Otoko no iki

This was 1942 so it was a national policy film no matter what you call it But when the war was still on the winning side there wasnt even a little bit of sadness in the film as the war was getting worse and worse the burdens on our backs were increasing day by day and we had to keep forming a line for tomorrow with nowhere to go Akira Kurosawas The Most Beautiful Admiral Nomuras Enemy Air Raid etc Song of Annihilation directed by Sasaki Yasushi The film closes with the hope of the blue cloud that is bubbling up in the air Or it may be the last time that a Japanese film talks about war and looks at the end of the war with an unconcerned eye