Bway director Miyamoto weighs in

Broadway director Miyamoto Amon (Pacific Overtures) kindly shares his sentiments after watching Wings of Defeat.

「特攻隊は少年だった！」。解っていた思っていたはずの事実に息を呑みました。そして、特攻隊であったことが、彼らのその後の人生にど れほどの重みになっていたかを知りました。改めて教育の大切さを痛感 します。攻めた方も攻められた方も、そこには愛おしい人間たちが精一 杯生きていたのですね。私は、人ではなく、戦争そのものを憎みます。
—宮本亜門

So, it turns out the Kamikaze were just teenagers! I could not help but hold my breath at the truth about everything I thought I knew and understood. And also marvel at the heavy burden having been a Kamikaze placed on the rest of these men’s lives. I marvel yet again, at the critical power of education. Both those who attacked and those who were attacked, lived their precious lives, as best they knew how.
It is not humans I hate, but war itself.
Miyamoto Amon