《起風了》：全力以赴生活，裡外不是人？

【Comment】

War and nuclear power, as well as the Senkakus issue, are complicated.  Being defined by contemporary needs, they take on no constant features.

The notable Japanese animation master Miyazaki Hayao, who has not dressed anti-militarism and anti-nuclear attitude up in his animation, is ironically facing the blast from both Japanese audiences and Koreans, the latter once under Japanese colonial rule. 

Are the above issues too complicated for the hard-working artist?

In an NHK interview, the reporter asked master Miyazaki whether the latest animation was Miyazaki’s last work.  Mayazaki calmly replied to the keen question that he treats every piece of work as his last.  Now it seems that comment might be self-fulfilling.

It is a good thing having the zeal to dig out any historical truth, though it is methodologically impossible.

The post-war Japan has survived in the history-free environment for seven decades.  Japan does not self-criticize.  She skips.

Those who claim to self-criticize and urge others to self-examine fall, too, into Miyazaki’s contradictory expression: It is nothing wrong to live fully.

Questions as “simple” as living fully take greater effort to answer.

The Nazi military officers, soldiers and civil servants claimed that they had to follow the orders.  There was nothing wrong to observe instructions, they all insisted. 

Some movies revealed the dilemma.  "The Reader" brought its audience to think, while "The Sound of Music" chose to dodge.

Taiwan is also still suffering from WWII-related aftermaths.  The Guantanamo-like torture keeps occurring in Taiwan’s military camps.  Taiwanese voluntary servicemen defend themselves the same way as the Nazi criminals of war and criminals against humanity.  No high-rank generals and admirals in Taiwan have ever discussed the philosophical dilemma.  They are nothing but pre-modern rank and file.

“No convenient answer” is the real face of history.    Revised on 20130730