Japanese Victory Dance in Nanjing

Japanese army celebrate the conquest of Nanking with a march through the city. They are dancing for senior officers. A frightening scene, I can't imagine whats going through the minds of the remaining chinese captives watching.
From the movie "Nanjing! Nanjing!" also released as "City of Life and Death". One of my favourite Chinese films, even as a non-chinese it had me pretty emotional. Watch this film and learn about a very important part of history, and (one of the main reasons) why chinese/japanese relations are as 'cold' as they are.

[@TuGustaNinos]

Who else remembered this randomly?

[@thepozoleispeople5139]

I just did. This time I came with the intention of learning the moves.

[@geisaune793]

Having a victory dance through the city you just pillaged is kind of a power move.

[@clmenaa]

When you win as Japan in HOI4

[@VLEW13RDNAME]

Hearts Of Iron 4 yeah thats ri- Banzai! ✋Banzai! ✋ Banzai! ✋

[@siegewarrior8655]

Title is a bit misleading. This isn't a victory dance, it's a form of venerating their fallen brethren. A sort of funeral procession, historically at least. The movie may differ (it's China-produced after all).

[@siegewarrior8655]

@Rando Namo Here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pprQppqQlLmnnrs This is from the Japanese 'Day of the Dead', where Buddhists celebrate people that have passed. There's no footage of the military doing this back then because it's a religious practice (that was considered a regular thing) and they were more concerned with recording themselves being strong for propaganda. The movie's dance seems more intense and solemn because 1. it's the military, 2. they've seen some messed up stuff, and 3. it's a movie.

[@user-yo1pz2qu2b]

It is no big difference when victory came with considerable price. Won the city at the cost of soldier's lives, Soldiers choose to honor the dead comrades firstly because the war continues and becoming ashes could be the fate of any soldier. How could them be happy when face death daily?

[@OrionSlaveGirlUWU]

And yet most of us only come here to play this at 2x speed and laugh

[@snal-ym7gs]

have no conscience

[@Toxic_Man_]

The Fire Nation when they took Ba-Sing-Se

[@VS257]

The Fire Nation was literally modeled after Japan - the Sun Nation.

[@julianloren2959]

Friend: *clutches a 1v5* Me and the boys: 1:50

[@disnuts4665]

when you steal others comment... I get it that joke is gold but not when repeated

[@hobboyjoy4887]

@@disnuts4665 Honda dealership employees when they sell a Civic🤣

[@workingpeon9316]

Oof

[@HelloThere-bj9rw]

Come on man be original

[@julianloren2959]

@@HelloThere-bj9rw ok then

[@akiharuna9380]

This is not a victory dance. This is the funeral dance.

[@lick3227]

I'm pretty sure this is the formal and official japanese entry into China, correct me if I'm wrong.

[@SuzutakeJP]

@@lick3227 This is an inspiration of Obon Matsuri festival of Awa Odori dance from Shikoku (as I have heard), so no he is right this is not a victory dance or war dance but rather a funeral.

[@lick3227]

@@SuzutakeJP thanks for the info my guy.

[@Cubs3344]

@@SuzutakeJP Awa Odori dance wasn't a funeral dance but rather a form of dance that derivate from an ancestor worship period

[@OrionSlaveGirlUWU]

And yet most of us only come here to play this at 2x speed and laugh

[@chrisfrombeyond4240]

The stark contrast between the national identity and mentality of Japan before the bomb and after is crazy.

[@memegod4433]

I prefer the old one, the new one is a bit softcore for me.

[@robotbjorn4952]

They were getting a little too big for their britches.

[@memegod4433]

@coinínbán so they've weakened them in order to conquer them. You know, with all the manipulative shite going on nowadays, and how fucking soft we're getting, and with everything that's going on with the UN, depopulation, world state etc I wouldn't mind a bit of nationalism again.

