From the "The Dirty Dozen" (1967) to "Saving Private Ryan" (1998), cinema audiences in Japan have flocked to theaters to watch Americans and Germans killing one another.
Such films continue to enjoy popularity. During the weekend of Nov. 29-30, the Brad Pitt World War II drama "Fury" was rated Japan's second most popular film at the box office, raking in ¥200,960,300 from 155,667 admissions on 332 screens.
This coming August will mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Pacific War, and you won't need to consult a crystal ball to predict that while Hollywood blockbusters might be in short supply, Japan's print and broadcast media will be serving up lots of material from a variety of perspectives.