《虏囚之哭》:复杂政治力学中的冲绳悲剧

Ryosyu no Koku: The Okinawa's Tragedy in Complex Political Mechanics

霜多正次的短篇代表作《虏囚之哭》,描写了1945年冲绳战争后期成为美军俘虏而获救的主人公波平昌坚,以及放弃自杀殉国想法,成为美军俘虏的"学徒护士队"的三名获救女子成员,为劝降日军控制下的冲绳民众而被日军杀害的故事。作品描写了近代冲绳民众在日本"皇民化教育"政策下的内部矛盾、日本军队对冲绳"乡土防卫队"的歧视,以及日本政府为护卫本土而将冲绳作为"牺牲的棋子"的政治战略等各种政治力学。这些错综复杂的政治力学,导致了从日本政府非法占有冲绳之日起,冲绳民众就受到日本政府和日本军队的利用与歧视。作品中获救冲绳民众最终被日军迫害的悲惨命运,就是冲绳各种政治力学导致的结果。

Ryosyu no koku, the representative short story of Shimota Seiji , depicts the story about hero Namihira Syoken, who is rescued as a refugee by the US army in the late time of Okinawa War in 1945, abandons the thoughts of suicide for his motherland and joins ‘Student Guardians’ with another three young girls. When he tries to induce the citizens under the control of Japanese Army to surrender, he’s killed by the Japanese Army. In this masterpiece, the author displays many political mechanics including the internal contradictions of Okinawa citizens under the Japanese Kouminka educational policy, the discrimination from Japanese Army against ‘hometown defense squad’ and the political tactics that Japanese Government intends to protect their territory at the cost of Okinawa. These complicated political mechanics have conduct to Japanese Government and Japanese Armies’ utilization and discrimination towards native residents since Japanese Government’s illegal occupation of Okinawa. It is the complex political mechanics in Okinawa that result to the tragic end that rescued Okinawa people get persecuted by the Japanese army.