[@dihydrogenmonoxide7600]

The allies didn't punish the Axis because of their war crimes and they wanted to control the world. They punished them so THEY could commit war crimes and rule the world. But the difference is they do it while blinding their population with consumerism.

[@wolfgangtiefbrunner8412]

@@memegod4433 You prefer it from afar. Very much afar. Everyone loves talking about nationalistic glories perched on their sofa, in the comfort of capitalist liberalism. If you were a slave-labourer in some Japanese concentration camp, you'd talk differently.

[@fakhryhartono6352]

3:43 damn, that looks so hopeless. We once had that looks too. Forgiven, not forgotten.

[@Darkseeed]

And that kids, was how the Japanese introduced RnB (Rhythm & Bass) to the World. Good times, son. Good times.

[@juniorlazano6818]

a moment of silence for the people of Nanjing who were victims of the massacre and mass rape of the Japanese army

[@misterbean6816]

*1940s - Most Hated Country* *2000s - Most Polite Country*

[@ShivKamalUpadhaya]

When I was a teenager..I was scared by my freinds.. in my 20s people laugh at me 🤣

[@hirameberhardt8643]

​@@kck0611George Armstrong Custard also a devil

[@Herla-Cyning]

Most hated country... Germany has entered the chat.

[@JoSheperd]

​@@kck0611No. You are racist.

[@JoSheperd]

​@@Herla-CyningExcept no

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

When 媽你媽 joins your chat

[@milesromanus7041]

Does anyone know what are they screaming through the dance?

[@lurkingmando6405]

Anyone know the historical context behind the dance and drums tune? Or is this just Hollywood flare?

[@admiralYamamoto_]

Is this from like a movie or something if so please tell me what movie

[@nickjustineigdalino1470]

Imagine knocking out a bully and dancing this around his body

[@Lesimes-2055]

Bully?

[@fayezkailany]

What is the name of the movie?

[@alydaghestani263]

Why does they ran and yelled in the end of video?

[@chrisnewport7826]

Was there camera footage when done then?

[@mrdeba.007]

Can anyone tell the music name??

[@yunghitnit666]

I know this is probably fucked up but i want a loop of just the fucking drums damn

[@ingklein928]

Does anyone know what the sign on the drums at 1.23 means? I have been trying to find this out for years.

[@user-yo1pz2qu2b]

That is a slightly changed "卍“ or “卐” Which is from Buddhism, means eternal peace, good fortune, Balance and harmony. been used by a lot of Japanese clans

[@parkes1988]

it’s called 三つ巴(mitsudomoe kamon)

[@Jareers-ef8hp]

Dude can someone please tell me what the name of this dance is? I've been trying to find out for a long time now

[@kenyocogan2089]

Awa odori.

[@ucthinhhuynhha8216]

The drumming is great but can you make it a one hour video

[@annoyingtuguldur8689]

name

[@bobmarley-mx3yl]

the mystical aura is so strong

[@OneAlgea]

2x speed. actually sounds like a good song.

[@imperial_Dragnix]

If bts and kpop idols had testosterone 😂

[@nathannguyen3814]

I think this is more of a pseudo-religious ceremony rather than a victory March. Their victory parade in the Philkipines is much different compared to this and more western appearing

[@christianuy5791]

I think the point of the film is to show the determination and terrifyingness of the Japanese for their ruthless and unmercifulness in the nanking siege via this dance performance.

[@picklerick8785]

That’s why there’s soldiers with white boxes around their necks. They are carrying the ashes of their dead war brothers.

[@theultrabasedputin9099]

@Taurus Tong perfect

[@jamesstevenson7725]

Not pseudo

[@9ko3]

"A frightening scene, I can't imagine whats going through the minds of the remaining chinese captives watching. " xD They were probably as afraid as the Tibetan people were when the chinese invaded and occupied Tibet.

