In the movie "The Tip of the Knife", Jin Shenshui rode a motorcycle through the city of Nanjing, and the Japanese flag was hung everywhere on the streets. Behind this detail lies the cruelty and shame of history. On December 8, 1937, Japanese troops occupied Nanjing, turning it into an important immigrant encroachment city and quickly establishing a puppet regime. Japanese elements can be found everywhere in the city, including the sun flag on the streets. These sun flags symbolize imperialist aggression and colonialism's enslavement, which brought heavy oppression and suffering to the city of Nanjing.
Expanded: The movie "The Tip of the Knife" recreates the cruel scene of Nanjing City for the audience through the Japanese flag hanging on the street. These flags flutter in the wind, as if telling a tragic historical story. In those years that had fallen, the rulers of Japan tried to symbolize their authority and rule through these flags. The waving sun flags on the streets make the atmosphere of Nanjing gloomy and depressing, and each flag silently tells the heart-wrenching history that makes people unforgettable.
In the movie, director Gao Qunshu focused on the details and accurately reproduced that period of history. Inside the office in Nanjing, the wall with the Japanese emperor is painted with the words "2600 A.D.". And at the celebration of Jin Shenshui and Lin Yingying's assassination of bacteriological experts, the banner reads "Celebration of the 2600th Anniversary of the Imperial Age". These two details aptly reveal the political intentions and cultural aggression of the Japanese invasion of China.
Expansion: During the war of aggression against China, in order to completely eliminate China's cultural self-confidence and national identity through cultural aggression, Japan held a grand celebration under the banner of "2600 A.D.". The Japanese ** imposed their view of history on their people, believing that Japan's first emperor, Emperor Jimmu, was founded in 660 B.C., and that it was exactly 2,600 years from that year to 1940. They also claimed that their imperial bloodline had never been interrupted, and they claimed to be "one line for all generations". However, these views are pure fiction and have lost their historical authenticity. There are 126 generations of emperors, from the mythical and legendary Emperor Jimmu to the current Emperor Naruhito, and the historical records of 8 of them are almost blank. This distorted history and fictional propaganda is aimed at a full-scale cultural aggression against China.
The festival in the movie mentions the "Imperial Chronicle 2600th Anniversary Celebration", which is actually a grand event held by Japan** to boost the morale of the people. Due to the huge losses caused by the war of aggression against China, Japan had to tighten its belts to get by. In order to divert the attention of the people, Japan** decided to hold a year-long festival to arouse patriotic sentiment among the people.
Expanding: At that time, Japan was facing an increasingly severe war situation, and they realized that simply invading and destroying China was not enough to achieve their ambitions. In order to achieve a strategic change, Japan began to shift from the "theory of quick victory" to a strategy of "political inducement and cultural occupation." Nanjing, as a key city, is a key city where Japan hopes to hold a series of celebrations and cultural activities to achieve the goal of completely eliminating the Chinese culture. And in Manchukuo, a grand celebration of the 2,600th anniversary of the Japanese era was also held. These celebrations are not only to demonstrate Japan's prestige and strength, but also to destroy the self-esteem and pride of the Chinese spiritually.
Takahisa Umino, a bacteriological expert in the film, established a second bacteriological research institute in Nanjing, China, and implemented the "Spring Thunder Project" to assimilate China by distributing candies containing bacteria. Japan hopes to achieve a complete cultural assimilation of China through this means, and after several generations of inheritance, the Chinese nation will disappear completely.
Expansion: In order to achieve total control over China, Japan sent bacteriological experts to Nanjing to carry out the so-called "Spring Thunder Project". They distributed candy containing bacteria in China, hoping to gradually expand the Chinese nation by spreading diseases and affecting the health of the population: the assimilation and extinction of the Chinese nation. This cultural assimilation is not only an invasion of the state, but also a violation of human dignity and life. The movie "The Edge of the Knife" presents this brutal scene to the audience through detailed depictions, making people shocked and angry about that period of history.
Summary: The movie "The Edge of the Knife" reproduces the fall of Nanjing and the cruelty of Japanese aggression through meticulous background settings and details. The celebration of the year 2600 A.D. and the East Asian co-rulership, as well as the cultural assimilation under the Chunlei Project, are true reflections of history, which not only reveal the political purpose and cultural aggression of the Japanese invasion of China, but also let the audience deeply experience the tragic suffering of the Chinese people in those years. Through these details, this film makes people remember history, be alert to the dangers of war, and cherish the current peaceful and stable life even more. Only by remembering the national humiliation can we strengthen our national consciousness and cultural self-confidence, so that the shame of history will never be repeated.