Mark Rylance

Episode aired Apr 11, 2021
47m

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

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Mark Rylance in My Grandparents' War (2019)

Biography Documentary History War

Mark follows his grandfather's POW story, talks to the people whose families were also sent to the Japanese interment camps in Hong Kong and learns about the horrific devastation caused by t... Read allMark follows his grandfather's POW story, talks to the people whose families were also sent to the Japanese interment camps in Hong Kong and learns about the horrific devastation caused by the fire and atom bombs dropped on Japan.Mark follows his grandfather's POW story, talks to the people whose families were also sent to the Japanese interment camps in Hong Kong and learns about the horrific devastation caused by the fire and atom bombs dropped on Japan.

Director
- Leo Burley
Stars
- Mark Rylance
- Caroline Catz

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Leo Burley
Stars
- Mark Rylance
- Caroline Catz

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6/10

Have to challenge Mark's perception on the A-bomb.

The Japanese would never have given up. It took something so terrible as the A-bomb to get them to stop. If you want to use a body count-not always the answer to the brutality of war-but there would have been more deaths if we constantly used conventional bombs to bring them to surrender.

Additionally, how many US Marines/soldiers etc.would have died attempting to make a land invasion.

There is always a list of sins, on all sides, during warfare. However, a review of what Japan did needs to be mentioned: Their invasion of China was truly a tragedy. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a sneak attack. If they had the atom bomb in '41 there is no doubt they would have dropped December 7th.

Sorry to all that suffered but the Japanese government was to blame.