[@moomoochacoo]

This is a form of Awa odori right? Always reminded me of Haka

[@JohnDoe-yu5zm]

While I cannot excuse what was done during and before WW2, this "victory" dance never happened. What took place was more or less a traditional military parade through the city. This is a movie after all.

[@Dervishj]

What is the name of this march?

[@MamanSetyaone-ec3ki]

His name is satan japanese of march

[@chorrytambunan9588]

Dance name pliss

[@jl6075]

You ll never see the Afghan Army celebration of life like this.... especially nowadays

[@ittogavemegoodgiftsandamsi3744]

1:59 Me and the Boys Dancing Of Freedom Agaisnt School

[@RB-yj5fy]

YEA.

[@RB-yj5fy]

JUST YES.

[@jonathanwells223]

When you as a kensei clutch a 1v5 death match against an entirely Wu Lin team.

[@EthanATafua]

🤣

[@Alex_Sturm]

1:53 play this with 2x speed for real club sensation

[@Joy_editz22]

Damn💀

[@wu_zone]

Pls tell me name of this movie

[@zedkay6823]

City of Life and Death

[@VS257]

Be careful. This movie is China produced. So lots of lies and propaganda against Japan.

[@emailnyainggar]

Gosh...my emotion is mix, mostly sadness, tears...

[@ulfhednar9304]

Cry white boy, cry.

[@OGAndizzo]

Gotta say, the Awa dance usually don't go this hard

[@sadsackkvisling9694]

"We shall await you at Minatogawa."

[@Nockturnmortem]

Hahaha

[@user-im7uh5nl6t]

An amazing scene from a great movie. Even as a piece of theater it represents the Japanese approach to the war pretty accurately. Flags and drums of samurai, all marching in a predatory-yet-methodical march into the city. Their movements in the march mimic hunters stalking through tall grass, building up to the blasts (claps) of gunfire. They are a medieval host taking a city and subjecting it to their will. But beginning at 4:02 we see a lowest-ranked modern soldier being asked to celebrate like afellow conquering feudal warrior. The film does a great job of showing the respectable soldiering that was needed to capture a capital city, while making no excuses for the barbarity that followed that success. Beginning at 4:02 we see a modern day soldier who isn't seduced by the flag waving, drum beating-attempt to convince him that his feudal ancestors would think of this as a noble victory. Instead he and his comrades murdered, raped, and robbed, like conquerors

[@theultrabasedputin9099]

The Japanese don't rape

[@ComanderSazabi2000]

@@theultrabasedputin9099 comfort women

[@user-yo1pz2qu2b]

Just like what Russian soldiers are doing right now on Ukrainians. Well, a lot of them are war criminals. But I'm sure there are Russians with noble spirits, good people even in Russian army. Some of them do not support the invasion.

[@ringadingding5248]

@@theultrabasedputin9099 Are you for real nitwit??

[@shaheenshad5012]

​@@theultrabasedputin9099they are the worst vile creatures on earth, I'd say the only people whom the nuclear bombs are justified.

[@alanphua7096]

a great movie. They have the full movie on YT - City of Life and Death. One of the best war movie to depict the brutality of war that vacillates between humanity and utter brutalness

[@user-ij1jr3um5n]

3：45 У китайцев такие лица каменные как будто уже знают что сейчас с ними сделают Японцы просто аллюзия какая-то на азиатскую версию "Иди и смотри".

[@DamSonyinnjjk]

This what I do always after I win

[@INACTIVE4EVER]

Endou is that you

[@TurfSurf]

The dance in this war zone setting is really scary as if the ghost of the dead actually were dancing!

[@user-yo1pz2qu2b]

That is Japanese soldiers dance to send fallen comrades the last trip to heaven. They do not look like the happy dancers we see on TV. In Real history, they didn't do this right after the city fall to their hands. The first thing they did was trying to build a "local Chinese government", invited a lot of famous Chinese people to join that government. They didn't dance on the street, the lest thing they wanted to do was scare all the survivors to flee.

