Comments by "" (@asgaiyawaya3973) on "Unbroken | The Plank Scene" video.

It's not so much that in Japanese culture, back then at least, surrender was considered the biggest shame you could ever bring upon yourself, hence why many preferred suicide, western prisoners were treated with that same understanding which is why they treated them the way they did. What was really being shown to the guard, he is actually a seargent btw, is something not possible in the Japanese mindset, mainly because of this cultural fact which is victory in defeat. A prisoner finding victory when he should be in shame. The fact he is in the sorry state he is already in should make such resistance impossible yet this flew right in the face of everything he thought was true. This is why he never could face Zamporelli after the war. Most likely he still couldn't contemplate this revelation.
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