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(Spoiler) The serious propaganda points of "The Assassin(s)"

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As I have written before,
the film develops a narrative that the Japanese government cooperated with President Park's administration to fabricate the incident in order to incite anti-Japanese sentiment, which does not align with actual historical facts at all. LOL.
However, in reality, this incident actually intensified anti-Japanese sentiment among Zainichi Koreans and resulted in the Japanese government being held at a disadvantage by the Korean government, which ultimately prevented the Japanese government from pressuring Korea regarding the Kim Dae-jung kidnapping case.
The actual sequence was: Kim Dae-jung kidnapping case → deterioration of Korea-Japan relations and Korea's diplomatic disadvantage → the Moon Se-kwang incident → relations intensified further, this time putting Japan on the defensive → even discussions of severing diplomatic ties arose → US mediation and bilateral negotiations → subsequent repair of relations.
This is the normal progression. Due to the intense anti-Japanese protests immediately following the Moon Se-kwang incident, economic cooperation could not be properly implemented, and the film's claim of "Japanese companies extorting money under the guise of Japanese investment" is actually something that has been extremely reduced in scale compared to before. LOL.
In other words, Japan is closer to the party that suffered losses from this incident, yet the film transforms them into accomplices who conspired with the Park administration. LOL.
Even in original conspiracy theories, the logic was that President Park fabricated this incident to inspire anti-communist or anti-Japanese sentiment; however, this film goes even further with the absurd, brand-new claim that the two sides orchestrated the assassination attempt using Zainichi Koreans to create a pro-Japanese diplomatic atmosphere. LOL. It is an absurd story even within the film's own internal narrative.
As seen in the ridiculous claim that Japan actually benefited more by using Japanese companies when economic cooperation funds and loans were provided through the Korea-Japan Economic Agreement, the director fundamentally holds a worldview that the Park administration and the Japanese administration were in league together, which is why they make such inconsistent statements.
So, by completely ignoring the instances where Park Chung-hee had poor relations with Japan, they turn an incident where Japan suffered politically into a story where Japan is an accomplice. LOL.
When Park Hae-il and Yoo Hae-jin shout "The truth!", I felt like I was watching a true piece of absurdist theater.
Perhaps it should be called a teaching tool that shows how far conspiracy theorists and political fanatics can go when they reach their extreme.

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