Cries from Nagasaki

[howiseethings]

Sad how the director of this video ignores how the japanese government used their own children to fight this war of their starting. That is very sick indeed.

[atmark666]

all you-tuber some how agreed that jap killed and raped millions of Asian.

i dont think Japanese military has such low morale.

if they killed anyone, there must be an order form higher officer.

and why any military officer give an order to rape women?

i am sure not few of soldiers did rape but they raped millions?

i dont think every Asian hates Japanese, only chinks and Koreans.

[Garudanime]

@rtshchand i hope you get cancer and aids and die

[EchigoDragon]

@LionsPowerHouse If China is gonna mess with the "Japs" then they also mess with the "Yankees". Game over for China.

[yutaantonino]

@LionsPowerHouse how about exterminate FAT AMERICAN BITCHES u fucking redneck i hope US is bombed

[ZarathuPower]

Japan became a victim of war overnight despite the fact that it was offending country to many countries committing horrendous atrocities.

[ChronicxSnipe]

good

[majjaj]

تباً لكم يالامريكان

[brewangels]

I created 'Cries' not to make anyone feel guilty, not to promote pacifism - I'm no pacifist - not to make us look backward, but to make real the terrible costs of any future wars, so we think long and hard before embarking on another. .What struck me in accounts from Nagasaki: people had no interest in blaming America. Their concern: how did I behave toward my neighbors? Did I care only about myself, or courageously reach out, help others? THAT's the lesson we can benefit from today.

[chrikac]

The lesson we can learn is we need more transparency in government. Truman knew the Japanese wanted peace because they were asking for it as late as July 30.

[pepsisuck]

Japanese armies killed a lot of civilians during their invasion of Asian countries during WWII. What comes around, goes around.

So it's ok for them to do it. When someone did the same thing to them then they said it's wrong. Double standard hyprocrites!

[WELLBRAN]

Sorry but these accounts always use children, to smokescreen the activities of the Japanese Adult polulation..and what they were doing to my Father and thousands of others, see my video response

[WELLBRAN]

I see my video response has not been accepted, the Truth hurts.

[khengyang88]

japan start the ww2 with happy but ending by sad haha well done america

[calvingoo]

we should of wiped out japan and leave the survivors for china

[freacls]

is that safe to give a young child a firework yet i dont think they knew any better in those days also Nagasaki is over shadowed by Hiroshima

[Loftier]

Just sending heartfelt condolences to the survivors, relatives and descendants of those who died. If a lesson from this can be learned it should be that we should never again so forget our own humanity that we could find justification for causing such a massive loss of innocent lives.

[Texasjim2007]

Had Truman decided not to drop the bomb the war would have gone on to kill more people on

both sides including very likely my father who

was one of the first US Marines into Nagasaki after the surrender and I wouldn't be here. It

may have been possible to find another way to

end the Japanese dictatorship but we'll never

know for sure. None of this was the judgment of those still living but of those now dead.

[Loftier]

I'm not sure if you're missing my point. That Japanese wartime conduct was abhorrent is indisputable. I'm just concerned that we felt the need to drop to their (the Japanese) level, a level of behaviour that both Roosevelt and Truman utterly condemned at the start of the war. Please take no offence, I am as grateful to your Father as I am to my own Grandfathers for risking their lives to end two of the worst regimes the world has ever seen. I just don't think the A-bomb was necessary to do it.

[Zoe9112001]

I love this video! It is very sad but it makes a point. No we can't promise that

[jofirephoenix1250]

One of the stupidest videos I've ever seen!

[freacls]

why is it stupid the little girl is telling the story of a survivor maybe a young girl of her own age

[JohnSFlushing]

It's horror stories like this that make me believe that Harry Truman should have been hanged along with the Nazis in Nuremberg, Germany.

[ktwh65]

good vid

[89262173148]

noone deserve that fate

[pepsisuck]

the japs deserved it, it's called karma

[shounenbat510]

May I ask what the Japanese citizens did to deserve that? We all know what the military did, but what did the civilians do?

Oh, and pepsi doesn't suck.