[@user-yo1pz2qu2b]

In real history they collected a lot of people stand near the city gate wave both Japanese flags and Chinese flags to welcome them. Army Officers promised peace and order. Said they came here not for occupy China but for resist the western influence, They are the people care about China's future and willing to take actions and protect yellow people. They didn't do weird things like this dance

[@OrionSlaveGirlUWU]

Play it at 2x speed. It's hilarious, like an episode of Looney Tunes

[@HamJesus1313]

What movie is this from

[@thatcoolasiankidjake]

City of Life and Death. Warning: Very violent movie, depicts the carnage and brutality of the Rape of Nanjing

[@HamJesus1313]

@@thatcoolasiankidjake thank you

[@hedgehog2565]

reminds me of awaodori with those hand gesture while marching

[@christyvargas3755]

the kid is name samurai

[@anaimoe]

Movie name pleas

[@thatcoolasiankidjake]

City of Life and Death. Warning: Very violent movie, depicts the carnage and brutality of the Rape of Nanjing

[@andouille9950]

This was very interesting.

[@erikaelizabethgarcia7913]

Imponente pueblo del Sol Naciente Un pedazo de Agua y Tierra conquistando al q podría ser un continente , Jay jay jay jay

[@therealhimiko3010]

Best anime moments:

[@spiritusinfinitus]

"Buddy you're a boy make a big noise Playin' in the street gonna be a big man some day You got mud on yo' face You big disgrace Kickin' your can all over the place Singin' We will we will rock you We will we will rock you" Watch it again with that in mind.

[@meilinramelb5511]

Put in on 1.75 speed it's sounds so cool

[@RB-yj5fy]

No 1.25x and normal are the best

[@meilinramelb5511]

SuperDuck oh I'm gonna put it on that speed

[@faredzulali7633]

Lol

[@igobywitty]

I always thought Africans Americans created the drumline, did not realize the Japanese did.

[@emillywheaton6726]

so good

[@brosario5235]

Ain’t gonna lie this was hard

[@user-yo1pz2qu2b]

Every strong legs they have

[@aryangurung3711]

Honda dealership after selling a car

[@internetkurator9256]

We Germans, and the Japanese used to be so badass. 70 years of consequent brainwashing and we are all whimsical Kawaii - go green softies...

[@user-yo1pz2qu2b]

Nothing wrong for kawaii parts. As long as people are happy. The only sad part is Japanese had getting rid of their past but Germans are still suffering for the past. Well, CCP China's cruelty and ugliness helped Japan a lot. Maybe Russia's cruelty also will help Germany to become a normal country soon. Considering what they are doing in Ukraine.

[@hannahdyson7129]

You were never badass . Just murderous .

[@generalnguyenngocloan1700]

The tyranny of guilt in Germany has no end. They’ve used it to finally dismantle the rest of Europe and destroy western civ. The 1917 Bolshevik take over of Russia failed after tens of millions of Russian and Ukrainian Christians died at their hands. These outside, foreign agitators are back at it again to destroy Russia and depopulate the Ukraine so they can buy up real estate for pennies on the dollar. Most people know who they are, but for the most part it’s criminal in most western countries to say who, and soon will be a crime in the U.S. Your enemy are those who you are not allowed to talk about, but this ilk has the “chutzpah” to define everyone else’s identities.

[@whiteanimsd7705]

Do you know: These Japanese Soldiers Victory Marching are Japanese Prison Guards

[@ulasylanl117]

Thx for the info

[@jonathanwells223]

I think that makes it a little bit worse

[@allkane5431]

and how do you know that

[@sundalongpinoy8100]

Play it in 2x much much better.

[@sadsackkvisling9694]

Looks more like a propitiation and vow to the spirits of their fallen countrymen. You know, like 'Ich Hat Ein Kameraden' and a Common Mass of Xian Burial, only Shinto.

