Released Year: 2007Directed by Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman
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Nanking is a 2007 documentary film about the 1937 Nanking Massacre committed by the Japanese army in the former capital city Nanjing, China. The film draws on letters and diaries from the era as well as archive footage and interviews with surviving victims and perpetrators of the massacre. Contemporary actors play the roles of the Western missionaries, professors, and businessmen who formed the Nanking Safety Zone to protect the city's civilians from Japanese forces.
Particular attention is paid to John Rabe, a German businessman who organized the Nanking Safety Zone, Robert O. Wilson, a surgeon who remained in Nanking to care for legions of victims, and Minnie Vautrin, a missionary educator who rendered aid to thousands of Nanking's women. In the winter of 1937, the Japanese army occupied Nanking and killed over 200,000 and raped tens of thousands of Chinese, one of human history's worst atrocities. In order to protect Chinese civilians, a small group of European and American expatriates, Western missionaries, professors, and businessmen banded together to save 250,000, risking their own lives.
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Particular attention is paid to John Rabe, a German businessman who organized the Nanking Safety Zone, Robert O. Wilson, a surgeon who remained in Nanking to care for legions of victims, and Minnie Vautrin, a missionary educator who rendered aid to thousands of Nanking's women. In the winter of 1937, the Japanese army occupied Nanking and killed over 200,000 and raped tens of thousands of Chinese, one of human history's worst atrocities. In order to protect Chinese civilians, a small group of European and American expatriates, Western missionaries, professors, and businessmen banded together to save 250,000, risking their own lives.
The film describes the Nanking Massacre by reading from letters and diaries which shows the activities of John Rabe, a German businessman, Robert O. Wilson ,the only surgeon remaining to care for legions of victims, and Minnie Vautrin, an educator who passionately defends the lives and honor of Nanking's women during the war time. The film includes survivors who tell their own stories, the archival footage of the events, and the testimonies of Japanese soldiers who participated in the rampage. 
L² Scored: 6/10
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I really love this documentary film, thanks to Tagnan for this DVD. I have learn what has happened on Nanking. The documentary story was taken from wikipedia as i'm not able to write it. See this gentleman pic above? His story touch me the most.
His mother carry his younger brother when they run away from the Japanese army attack. But the mother was stab and slashed by the army and gain a lot of wounds. The little brother is crying because of hunger. The mother risk her life and still breastfeed the baby brother with all the wound around until she die.
This is really a good documentary dvd :)
His mother carry his younger brother when they run away from the Japanese army attack. But the mother was stab and slashed by the army and gain a lot of wounds. The little brother is crying because of hunger. The mother risk her life and still breastfeed the baby brother with all the wound around until she die.
This is really a good documentary dvd :)
eager to watch it
ReplyDeletebut fail to buy it everytime..
may consider to download..
hmmm~ dun knw where to buy it also... download saja la~ :)
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