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12 July 2022

Novel: "Henoko Bar, Stars and Stripes" Chapter 1 "Children Who Don't Know about Wars"

history,war,vietnam,okinawa

The novel is based on this issue and my own experience.   In Henoko, Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture, shaken by the issue of the construction of a new U.S. military base, a female singer time slips to the time in the midst of the Vietnam War. What is the Henoko New Base Issue? What was the Vietnam War? What is America? What is Okinawa?   A short story in 9 chapters. Each chapter features famous songs from Japan, the United States and Okinawa.   Translation of this Japanese novel .                                                                         ...

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28 February 2022

Film "Platoon" America is no longer the police of the world

Academy winning film (1986) directed by Oliver Stone.  A young American boy joined the military force combatting in South Vietnam, and witnessed the hell including division within the comrades.  Although it gained a good reputation, it wasn't as good as I expected.  I liked "Born on the 4th of July" better among Oliver Stone's Vietnam films.  The cause for the Vietnam War was to...

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25 August 2021

The fall of Kabul, more interested in history of Vietnam War than ever

The capital of Afghanistan, Kabul was suddenly occupied by Taliburn regime, managed by Islamic foundamentalists in the middle of August 2021 when the US forces were withdrawing from the country. ...

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31 March 2007

1973 Film "Two People"

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