The whole story was a little weird in the first place. It just got weirder. There actually appears to be some history behind it and the story is a bit more complex then one would think off hand.
It turns out that Tak Kyung-hyun’s Japanese name is Fumihiro Mitsuyama and he’s the subject of a Japanese documentary and two Japanese movies. The people at Japan Probe wrote about him almost a year ago here. He was the main character in the 2001 film titled “Hotaru” (Firefly) and was the basis of another character for the recent Kamikaze movie “Ore wa, kimi no tame ni koso shini ni iku” (For Those We Love) which was, get this, based on a novel written by controversial and ultra-nationalistic Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara. The same site also has a youtube of the documentary.
Truly strange. Excuse me while cognitive dissonance sets it.
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This is why I live here. You can’t make stuff like this up.
Why is it weird/strange? Modern Japanese society is more compassionate than you may or may want to think. Too much watching Western and Korean media won’t get you there, though. You guys probably think Japan is filled with sorry revisionists or whatever.
wow.. thanks for the links =]
going beyond either govts’ black-and-white portrayal of each other, you realize these are stories of individual people touching each other’s lives.
maybe one day korean and japanese will actually get along?.. nah O_o
too much cognitive dissonance, hah. maybe one day…
# 2,
Ever see Band of Brothers? The third episode where they were assembling and getting ready to attack that German battery near some french chateau. They had those German prisoners and Malarkey said, “where you from soldier?” (obviously not expecting a reply) and the so called German answered, with a perfect American accent, “Eugene, Oregon…”
Yeah, that kind of weirdness/cognitive dissonance.
@2, Japan is filled with sorry revisionists. All they do is revise their history or insert complete fabrications.
@5
Sounds a lot like what the last administration here in Korea did as well.
what’s so strange about this?
Cognitive dissonance?
There’s a way more famous person Mr. Tak, who lived this route quite proudly, until August 15, 1945.
He is the father of Ms. Park Geun Hye.
By the way, how do you think the ROK Air Force even had pilots, and Air Force officers, right after 1945, and seeing some action in 1950?
Most of them were flying Mitsubishi Zero’s in the 40’s, that’s how.
famous “than”
by the way, the Japanese actor seems to be the guy from Mr. Baseball. The skipper of the Junichi Dragons, with Tom Selick playing the wae gook in yong byong.
you should be getting cognitive dissonance when you are driving your toyota (your modern day zero), and rocking with some k-pop (your modern day ari-rang,
or there shall be no such cd,
and mr. tak’s life should be accepted as it was.
@6,
Really what revisions?
Both the Japanese and Chinese know one thing. Their society will not survive capitalism without nationalism. You can’t have nationalism with real history, especially not Japanese history.
IMO they’ve nearly erased every connection they had to Korean culture, when in reality most of their artists, and culture in general came from Korea.
“Really what revisions?”
- Where does one even begin?? The first day of school for an elementary student in Korea is a great starting point. Koreans invented Chinese characters, sushi, kendo, the internet, Confucius was a Korean, Korea was never a tributary state to China (instead, it was the other way around), Korean mountains are purer than any other nation’s, Korea’s oceans are cleaner than any other nations, Koreans are the most intelligent human beings on earth, Koreans never get plastic surgery, Koreans are immune to SARS, the Korean War was started because the US and Soviet Union did not want to let leftover weapons from WWII go to waste, Kim Il Sung was a poor innocent peaceful man who never wanted war but was pushed into it by evil self serving foreigners, Koreans are incapable of doing anything wrong, Koreans culture never focuses on judgement of others based on superficial facts, fan death, Koreans are descended from a Bear God..
Anyways, you get my point. I think I could write a list as long as the Bible regarding Korean historical revisions/distortions.
“Both the Japanese and Chinese know one thing. Their society will not survive capitalism without nationalism.”
- They must have learned it well from the masters of nationalism and propaganda for political aims in that peninsular nation right in between them. Hmm..ever heard of Roh Moo Hyun?
“You can’t have nationalism with real history, especially not Japanese history.”