[shounenbat510]

May I ask what the Japanese citizens did to deserve that? We all know what the military did, but what did the civilians do?

Oh, and pepsi doesn't suck.

[pepsisuck]

who give wind get storm

[pepsisuck]

the best thing the u.s. have ever done!!!!!

[JohnSFlushing]

I disagree. Harry Truman is a war criminal, and he is the sickest monster ever to seek the Presidency.

He killed his victims through radiation poisoning. That's a horrible way to die. Even Adolph Hitler, Chancellor of the short-lived Empire of Nazi Germany, did not go that low in his attempt to carry out a Final Solution to the problem of inferior races.

[Texasjim2007]

Hitler murdered over 6 million civilians to steal their money. Hitler and Tojo were only prevented from getting an atomic bomb to kill more people because we fought the bloodiest war in human history to stop them and won. My

wife is Korean. Truman dropped the bomb to end

the war, not commit genocide. He believed this

was the only way to end the Japanese military dictatorship forever which had killed people

than both atomic bombs. Truman saved lives.

[JohnSFlushing]

Harry Truman ONLY saved the lives of American soldiers. He did NOT save the lives of the innocent children in Nagasaki.

Truman also would have saved lives by invading Japan. He would have saved the lives of the innocent children living in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

If I have to choose between saving the lives of noncombatants (who have no involvement in the war), and saving the lives of soldiers, I am going to save the innocent civilians.

[yemilb]

2nd world war was a sick time and is a huge shame on history of human civilisation... there is no one to blame for this... only human stupidity...

[Pilomaya]

i really wish peace(true peace) would come to this world!

[rystyjumppa]

Yeah many countries have them bombs and programs as aces up their sleeves, but only one nation has gone and dropped them on civilians. They really should not have ANY position speaking about terrorism for the next couple of thousand years... And the same goes for any nation who possess the WMDs, even if it was just for intimidation. ...but not that i really care if ppl kill eachother.

[iam980]

Japanese atomic program (The Matters is who Bomb first and who will defeat)!

In October 1940, Lt. General Takeo Yasuda of the Japanese army finally decided that such a weapon was feasible and practical, and the Japanese atomic program started in July 1941 under the guidance of Dr. Nishina.

[iam980]

Our point is - Who bring the war, who should take a penalty. However, try hard to hidden the facts and destroy the doc in order to hidden the evil planning towards other Asian countries. American 1945 Mac Arthur, try to take the bribe /Money and treasures from Japanese Emperor in order to cover up the ugly truth of Japanese war. That is what we need to confront and fight for the truth. I become the speaker for the death.

[iam980]

日本兵殺了人，日本兵就要死。这就是因果法则

殺人與被殺的因果法則

「萬般帶不走，唯有業隨身」

承受最大的果報

受報之時卻往往怨天尤人

[ariakokoschka]

UN definition of terrorism: "intended to cause death or serious bodily harm (Atomic bomb) to civilians or non-combatants (Women/Children/elderlies/men of Nagasaki/Hiroshima) with the purpose of intimidating a population (Japanese) or compelling a government or an international organization to do or abstain from doing any act."

U.S. = Terrorism

[jofirephoenix1250]

Japanese armies killed a lot of civilians during their invasion of Asian countries during WWII. What comes around, goes around.

So it's ok for them to do it. When someone did the same thing to them then they said it's wrong. Double standard hyprocrites!

[pepsisuck]

so true!!!!

[Texasjim2007]

The lesson to be learned here is not that it's

a good thing to kill hundreds of thousands of

people brainwashed into letting a dictatorship

kill more people than both atom bombs did. The

lesson to be learned is that this is where all

tyranny leads to and should have been ended before it had to come to this. American troops

begged Japanese women not to commit suicide on

Okinawa. Those people chose to die. Thats sad.

[a4intel]

Cheers for Japan for. USA however doesn't deserve any, stoping the war by bombing cities full of civilians?. I know the Japanese did more than that to its other neighboring countries, but USA had to seek that low and kill Japanese civilians just like what the Japanese did.

