Suggestions for good war movies

[zeiss]

Letters is quite good but feels very Western in its portrayal of the Japanese. It would've been different and I think better, if it had been made in Japan.
An odd circumstance is that all the "good" (competent, brave, honourable) Japanese officers have visited America and are positive about the Western ways.

Flags isn't really a war war movie.

I admit I cannot understand the rationale of blowing yourself up instead of going into combat and killing the enemy. Your bayonet never runs out of bullets.

It's safer to take matters in your own hands. You can suffer a long lingering death on the battlefield or the ultimate shame of being taken prisoner.

Why trust some nervous GI to get the job done right? :kill:

Killing yourself did more damage than that blade ever could.

Other factors were also in play. It wasn't uncommon for Germans to commit suicide when faced with the prospect of becoming a Soviet POW. The Imperial propaganda had instilled similar fears in the Japanese soldiers. Torture and death supposedly awaited them in Allied hands.