Ishiguro both highlights the role of politicised art to be seen as detrimental to society through the impacts of the war, and to be seen as ineffectual and unsubstantial to changing events; the war and its subsequent effect would have occurred with Ono's propaganda, or without it.[1] This theme bleeds into the scene regarding Kuroda and Ono, ultimately suggesting that the politicisation of art will result in the manufacturing of cruel actions.[1] However, this idea is counteracted through the various scenes between Ono and his daughters who confront the idea of his role as a propagandist being highly involved.[2] This allows both sides of arts argument to be explored facilitating the questioning of arts role.