「조선인 특공대원」이라는 물음-위령과 기억을 중심으로-

Abstract

In this research, I discuss the process which Korean Kamikaze pilot is represented and commemorated in both Japanese and Korean society as a channel of understanding memory and memorial of Kamikaze special attack unit in post-war Japan. with the lens of 'memorial' as a way of remembering their death. The typical viewpoint about the Korean Kamikaze Pilot in the Japanese media may be summarized as a scapegoat of history. This is the logic that the Korean young people's act of volunteering the Kamikaze special attack unit at that time is not a personal fault but a tragedy of history. Also, It is appropriate to understand that 'the Monument of Ariran' is a typical projection of a Japanese traditional viewpoint about Kami[神] that the live people erect a monument because they fear the disaster brought about by the dead. On the other hand, a series of the happenings of a trial and frustration of erecting the memorial of Korean Kamikaze Pilot in Sacheon(the birthplace of a Korean Kamikaze Pilot), Korea show that they remains as "Pro-Japanese" as ever in Korean society. To be sure, Although there was public opinion regarding them as a scapegoat of history, it is appropriate to understand this opinion as not a logic but a sentiment. They may be a scapegoat of history. But, the problem of this fashionable viewpoint in both society is it becomes completely substantialized, not a key of understanding a certain circumstance. When we came to a objective and logical recognition of the process they volunteered Kamikaze special attack at that time and the concrete history of a number of circumstances, in understanding their death(or sacrifice), we may be possible to make a way of receive the floating Korean Kamikaze Pilots in our history