Comments on: China Wants Fewer Sensationalist Anti-Japanese Dramas, For Some Reason

By: Jonathan Alpart

Jonathan Alpart — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:12:26 +0000

That is interesting. What has changed since those times when now violent anti-Japanese films are so ubiquitous even to the point of absurdity?

By: bag-o-dicks

bag-o-dicks — Tue, 21 May 2013 03:55:21 +0000

Here’s something quite interesting.

Men Behind the Sun (Chinese: 黑太阳731 / 黑太陽731; pinyin: hēi tài yáng 731, literally meaning “Black Sun: 731″) is a 1988 Hong Kong horror film directed by T.F. Mous.

The film is a graphic depiction of the war atrocities committed by the Japanese at Unit 731, the secret biological weapons experimentation unit of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

The film opens with the passage “Friendship is friendship; history is history.” Mou said of the quote, “that’s the argument [I had] with the [Chinese] government, because the government says ‘no, we have a friendship with the Japanese’, I said ‘well, you can talk about your friendship, I am talking about history.’”[1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_Behind_The_Sun

By: SeaHorse

SeaHorse — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:05:07 +0000

You know things are out of hand when the Chinese audience is screaming bullshit at a WW2 movie about beating the Japanese.

By: narsfweasels

narsfweasels — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:21:33 +0000

‘But back to the topic at hand: in classic euphemism, regulators say television execs should pull dramas that are “too entertaining.” ‘

Wow, Chinese TV could be LESS entertaining? Good lord, does everybody want the address of my satellite guy?

By: Jonathan Alpart

Jonathan Alpart — Mon, 20 May 2013 07:00:54 +0000

I guess we won’t be seeing naked women being cut in half any time soon… =(