Viewers are divided over whether the film should have shown Japanese victims of the weapon created by physicist Robert Oppenheimer. Experts say it's complicated.

Viewers are divided over whether the film should have shown Japanese victims of the weapon created by physicist Robert Oppenheimer. Experts say it’s complicated.

    • kingthrillgore@kbin.social
      13·
      1 year ago

      At the end of the day, Japan and the US owe various parts of the world a lot of apologizing for shit done during WW2 and this is not me playing both sides. I am very familiar with Nanjing, Unit 731, and the comfort women thing.

    • OurToothbrushM
      165·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, those Japanese civilians and Korean slaves sure deserved it /s

      Yeah, thousands of victims were Korean slaves. Chew on that.

    • trufax@beehaw.orgEnglish
      81·
      1 year ago

      I agree with you that the Japanese military committed horrific atrocities, but from my pov, showing the direct devastation the bomb had demonstrates (among other things) the significance, impact, and importance of the creation of the bomb. That demonstration bears relevance in a story about the creator’s life and legacy in a way that Japanese atrocities don’t.