- I agree…which is why Korea needs to distort and fabricate history to say that Korea singlehandedly fought and defeated Japan in WWII, that there are no senior citizens who are nostalgic about the colonial period, that hangul was not taught in schools, that Koreans are the master race of Asia, that everything from Chinese characters, the internet, sushi, motorcycles, the air we breathe, fire, the wheel, and the ground on which people walk are all creations of the Korean master race. Pathetic.
“IMO they’ve nearly erased every connection they had to Korean culture,”
- I notice that even the most rabid Korean nationalists don’t even make such false and ignorant claims as this after they have been to Japan since the evidence totally disproving this stupid belief held by so many Koreans is plainly sitting out in the open. Japanese erase every connection to Korean culture? What a laugh…why is it that almost every textbook, book, or TV documentary shown on NHK repeatedly emphasizes the tremendous influence of Baekje (Kudara) on Japanese culture? The list goes on.
Again, this is probably more wishful thinking on the the part of Koreans who so desperately wish that Japan does not acknowledge ties with Korea. When they actually go to Japan, immerse themselves with he people, and see that what they have been taught in Korean schools is totally wrong and biased, they feel somewhat disappointed that the ammunition by which Koreans can use to attack Japan does not exactly exist to the extent that they hoped for. After all, nothing gets a Korean down more than the discovery that their credible base for hating Japan is slowly shrinking. Seems like if given the choice between Japan actually apologizing to Korean criteria or Japan ignoring Korean complaints, the Korean nationalists would prefer that Japan do nothing because it would keep the fire which fuels the basis for all Korean hatred alive. They definitely would not like to see this extinguished since it would take away their opportunity for engaging in the greatest joy of life - Japan bashing.
“when in reality most of their artists, and culture in general came from Korea.”
- This is true. Many Korean artisans and cultures influenced Japan way back in the early Heian and Yamato periods as well as from the pirate raids during the Imjin Wars. Please show me a single Japanese source which denies this. In fact, I learned this by reading a Japanese information source, not a Korean one.
On the other hand…karoke, anime, manga, Samsung technology, Hyundai, modern TV programs, K-pop, modern language, etc…
Nah, let’s not mention that.
#11: “Where does one even begin?? The first day of school for an elementary student in Korea is a great starting point. Koreans invented Chinese characters, sushi, kendo, the internet, Confucius was a Korean, Korea was never a tributary state to China (instead, it was the other way around), Korean mountains are purer than any other nation’s, Korea’s oceans are cleaner than any other nations, Koreans are the most intelligent human beings on earth, Koreans never get plastic surgery, Koreans are immune to SARS, the Korean War was started because the US and Soviet Union did not want to let leftover weapons from WWII go to waste, Kim Il Sung was a poor innocent peaceful man who never wanted war but was pushed into it by evil self serving foreigners, Koreans are incapable of doing anything wrong, Koreans culture never focuses on judgement of others based on superficial facts, fan death, Koreans are descended from a Bear God..”
That’s a really busy first day. No wonder the kids are burned out by the age of twelve.
“…the Japanese actor seems to be the guy from Mr. Baseball. The skipper of the Junichi Dragons.”
That is Ken Takakura, who is a seasoned veteran actor known for his roles playing in many Yakuza-themed movies. Kind of like the “silent and tough guy” mystique. He was also great in “Black Rain” with Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia.
“and mr. tak’s life should be accepted as it was.”
I totally agree. Also, I find his name “Tak” to be quite interesting. It means “table” of course, but it’s quite rare from what I have seen.
“That’s a really busy first day. No wonder the kids are burned out by the age of twelve.”
Lol… I must’ve missed class that day.
Wow bbundaegi. Looks like the passionate Italian side took over for a second there,
To me, the question is not if there are Japanese sources admitting to ancient Korean influence on Japanese culture since a lot of sources do admit it.
The question to me is if it has actually affected how the average rank and file Japanese see/perceive Korea, which in my opinion it has not. Ask a Japanese academic who’s a specialist on the early Yamato kingdom and he’ll gush about Korean influences, ask the average Japanese college student about the same and he’s more likely to think that Japan owned a colony on the southern coast of Korea before he knows what Kudara is.
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