Homeless Angels

The film was very interesting in the way it tries to get the veiwer to accept the idea of Koreans being assimilated into Japanese culture and rule. There were a few ways it did this. The most blatant, although not the first way, was at the end of the movie when the Japanese flag is raised and everyone pledges their loyalty to the country. This is blatant, but the entire movie uses character relationships to slowly lead you up to this point. The Doctor and his brother inlaw seemed to me to represent the Japanese as these civilized caring saviors and the little Korean boys were the representation of the Korean people lost and in need of help. At least that is what the movie wants you to think. The film plays mostly on emotion rather than logic or its own credibility in order to get across its message of propaganda.