War Of Agression (Second Sino-Japanese War)

A Japanese Soldier is staring out in the sunset along with his fellow comrades during the Second Sino-Japanese War, a war between the Empire Of Japan And The Republic Of China.

 

This picture is part of an photo series I made, called: ‘’City Of Darkness’’ A photo series that depicts various social issues using LEGO as an medium to depict it. The social issue depicted here is ‘’war of aggression’’ or war in general for the sake of aggressive warfare without an proper reason. The reason why an Japanese soldier is depicted is because when people think of war of aggression, they’re mostly assosated wiht the Nazi’s during the Second World War. This however is a different case as the Imperial Japanese Army conducted an aggressive warfare strategy over Asia. In exchange of raw materials they stole from their conquested areas. The colours used in this shot symbolism the war colours of the rising sun, which is associated with Japan. It also symbolism that this war of aggression was the only hope for Japan to truly flourish which was not the case.

 

Overall I’m pretty happy how this shot turned out, with the lighting and such. Overall this soldier has also a name: Takeo Okamoto. He eventually died during the war during the battle of Changde, full believing in the Japanese cause, while his death was all for nothing as he died for an fools dream of absolute Japanese supremacy in Asia.

 

A brickfilm about the Second Sino-Japanese War was made that eventually inspired this picture and the entire concept.

 

Link to the brickfilm:

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQfZf7B0pr0

 

Custom minifig: Brickmania (Provided by Brickizimo)

 

Custom helmet: Brickarms

 

Done