[captwasabi]

The Americans had a choice. Face a costly and bloody land war on the Japanese homeland or a swift and decisive victory with the nukes. Since when do you take your enemies feelings into account? We did that which was best for America, as we always do. Wake up and grow up people.

[a4intel]

Oh so your saying just because they are our enemies they aren't people anymore that we have to consider. Remember the enemy was Hirohito and his army not the civilians of japan

[captwasabi]

Exactly how likely do you think it was that the Japanese people were just going to let Eisenhower roll tanks up to Hirohito's palace and lay siege? And as for how we viewed them, they were our enemy so yeah, their lives were worth less to us then the lives of our fellow Americans. But don't worry, that why this world has adults. We're the ones who have to make these heavy decisions. You keep dancing around the may pole

[a4intel]

Ok fine you win. =p

[EFrizell]

People who post videos or comments in youtube should be asked:

1 Can you read?

2 Do you know how to spell right?

3 Have you studied history?

4 Do you know the difference between reality and fiction?

Only a person answering yes to all of the above should be allowed to post.

[brewangels]

DIRECTOR'S COMMENT 2:

What touched me originally in the accounts from Nagasaki? No blaming. No bitterness.

Most victims simply worried: "How did I react? Was I just out for myself, or did I truly help my fellow citizens?"

To me, that's vital: compassion, empathy, caring for those in pain, in need. The more we learn to do THAT, the wiser we'll be whenever we contemplate going to war.

[brewangels]

DIRECTOR'S COMMENT:

No desire to defend Japan's aggression or second-guess Truman. I'm not a pacifist.

But in democracies, WE make life-and-death decisions. I believe we must be able to WISELY weigh the consequences. So I value all the passionate comments.

America's now at war. How much do media help us FEEL the human cost? On all sides.

My next project, "Brew Angels," (demo also on YouTube), offers a glimpse of the toll of our current wars. Check it out.

TO BE CONTINUED >>

[dasgregorian]

Yaaarrrg, here's to america... justifying horrendous acts of terrorism for over 60 years, while waging a holy war against anyone else using the same tactics. Kill 100,000 to avenge 3,000... and lose almost as many soldiars as we're trying to avenge. Forget the fact we had no reason to attack THAT country... but their leader was an A-hole.

By that reasoning... I'm moving to canada.

[jkleinsmith]

It is amazing that feww know that Japan had two different team workinbg on the development of an A Bomb and actually tested one. The US was just first.

[envilblade]

japan have to pay for the war

[thoughtisfragile]

Your video is dedicated to "all pursuers of peace." Harry Truman wanted peace and he found it for America. Certainly we must not forget the horror that was visited upon mankind, but we must also not forget the point in history at which this nefarious beast was roused. Presidents Roosevelt and Truman did what they thought was right; I can not fault them for ending a totalitarian empire and saving American lives.

[BattleAngel]

But we can and should fault them for savagely choosing to kill so many innocent Japanese civilians. It is naive to think that just because the presidents thought what they were doing was right makes it right. Our presidents have condoned many injustices believing they were "right" for example slavery and social inequality.

[Nikes62]

There would've been radioacative fall out in the form of rain, also. Assuming the weather cooperated, the rain would've killed many thousands of people, SLOWLY. If the weather didn't cooperate, the radioactive fall out could've killed people on ships or even fallen ANYWHERE in the world. The US discovered this when the winds reversed during atomic bomb testing over the Pacific and contaminated the island and people of Bikini Atoll with radioactive fall out.

[Nikes62]

If they had dropped it in or on the ocean...wouldn't that have created a Tsunami effect? Wiped out the coastal areas of Japan and maybe California. Not to mention contaminating the ocean with radiation and killing all the fish. There's no way to clean irradiated water or restore it, Japan is a nation of fish eaters.

[Xirestone]

pity party on isle 4!

[Topistero]

What USA did to Japan was totally unnecessary, they could have droped those bombs in the ocen just to give out the message that they could be easily wiped out....today war is upon irak because of the 9/11 attack, on behalf of those dead...if japan is to reteliate what are them supposed to do to USA for their thousand kills??? still the excuse was "either we loose 30% of our military or we burn the whole fucking continent to the ground"...

