You could take a Nanjing tour and to know more stories about this sentimental city.
“Nanjing! Nanjing!“ (aka “City of Life and Death“) is a new movie by Chinese director Lu Chuan about the Nanjing Massacre that occurred when Japanese forces overran the then-capital of China in World War II. It is a movie I strongly recommend you watch, even if it is the edited and cut version being shown in China.Despite the mainland version having cut out certain more graphic scenes, so as not to offend the fragile sensibilities of the innocent mainland audiences, what I saw was plenty to ensure that I will never forget just how many inhuman ways of abuse and death were employed by the Japanese imperial army during their rampage across China.
These scenes of brutality, however shocking or illuminating they might be, are not going to connect “Nanjing! Nanjing!” to its audience. Rather, it will be the numerous scenes of complete and utter humanity that offers audiences a precious opportunity to better understand both others, themselves, and what we’re all capable of. These include the scenes of cowardice and bravery, defiance and resignation, self-preservation and self-sacrifice. They include the supplication for survival of a portly Shanghai husband and father, the helplessness of a compassionate German forced to give up his charges, and yes, the small things a bewildered Japanese soldier does or doesn’t do.
It is this movie’s ability to give those viewers with minds and hearts open enough the opportunity to identify with each of these characters and the scope of gritty emotions they represent that makes “Nanjing! Nanjing!” a Chinese movie worthy of being compared to a spiritual predecessor, “Schindler’s List.”
I got pretty chocked up even from the early battle scenes, and was shamelessly wiping streams of tears off my face throughout 3/4ths of the film.
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