On the surface, this looks like a pretty patriotic, heroic in a moment in chinese history. Chang will eventually execute one of these guys that lured him to this detainment,. i think, in 19 forty nine, something like that. And you can certainly see it in the writings of the common soldiers saying things like for the first time in my life, i get to fight, you know, in a united effort against an outsider.
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.