Innocence turned survival

Rating: Null/10 (3 November 1998)

This has to be the best film I've seen in quite a while. Two scenes give me shivers on my skin every time I watch them. The part where Jim sings and salutes in the sunset while the Kamakazi pilots are preparing to get into their zeros. And the scene where Jim has a near face to face contact with the liberating American pilot - the slow motion of that scene is so poignant that my video on that part is almost rubbed off! What an amazing array of characters and situations thrown together by force. You are almost relieved that Jim is too young and innocent to face the terrible consequences of his predicament. His way of dealing with day to day life ensures his survival.