Is the drama おひさま offensive to Americans?
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The drama おひさま, now airing on NHK, is a program that shows the current generation about wars. 井上真央 (Inoue Mao) is the leading actress. Also, co-star 満島ひかり (Mitsushima Hikari) is very talented.
In today’s episode, Japan lost WWII. It has been describing how wildly enthusiastic people supported the war and how they lost loved ones. The three leading actresses all lost their lovers. The drama also depicted the Great Tokyo Air Raid (Mar. 10, 1945) and, to some extent, Hiroshima.
However, I don't think the drama is offensive even if Americans watch it. (Many people in China and Korea may think differently, though.) I think it is very natural that the drama describes the war in a way not offensive to Americans.
More than a few people in Japan say that NHK is the government-run broadcasting station, implying that NHK is detached from the people and its programs are too scripted; however, I do not agree with them. NHK is clearly different from government-run broadcasting stations in Western Europe and other countries.
However, the drama itself is boring, compared to many anime, because it is too slow and 井上真央 is not kawaii. 満島ひかり is very talented though. One of the actors 斉藤由貴 (Saito Yuki) is singing the ending theme of the anime Hyogemono.
Cf.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikari_Mitsushima
http://www9.nhk.or.jp/ohisama/
In today’s episode, Japan lost WWII. It has been describing how wildly enthusiastic people supported the war and how they lost loved ones. The three leading actresses all lost their lovers. The drama also depicted the Great Tokyo Air Raid (Mar. 10, 1945) and, to some extent, Hiroshima.
However, I don't think the drama is offensive even if Americans watch it. (Many people in China and Korea may think differently, though.) I think it is very natural that the drama describes the war in a way not offensive to Americans.
More than a few people in Japan say that NHK is the government-run broadcasting station, implying that NHK is detached from the people and its programs are too scripted; however, I do not agree with them. NHK is clearly different from government-run broadcasting stations in Western Europe and other countries.
However, the drama itself is boring, compared to many anime, because it is too slow and 井上真央 is not kawaii. 満島ひかり is very talented though. One of the actors 斉藤由貴 (Saito Yuki) is singing the ending theme of the anime Hyogemono.
Cf.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikari_Mitsushima
http://www9.nhk.or.jp/ohisama/
I know. However, it will not last because the 21st century is one for China.
In the end, we're all human beings, though. I especially loved the movie 硫黄島からの手紙, because it portrayed the Japanese as being no different from us. At the end of the movie, a Japanese officer reads a letter from a dead American's mother, and they realize that it's the same thing that their mothers told them. In the end, we're all human beings.
However, I think all dramas are unnatural. Moreover, it is necessary that dramas are unnatural in some extents. Because they are dramas and they have messages. The reality itself does not have any messages at all.
The drama おひさま, now ("currently" and "which is" are also possibilities) airing on NHK, is a kind of program that shows tells the current next generation about wars. (Next generation usually makes sense, but in this context it would be the most appropriate to use if the program talked about war for children.)
Also, co-star 満島ひかり (Mitsushima Hikari) is very attractive appealing. (talented, pretty, funny... any of those work, too. "Appealing" isn't used exactly the same as 魅力的 in Japanese.)
It has been describing how wildly enthusiastic people supported the war and how they lost lovers (loved ones is more generic, but maybe better?).
10, 1945) and, to some extent a little, Hiroshima.
However, I don't think guess the drama is not offensive even if Americans watch it.
(Many people in China and Korea may think differently, though.) I think it is very natural that the drama describes the war in a way as not offensive to Americans.
More than Not a few people in Japan say that NHK is the government-managedrun broadcasting station, implying that and that saying implies NHK is detached isolated from the people and its NHK's programs are too scripted unnatural; however, I do not agree with them.
満島ひかり is very appealing (choose a new adjective) though.
One of the actors, 斉藤由貴 (Saito Yuki), is singings the ending song theme of the anime Hyogemono.
It is interesting that おひさま is (only) for Japanese people; nevertheless, it is not offensive to the then enemy (in my opinion). It's not because of considerations to the US, but it is because it is rather natural for Japanese people. In, at least, some cases (not most), Japanese do not seem to like making up somebody into the enemy. They do not need enemies when they describe their history.
Actually, Japan gave up using old politicians as portraits in bank notes; the reason was that the government took considerations to Korean people. Ito Hirobumi was the portrait in a 1000-yen note. I do not feel it is cool to use old politicians as portraits in bank notes. It’s like developing countries.
Yes, he is 伊藤博文.
As for this, I feel a recent drama of NHK is vulgar. It is 坂の上の雲 (Saka no ueno kumo). It describes Chinese people as lazy, and white people as the potential enemy.
chinese are lazy.do you think so??do you think japan consider other countries as enemy often?
Suzumiya Haruhi?i like it very much. the idol i say is singer,actor and so on.do you think that they can represent the image of a country?
I think the then (about 1900) Chinese people were “lazy”; it means they could not put together the power of the nation. However, if an influential TV drama describes one of foreign people as lazy, it means differently.
Similar, I think the then western countries were invaders/enemies; however, even if somebody at present says (like French people in Paris), “MacDonald’s is the invader of our traditional food,” that is not a good solution by which he want to do something.
as to think the western countries are enemies,we cant not stop communicating with them for this reason.no friend forever,only benefit forever.
Accepting the facts may not be easy, but the truth is the truth nonetheless. I think most, if not every country, is guilty of having enough national pride to paint themselves in better light when comparing themselves to other countries. I think that is the root of being "offensive."
Americans probably hold that attitude toward the war because they were not only on the winning side, but they also didn't receive the same amount of (land)damage as other nations. After a war, reconstruction is not only limited to buildings, bridges and governments, but the minds and hearts of the people as well. Peoples perception of life and what they value can change drastically.
This is a big problem. If a Japanese say anything that is unfavorable to Korea and China, especially to Korea, Korean and Chinese people will usually say it is not accurate. Logically, “inaccurate” and “unfavorable” are different; however, for those people, “unfavorable”, “inaccurate” and “offensive” are the same, if the affair is about Japan. This is radical, but it is almost the case in all nations, to some degree.
The topics that are sensitive to Americans usually involve a specific ethnicity. The Holocaust and anything involving black people during the slavery era are very touchy and difficult to portray.