[@studioo8969]

Japan believes it is confident in its history, but you should immediately see and think about the wounds Japan has done to Asian countries such as China, Korea, and Vietnam. I remember that Japan has not yet apologized for the Nanjing massacre, but it denies the facts about the wounds to Korea and Southeast Asian countries as if it were a lie. Japan doesn't know how cowardly the world looks at Japan. Of course, Korea also has a past where they went to Vietnam and killed civilians. The Korean government should properly apologize and compensate. But it still seems to take time. However, since there are many movements in Korea that need to be confident in front of history, there will be a little more change. All countries must work for their people, respect each country and live with each other. A good history takes a lot of time and courage from people.

[@aestheticswim3397]

oh name any nation or race that HASNT spilled blood for its own bullshit reasons,no one in this world is innocent,and no one has the right to take any moral high ground

[@imstuff2499]

@@aestheticswim3397 True,other countries probably also have committed atrocities that they probably wont admit and then proceeds to seek apologies from other countries lol.Its all about who has the biggest victim mentality at this point

[@jsun7361]

And how about the western colonizer . Dont you see the image of this western troops hahahaha

[@vorstellung3861]

nobody cares and the weak should fear the strong. ibe hiroshi did nothing wrong and so did hirohito

[@hoanglinhle4468]

- Funny how you talk about what Japanese did in Vietnam, While Korean did the same things, and acted the same way. - Korean did nothing in Vietnam. Just like Japanese did nothing in Korean. 🙂

[@prestonhill5269]

This looks way too good to be footage from the old days so is it from a movie

[@june8750]

yes, title is in the description

[@momon5304]

Sekarang menjadi awaodori festival di Japan.. dengan gaya dan aksi yang sama.. hehe.. 😀

[@cerebrooxidian]

jajajajajajajajajajaja xD

[@ms.pinky0174]

2:52 when girl join, but boy is 200 on discord but she is one

[@hientv3096]

Try the 2x speed best discovery ever

[@Guccifer350]

Link to the movie is here : kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6nClqWse5ybbdk

[@Bren.nto6971]

Thanks king👑

[@Ezra-eel]

4:45

[@fiquri8745]

Indonesian when their Chinese Boss call them Fan Kui:

[@mayarakiyosu8528]

Good!!!

[@ervinchu800]

This not victory dance this is funeral ceremony for the death soldier spirit go back their home land

[@jackhope982]

We will never see the likes of such men again in our time, men willing to sacrifice themselves for their country and a living God. The totality of their brutality was fierce, they would fight to the last man if necessary! It was a Matter of honour! Something that we don’t see much of today!

[@mangolassi5006]

And those men lost the war

[@leeeby2719]

And they murdered 300000 innocent Chinese in Nanking and this is them celebrating

[@leeeby2719]

@@KTSMORI ok may God bless you anyway 😷

[@theultrabasedputin9099]

@@leeeby2719 Perfect

[@user-yo1pz2qu2b]

Today's Ukrainian soldiers are as hard as them, but fight for protect what they love which they know as justice. I would say that is more meaningful. Doing wrong things would eat you up from inside and burn your human side dry. Just like today's Russian soldiers.

[@xiaogou3359]

They are dancing for the past aways in the war as they are telling the spirits to go forward to where they are supposed to, not celebrating for the victory. They are making this movie to raise hatred.

[@TheCerberusInferno]

And now they dance for pokemon lol ..

[@JohnnyCadeLover]

5 minutes after this *big plane flys over head, it drops something you hear a whistling sound*

[@talentlesszephyr_yt]

Imagine this to be a haka

[@tranminhngoctran3667]

The Chinese symbol behind the prison is kill

[@desdichado1959]

3:55 Oooo Yopta!!!

