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Shi no machi wo nogarete
Movie

Shi no machi wo nogarete

1952 • Unknown

Woke Score
2
out of 10

Plot

Group of women escape Chinese controlled area for Japanese occupied lands during Pacific War.

Overall Series Review

The film is an obscure 1952 Japanese war drama centered on the survival and escape of a group of women. The narrative is defined by a strong sense of national loyalty and traditional concepts of duty and resilience, which is characteristic of the time period. The story features Japanese women fleeing a Chinese-controlled area to reach Japanese-occupied lands during the Pacific War. The entire dramatic tension relies on the women's collective determination to reach safety in their own national territory, framing the Japanese culture and territory as the positive, desired end-point. The character's struggle is entirely focused on physical and moral endurance, not on political or social deconstruction.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics2/10

The narrative centers on a nationalist/ethnic conflict, with Japanese women escaping Chinese control to reach Japanese territory. The focus is on the survival and loyalty of the in-group. It does not engage with modern intersectional politics, 'race-swapping,' or the vilification of 'whiteness' or the dominant ethnic group.

Oikophobia1/10

The plot explicitly validates the Japanese 'home' (the Japanese-occupied lands) as the desired safe haven, with the group of women striving to reach it to escape a hostile, foreign-controlled area. This expresses civilizational gratitude and loyalty to the nation and home culture, fundamentally opposing self-hatred.

Feminism3/10

The narrative centers on a group of women who demonstrate courage and self-reliance to survive a difficult escape. Their strength is a consequence of necessity during wartime, focusing on female resilience and cooperation. This is a survival trope, not an ideological lecture on male incompetence or anti-natalist messaging.

LGBTQ+1/10

The film is a 1952 war-time survival drama. Its plot is centered on national identity and physical endurance, with no indication of centering alternative sexualities, promoting gender ideology, or deconstructing the nuclear family structure. The structure is entirely normative.

Anti-Theism2/10

The film is a drama of survival and national loyalty. It is focused on enduring a dangerous situation, which implicitly relies on objective moral concepts like duty, sacrifice, and the justice of their cause, rather than embracing moral relativism or hostility toward faith.