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Unfortunately for them, it proved to be counter-productive because the US declared war on the Axis powers.

It was commended for just telling the story without seeming like it was trying to take a side.

Setsuko and her doll, from Grave of the Fireflies

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Once it does, it becomes remarkably apparent that it may not even be safe for adults to view.

Already, audiences can infer what will happen and that it likely isn’t going to be pretty.

As such, it wouldn’t be wrong to consider this aChristmas movie as well as a war movie.

Dennis Quaid as William Halsey looking intently in Midway

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The movie places viewers right in the middle of the action.

But most of these movies are whimsical and fantastical, whereas this movie is much more grounded.

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Two soldiers running away from a burning truck in Tora! Tora! Tora!

Image via 20th Century Studios

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A group of soldiers looking to the distance in Flags of Our Fathers

Image via Paramount Pictures

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Jim Graham saluting in ‘Empire of the Sun’.

Image via Warner Bros.

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A young girl looks up in fear in Barefoot Gen

Image via Eiga Center Zenkoku/Renraku Kaigi

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David Bowie looking intently in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Image via Shochiku Fuji

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Two American soldiers hold their rifles close and lie on their backs in tall grass in ‘The Thin Red Line’

Image via 20th Century Studios

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Desmond Doss on the battlefield in Hacksaw Ridge

Image via Lionsgate

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A Japanese soldier waits in the trenches in Letters from Iwo Jima

Image via Warner Bros.

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Seita and Setsuko walk in a field of flowers and fireflies in Grave of the Fireflies

Image via Toho

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Letters from Iwo Jima