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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
Although this is a work of fiction, it's unnerving to know that it was based on the writings of people who were there.
What of that fellow who suffered PTSD? The one who kept running under trucks and planting sticks? I've known folks who suffered from that, but never to that degree.
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Yes, that veteran of WWII was not at all mentioned in
Black Rain (the novel). I am not sure if the character came from one of Ibuse's other novels (
Lieutenant Lookeast maybe?) or not. That was just a guess. In the film I really liked the scene where he tells Yasuko of the traumatic experience that led to his behavior and how they connect on the level of two people forever damaged by the war.
One thing I found chilling, and fortunately it never came to pass, is in the film where Shigematsu is listening to a broadcast about the in progress war in Korea and hears that the US led allied powers are discussing whether the use of the atomic bomb may prove necessary. I know from actual history that this is not fiction.