There have been quite a few screen depictions of the Nuremberg trials - the famous movie and a miniseries. But the Japanese equivalent isn't depicted that often. So kudos to the producers for making this 4 part mini series. The sets and settings seem quite authentically recreated.
The famous war crimes appear Nanking, Pearl Harbor, Bataan, but gruesome details are not explored enough. Emperor Hirohito's role is touched upon. I don't know if it's because it is a Japanese co-production but there seems to be quite a lot of justification arguments for the Japanese - mainly about an aggressive war not being a crime and comparisons to colonial namely British and Dutch atrocities in India and Indonesia respectively.
First of all, even if one accepts waging an aggressive war is not a crime, murdering innocent civilians is a crime and should be punishable in any war legitimate or not.
Secondly it's untenable to say that because others did wrong and got away with it so should the Japanese. Any country who did wrong to the civilians of another is answerable. The Japanese war criminals were conquered so they were rightly punished. Just think about this - because some murderers aren't caught, found guilty and punished doesn't mean you don't punish those who are caught and found guilty.
Some of the judges namely from India and the Netherlands were really irritating. But I guess they didn't suffer as catastrophically from the Japanese aggression as China and other countries.
Well done Netflix.
The famous war crimes appear Nanking, Pearl Harbor, Bataan, but gruesome details are not explored enough. Emperor Hirohito's role is touched upon. I don't know if it's because it is a Japanese co-production but there seems to be quite a lot of justification arguments for the Japanese - mainly about an aggressive war not being a crime and comparisons to colonial namely British and Dutch atrocities in India and Indonesia respectively.
First of all, even if one accepts waging an aggressive war is not a crime, murdering innocent civilians is a crime and should be punishable in any war legitimate or not.
Secondly it's untenable to say that because others did wrong and got away with it so should the Japanese. Any country who did wrong to the civilians of another is answerable. The Japanese war criminals were conquered so they were rightly punished. Just think about this - because some murderers aren't caught, found guilty and punished doesn't mean you don't punish those who are caught and found guilty.
Some of the judges namely from India and the Netherlands were really irritating. But I guess they didn't suffer as catastrophically from the Japanese aggression as China and other countries.
Well done Netflix.