[1337haxez]

do u have ANY idea how long it took to make thos bombs and how much work and sience was put into them it ended a war ffs, they had to build a city just so the workers making the bombs could live

[EFrizell]

Shouldn't this be used to denounce crazy Emperor Hirohito, who many consider to be Asia's Hitler of World War II, as well as his henchmen??? What about the million victims this maniac killed?? Is there no pity for those? We (the US, China and Britain) put an end to Hirohito's Reign of Terror!! The bombs were justified, and I am certain Japan and the World said THANK YOU.

You do not see it because you do not know history

[brianismynamo]

You make a very interesting statement

[MoonChedder5000]

very sadd.....

[elleestcady]

this could be pretty good, but it is so removed from reality. the girl is so american, and is acting far too dramatically.

besides, none of the scenery is japanese. and the actors are in no way able to convey the suffering.

[Sultanothemano]

Thats what happens when you mess with the USA, let that be a lesson to you!

[dswynne]

And these kids would have ended up become soldiers of the Empire. I'm sorry for what had happened, but THEIR PARENTS were the ones who allowed a military dictatorship to take over their nation.

[mainmedic]

I too wish we had never used the bombs. I also wish that Japan had never attacked us in the manner in which they did. I know revenge is the never the answer but I am torn. So many more deaths would have occurred had the US invaded Japan. I am not condoning what the US did or what Japan did but ample warning was given as to what would happen if Japan did not surrender. If only there was another way to solve our differences other than violence and war.

[captwasabi]

I am so sick of this revisionist bullshit. One cannot look at the atomic bombing of Japan without looking at how Japan entered the war and their list of atrocities. Japan attacked the us without provocation. Unit 731. Nan King. Mass Killing. Torture of POW's. Rape and forced prostitution of female nurses. The list is endless and you ask me to feel sorrow and pity for them? They brought it upon themselves.

[pakkin999]

Yes, I agree, all those babies women children and old people brought it upon themselves...

[captwasabi]

No more so than did the residents of Nan King. No more so then the English and European women serving as nurses, who were taken captive and forced into brothels. No more so then residents of Manchuria whose home land was invaded and after capture they were used by Unit 731 for medical experimentation. The bombs did not happen within a vacuum so stop pretending like they did.

[pakkin999]

No pretence or denial here Captain "Wasabi" (nice name by the way. Are you sure that you're not Japanese?). Just a simple fact my friend.

It seems that both sides chose to kill (en masse) and "use" innocents to achieve their ends - war is indeed a messy, disgusting business.

That messiness is never morally just, no matter what spin you choose to put on it or what side you support.

[captwasabi]

Well, since I was born in America and always list Caucasian I'm pretty sure. As for the choices made by both sides take a look at how easily the did it. The Japanese had no qualms whatsoever with the torture and mass murder of innocents. America agonized for months but faced with a bloody and drawn out invasion of Japan chose to use the bomb. Even then there were strict limitations as to which areas would be attacked.

[pakkin999]

Sorry I got confused because of your name, or is it simple irony? Perhaps if you could show just a little humanity your rhetoric would not go unheeded here.

I believe the bomb was also used for wider world-political gain, but for the most part agree that it was the only way. That said I still feel compassion for the innocents who fell victim to it.

[captwasabi]

Well, I guess you and I are just too different in regards to this. Yes, I do feel somewhat sad that the residents of Japan had to pay the price but in all honesty it's better them then us. This is the exact same reason why I prefer the current war on terror to be fought in the Middle East and on on Main Street USA.

[captwasabi]

Dec. 7, 1941. Attacked without provocation. Attacked with promises of friendship still on your lips. Don't dare ask for revenge.

[baolinh111]

u should watch grave of the fireflies from studio ghiblies, to have one of the closest experience

[hatti369]

Was that supposed to be "young" pumpkin from memoirs? This was really excellent!

[cifi10]

Does Anybody have the Right hands for these "Bombs"?... i think no one does

[dazzlingfalcon91]

Too tragic. I'm actually crying!