[@blueaotman]

Nanjing Massacre During the Japanese occupation of China, an estimated 30 million Chinese were killed. In the Nanjing Massacre,at least 369,366 people were slaughtered and 80,000 women were raped by Japanese invasion troops. The horror began on the morning of December 13,1937, when the Japanese Imperial Army captured Nanjing, which was then China's capital. Thousands of women were raped by Japanese soldiers; death was frequently the penalty for the slightest resistance by a victim or members of her family. Many women were killed after the act and their bodies mutilated. For the next six weeks, while horrific rape continued, wholesale murder of male civilians was conducted with the apparent sanction of the Japanese high command.

[@zacharysgro6145]

Kadokawa was a good lad.

[@blockystormtrooper3911]

MAKE JAPAN GREAT AGAIN

[@18754KRS]

we always been

[@rickiejochi6426]

@@18754KRS no

[@18754KRS]

@@rickiejochi6426 ?

[@user-yo1pz2qu2b]

Ask Trump to dance this then i will believe ^__^

[@stall162]

Hirohito 2024

[@jpbiitaso9711]

I’m a Japanese but I don’t know the dance. It looks no good 🤥

[@31yza]

I don’t think it’s just a dance

[@mrdeba.007]

Do you know the music name??🤔🤔

[@31yza]

@@mrdeba.007 sorry no

[@questionc9312]

Lol i feel hyped. I thought its belong your copyright

[@christopher3386]

It's fictional. This kind of dance procession didn't happen. There was a military procession, but not like this.

[@erikaelizabethgarcia7913]

Marcha De victoria sobre los marutaiiiiii . Quienes se creen ingobernables pueden ser derrotados por las hormigas sometidas cuando se hartan del yugo del Escarabajo. Ley de vida. El valiente vive hasta q el cobarde quiere. Cual debe de ser

[@jackmilk6944]

The two gifts humbled them quickly 😂

[@tonronin8244]

Lindo! 🇧🇷🇯🇵

[@brogadierthethird7790]

😬 not.

[@user-mi2ks8kp4r]

Nanjing Grand Festival

[@cruelangel7737]

For the emperor!

[@davididiart5934]

Fucking hell that's terrifying.

[@ryancolunga6117]

the crimes committed in nanjing were horrific and should not be celebrated.

[@darrenjones2933]

I probably will get downvoted on this reply. As a former soldier...showing respect to fallen comrades means more than allegiance to some stupid government thousands of miles away.

[@djuricavukovic8972]

This is anti Japanese movie.This dance is Awa odori - BUDDHIST Dance.I doubt Japanese Imperial Army would do this.

[@djuricavukovic8972]

@Deenie Beenie I don't care what Chinese think about this movie.It is their show.

[@djuricavukovic8972]

@Deenie Beenie the ONLY thing that I am interested in this video is that Awa odori is not what the Imperial Army would perform. My people is suffered genocide during WWII by Croatians, Muslims and Bulgars and 1999. by NATO.We lost 60% of our population in XXth century but it is not the subject related to this video.

[@djuricavukovic8972]

@Deenie Beenie you missed the point.It is insulting for Japanese Imperial Army to be in the contest with anything Buddhist .

[@ikanzaki9293]

Awa odori is also pretty specific to Shikoku (not that it matters but most of the units in the Nanking campaign were from northern Kyushu and also Aizu)..really completely inappropriate thing to show for this scene. I think it's rooted in misunderstanding of Japanese culture by the film maker

[@djuricavukovic8972]

@@ikanzaki9293 This movie is a state funded propaganda.They not care about the truth,just how to make an interesting and attractive movie.They are not the first to do something like that.Everybody do that...just few of us care about the truth.

[@endangsuriani8654]

Anak kecil itu penuh dendam dan amarah

[@liamfrankhuisen1014]

And then when Enola guy strike

[@arigatoigosaimasu]

Japan was not wholly defeated.. Millions of their soldiers were just told to surrender ..

[@rickchen288]

surrender or nuke the entire island along with your family and properties, your pick

[@ms.pinky0174]

Banzai banzai banzaiii