"This becomes a much more human story when we realize two things. One, any of us could have been born there," he says. "There's a certain understanding that what happened in japan can happen again." He asks: 'How high do you have to turn the dial up on the intensity level, though, before they back fire on you?'
The Asia-Pacific War of 1937-1945 has deep roots. It also involves a Japanese society that's been called one of the most distinctive on Earth. If there were a Japanese version of Captain America, this would be his origin story.