Movies Commemorate Nanjing Massacre

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The City of Life and Death

Name of Film: City of Life and Death
Running Time: 130 min
Director: Chuan Lu
Writer of Screenplay: Chuan Lu
Genres: Drama | History | War
Release Date: Apr. 22th, 2009
Cast: Ye Liu, Yuanyuan Gao, Hideo Nakaizumi, Wei Fan, Yiyan Jiang, Ryu Kohata, Lan Qin, Di Yao
Plot Overview:
The film deals with the Battle of Nanjing and its aftermath (commonly referred to as "The Rape of Nanking" or the "Nanking Massacre") during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

More about the Movie

City of Life and Death

The excellent performances of the actors in particular help to distinguish "City of Life and Death."

A heart broken movie

There are intense scenes of crossfire in the film, but the way Lu focuses on humanity is more breathtaking.

John Rabe

Name of Film: John Rabe
Running Time: 134 min
Director: Florian Gallenberger
Writer of Screenplay: Florian Gallenberger
Genres: Biography | Drama | History | War
Release Date: Apr 2th, 2009
Cast: Ulrich Tukur, Daniel Brühl, Jingchu Zhang, Teruyuki Kagawa, Steve Buscemi, Anne Consigny, Yu Fang
Plot Overview:
A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.

Background

Nanking Massacre

Japanese Atrocities

Death Toll Estimates

Netizens' Comment

• This movie will show in a cinematic method some truth. This is a sad history that I hope we never see repeated.

• The only thing that´s dangerous is the danger of forgetting it ever happened.

• I think Chinese all over the world need to know history in the past so that they can appreciate the present and forsee the potential threat of the future.

• The movie has a refreshing viewpoint from those old WWII propagandistic ones and deserves my recommendation.

• I am not Chinese but I read a book about Nanjing massacre. It was heart-breaking and so painful to learn about it. It´s a shame that the Japanese fabricate this part of the history and teach their children that things like Nanjing Massacre have never occurred.

• I have not yet seen it, but just seeing this promotional picture has already made my heart heavy.

Nanking

The harrowing, heartbreaking and awesome "Nanking" retells the story of the genocide in Nanking in 1937 promoted by the Japanese army.

In 1937, the Japanese army invades China in a cruel war and after the fall of Shanghai, the soldiers head to the capital Nanking. A group of Western foreigners led by John Rabe, Minnie Vautrin, Bob Wilson and George Fitch create the Safety Zone to protect thousands of refugees. Full story >>

Iris Chang: The Rape of Nanking

IRIS CHANG: The Rape of Nanking is a feature-length documentary film about a young woman’s journey to bring one of the darkest chapters of history to light.

In July 1937 the Japanese Imperial Army launched an undeclared war against China. Five months later, on December 13, its troops entered the capital city of Nanking and began raping and murdering its citizens in an orgy of violence that has few parallels in modern history. Full story >>

Nightmare in Nanking

"Nightmare in Nanking" includes photographs and film-footage which are so horrible that it staggers the imagination.

Japanese soldiers tear out the eyes of children, gang-rape women then set them on fire, bury people alive or use them for bayonet practice beheading women, children, old men and torturing people for fun...and then laughing hysterically as victims, who have been set on fire, run screaming through the night.Full story >>

Don't Cry, Nanking

Don´t Cry, Nanking

The story focuses on a family, a Chinese doctor, his pregnant Japanese wife and their two children, who escaped the Battle of Shanghai hoping to seek refuge in the capital where the doctor was born.

Being Japanese, the wife must hide her origins to the Chinese citizens, but soon upon their arrival, the city is invaded by the Imperial Japanese Army and this time, it is the father who tries to hide his identity as the family tries to reach the safety zone.Full story >>

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