite the barbarity committed by Japanese soldiers in my country, particularly in my province where they committed several massacres in different towns, my grandparents can attest that a handful of Japanese soldiers had friendly interactions with them, it was a very interesting story

[thespartanamongus]

It takes a great deal of willpower to not kill the man who just shot your friend and is at your mercy

[charlessaint]

What's both interesting, and tragic this is my family summed up. My Grandfather was an American who served in the Pacific in World War II. My Grandmother was Japanese and a nurse with the Japanese Red Cross.

They met after the war when Grandpa was part of the Occupation Forces. The story of how they met boils down to, Grandpa was recovering from a hangover in the hospital ward. Grandma was carrying a tray of inoculations down the aisle. She stumbled over Grandpa's foot.

Grandma said, in English, "Please, sir, don't have your foot out. I tripped over it."

"Grandpa yelled, also in English, "Don't call me sir!" and a bunch of profanity and slurs. The two had, what Dad calls, 'A Name Calling Contest.'

Later, Grandpa's CO ordered Grandpa to apologize and to take Grandma out on a date. He did. They fell in love. Got married. Had two children. Lived out the rest of their lives together.

Though they argued virtually every day, they always slept in the same bed together, and every night they would kiss, and tell the other how much they loved them.

I've said this on other videos for this channel. In our family, Grandma/Grandpa's relationship was trouble for the rest of the family-on both sides.

Grandpa's uncle, Corporal William Lee McMillan, Company M, 4th Marines, was captured on Corregidor Island in May 1942. He survived nearly three years of captivity. Went blind from ulcers in his eyes and was paralyzed by Malaria. He was liberated from Old Bilibid Prison in Manila in Feb. 1945. How he survived, I don't know.

When Uncle Bill came home, he was never the same. Both physically and mentally. Family recount he would lock himself away in the basement for days on end, drinking. He was only married once, and it was brief, and his only child died within a year.

Then Grandpa comes home with a Japanese bride! The family was torn apart. According to Grandma, only two people ever treated her with kindness. One of Grandpa's brothers, Thomas, and, surprisingly, Uncle Bill himself. My father recounted that he remembered Uncle Bill, and met him. Grandpa always said Uncle Bill was, "A damned good Marine."

Grandma recounted that Uncle Bill never did anything mean to her. Not even raise his voice, or blame her for the war, or what happened to him, calling him a "Quiet and dignified man."

Grandma's family was also hostile. Her father threw her checkbook at her and said, "You married the enemy. You're no longer welcome here!" and shunned her.

When Grandpa sent them a message, saying they now had a grandson, Grandma's family was yelling, "COME SEE US! COME SEE US! YOU NEVER VISIT! BRING THE BABY!" The only fighting was over who gets to hold the baby next.

According to Dad, in Grandma's family, he could do no wrong. It was as if the war never happened. There was no cursing, or shunning. No animosity. To them, I guess, having a baby was like restarting life.

For Uncle Bill, a man who did not know happiness for most of his life, who did not show hatred against those who was once his enemy, I like to think that, he could never forgive the Japanese, but seeing Grandma and my infant father, he could at least realize that the war was over.

[JacobC]

They definitely should have put subtitles but it helps you feel trying to figure out what he’s saying like the soldier would.

[thefinesthobbo]

I have one of the Japanese Arisaka rifles. It was made in 1917 and went through the war in China and the Philippines

[jameswilker]

Thin Red Line is a underrated movie.

I think it was hurt by all the small part cameos by big stars.

[consultant]

If you haven’t watched “The Thin Red Line” you owe it to yourself to do so. Truly exceptional film that focuses on the emotional impact of war on the human spirit.

[Tango_Hendrix]

Japanese soldier: You should surrender
U.S. Marine: Maybe I should surrender
Unit 731 Scientists: Yes, you should surrender

[chair]

0.001% chance situation regarding the imperial japanese army

[daijme]

Yeah.. no Japanese would ask them to surrender

[trev]

People forget that the Japanese empire essentially tortured their own fighting men. The hellish training they endured lead many down that dark path we all know of today.

[Cinemaphile]

"What do you think you can do, one man in all this madness?"

[PlayerToBeNamedLater]

My Dad fought in the Pacific in WW2 and once he and a fellow soldier found photos in the pockets of a dead Japanese marine. It looked like what was assumed to be Chinese civilians with their heads chopped off. Dad said it was very strange to him that a guy would carry around photos like that as if it was a happy memory.

[egaeffendi]

They really made japanese looks mercifull meanwhile the reality

[joelee]

I never gloat, or taunt my opponent; what goes around, comes around.

[MarisaPaola-umyb]

Im from Australia, japanese fought Australians in the pacific during ww2, im sorry but the number of nice Japanese soldiers were few and far between, lookup the death camps of Singapore, Kakoda, Bruma death walks, how they treated soldiers who "surrendered". Im from a small country town where 2 of our nurses were in a group of nurses were rped, and shot in the back. The helpless bedridden soldiers were then murdered in their hospital beds.Also a famous doctor and Changi prison camp soldier Edward Weary Dunlop, was from my town, he made history for secretly keeping diaries and sketches of the war crimes taking place in the camp.
hollywood.

[ChristopherWhiteRock]

War was a cruel time. Many Japanese, like the American counterparts, didn't want to be there in the first place. Not every Japanese was bloodthirsty either, like how not every American was merciful. But such is war, 80 years ago. Let's be glad its only in the history books now.

[lynnhunley]

War is hell. None of us should sit in judgment of their behavior in such circumstances.

[owenc]

They made the Japanese unrealistically nice in that case

[AcertifiedBAMF]

I remember as a kid liking the battle sequences of this movie but not really understanding the deeper meanings. Now that I’m older and know a little bit more about history and the war in the pacific, I suddenly get why my grampa hated it.