Watanabe got off scot-free

I know Watanabe saw Zamperini as an "enemy of Japan." And I know the way the Japanese felt about prisoners. But you would think by the end that Watanabe would've respected Zamperini. Look at all he took. He took all those beatings, all those floggings with the bamboo stick. He never broke Zamperini's spirit. Zamperini never gave up, never wilted, never lost his mind, never cried or begged for mercy. Then in the end, look at how long he held that heavy piece of wood. When Zamperini raised it over his head and yelled like that, Watanabe should've realized that Zamperini had guts and he should've admired or maybe even respected his courage. Instead, Watanabe has a fit like a little girl. Like a little bitch. He even continues to hit him and that whole "don't look at me" thing just made Watanabe look like even more of a pussy.

I don't know what the real guy was like as far as the way he looked or his personality, but the feminine looking actor in this movie, played Watanabe like a closet homosexual that secretly had the hots for Zamperini. He was angered or maybe even ashamed by these feelings and so his solution was to constantly beat Zamperini. It came across this way from the very beginning and up until the end. I didn't like the casting for Louie Zamperini, but I really didn't like it for Watanabe. I don't know about the real Watanabe, but the one in Unbroken is as gay as Brando's character in Reflections in a Golden Eye.

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