Martes, March 24, 2026:
I watched the following movie in my Japanese-style Washitsu room last night.
Recorded on a USB-HDD (registration number 3) connected to a DIGA (2017 model). Aired on BS Nippon Television on December 11, 2022, at 8:00 PM. Sunday Road Show "RED SKY" (2013, USA. Original language: English. Japanese subtitles).
It was interesting.
It's not uncommon to find British and American films, or Japanese anime, that, when viewed years later, seem to have been 10, 20, 30 years, or even more, ahead of their time.
This film is one of them. While the film's theme is different from the "war of aggression against Iran" currently being waged by the United States, watching the opening scene makes one wonder if the filmmakers were predicting events 13 years later.
The actors involved in international politics—Russia, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Israel, Azerbaijan, and the CIA—are similar to the current situation.
Incidentally, a few days ago, the Qatari Minister of Education addressed the US President and the Israeli Prime Minister in a social media post.
「To Mr. Trump and Mr. Netanyahu: Stop speaking on our behalf. Stop using us to justify your agenda. We do not want to be "liberated" by you. We just want to be left alone.
Stop inciting war.
Your failure in school and your Hollywood education are your own fault. It is not our responsibility.
The world is not a Hollywood movie.」
Lolwah Rashid Al-Khater
https://x.com/Lolwah_Alkhater?lang=ja
(Original language is Arabic. Translated from Japanese to English. Because there were unnatural parts in the Japanese text machine-translated from Arabic, the author modified, supplemented, and paraphrased some parts before translating to English.)
cf:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolwah_Al-Khater
https://www.gco.gov.qa/en/state-of-qatar/state-institutions/council-of-ministers/members-of-the-cabinet/minister-of-education-and-higher-education/
Her point seems to be:
"Isn't it because the American president 'failed' in school that he received his education in Hollywood？ But Hear (the Middle East) is not Hollywood. I hope Mr. Trump doesn't try to imitate Hollywood."
I don't know if President Trump was "educated" (had a significant influence on his formative years) by Hollywood movies.
I also don't know if he "failed" academically (meaning he didn't achieve the results he desired in academics, sports, music, art, extracurricular activities, etc？).
If "modern schools or modern education" are ultimately just places to standardize and homogenize the nation, bureaucratically imposing "discipline and training" so that men are destined for the military and corporate activities, and women for becoming good wives and mothers, then it can be said that individual talents can flourish outside of formal schooling.
Of course, we have much to learn from movies, dramas, documentaries, anime, and comics (not just Hollywood). Highbrow works of art aren't the only things that are beneficial for "education."
However, even if that's true in general, wouldn't Miss (or Mrs.) Lolwah Rashid Al-Khater's message resonate not only with people in the Middle East, but with people all over the world？
On the other hand, there is also a man (in Japan) who, using the same "Hollywood movies" analogy, criticize the Iranian government from the opposite perspective.
https://mainichi.jp/articles/20260312/k00/00m/030/267000c
March 13, 2026, 7:00 AM (Last updated March 13, 2026, 7:00 AM). Paid article.
【Israel's Ambassador to Japan, Gilad Cohen, in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.】
March 10, 2026
Israel's Ambassador to Japan, Gilad Cohen, in an interview with the Mainichi Shimbun, expressed his view on the new Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, stating, "He is a very hardline leader who is continuing the radical line of his father."
The Ambassador added, "As long as he calls for the destruction of Israel, Israel cannot accept him." The ambassador emphasized that the conflict with Iran is a "fight for survival."
Israeli media, citing local officials, reported that "the Israeli government may kill the successor again."
Ambassador Cohen stated, "I will not comment on what we intend to do." He asserted that Mojtaba "supports the oppression of his own people. He is targeting Israel and other Gulf states and is trying to acquire nuclear weapons, just like his father."
Regarding the selection of the successor, the ambassador pointed out, "In Iran, one bad person after another comes along. Iran is like a Matryoshka doll (Russian folk art)."
He added, "I hope that one of the leaders who emerges from within the Matryoshka dolls will truly change the situation."
The ambassador to Japan stated, "To believe that negotiation and diplomacy are the only way to bring about world peace is a 'Fairytale Land' and 'Hollyw
ood World'." he declared.
Which one is more "Hollywood-like"？
