1. The director is a Chinese.
2. Documentary concerns Chinese (and basically the global view of WWII).
Above two points more than enough for Japanese politicians and media to go on a huge negative spin campaign. So what of the "truth"? Even if the Chinese director bent rules here and there, I believe that his documentary is closer to the truth than what the Japanese education system is willing to reveal to their population.
Sad fact of Japanese culture about not revealing why WWII happened - primary school children are already groomed for sympathy towards themselves. They (and I) learnt Japan was in a big war sometime in the past with huge casualties but were not told of the reason.
I can remember 3 stories during "Kokugo" in school designed to evoke self-symphathy:
The angry deity statue - "Okori-jizou"
Cosmos
Shadow sendoff - "Kage-okuri"
Remember:
According to the Japanese, the Nanjing Massacre did not happen.
The Japanese say that the Nanking Massacre is a fabricated fairy tale made up by the Chinese. This is a ridiculous lie as the Japanese newspapers did coverage of the slaughtering competition in Nanjing among soldiers, who were competing with each other to kill as many civilians as they can.
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