When will the ugly evils of human nature be fully exposed?
Nanjing! nanking! This movie makes people see the dark side of human nature, the Japanese army put Chinese these flesh and blood beings under the muzzle of their guns to slaughter, the elderly, young people, men, women, children...
And they cruelly enjoy the pleasure of this kind of killing, and the evil of human nature is evident here. So under what circumstances does the dark side of humanity show off at a glance?
If you watch the movie "Nanjing! nanking! You'll know.
Japan, a nation small but never weak, has always been ambitious in a vain attempt to engulf China. China's vast land is a great desire of the Japanese nation, both material and cultural.
History clearly records the history of the Japanese people learning from China in order to seek strength, for example, during the Tang Dynasty, it sent emissaries to Chang'an many times to learn from the strong and self-confident nutrients of Chinese culture, and to understand and see with their own eyes the vastness and richness of China's territory.
This land is what it yearns for, and it is what it longs to possess. In the Tang Dynasty, it naturally had no ability to compete with China, and in the Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty, it still could not reach this strength.
The weakening and corruption of the Qing Dynasty gave it an opportunity, and it was ecstatic to sharpen its knife and begin to try to compete with China. As the saying goes, "A skinny camel is bigger than a horse", and although it is gleefully trying its hand, it is still powerless.
China's poverty and weakness have made the Western powers look at the tiger, and Japan, a close neighbor, has been dreaming of annexing China for more than 1,000 years, and its greedy eyes see the best opportunity, and it is determined not to let it go.
Therefore, in 1931, Japan launched the "918 Incident" in northeast China and occupied the three northeastern provinces of China; in 1937, it launched the "77 Lugou Bridge Incident" to start an all-out war of aggression against China.
From August 13 to November 12, 1937, the Japanese invading forces fought the Battle of Songhu in and around Shanghai, and on November 8, 1937, Chiang Kai-shek ordered a full-scale retreat, and four days later Shanghai fell and the Battle of Songhu ended.
After the fall of Shanghai, the Japanese army took advantage of the situation to attack Nanjing in three ways. Nanjing, on the other hand, was militarily unable to defend itself, and it was suggested that it should be resisted only as a token. Only Tang Shengzhi advocated holding Nanjing on the grounds that Nanjing was the capital of the country, where Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum was located, and that the international observer and cover for the retreat of troops.
On November 26, 1937, Chiang Kai-shek appointed Tang Shengzhi as commander of the Nanjing Garrison, responsible for the defense of Nanjing. Before the Japanese approached the city of Nanjing in early December, the Chinese high command mobilized about 13 divisions and 15 regiments with a total of more than 100,000 troops to defend Nanjing.
Tang Shengzhi repeatedly and publicly vowed to coexist and die with Nanjing, and promised Chiang Kai-shek that he would never retreat without orders. In order to prevent the troops from retreating across the river without permission, he adopted the attitude of fighting with his back to the water.
On November 20, 1937, the Kuomintang government issued the "Declaration on the Relocation of the Nationalist Government to Chongqing", and government offices and schools were moved to Chongqing, and many citizens fled Nanjing.
In Nanjing, where there were 1,015,000 urban and rural residents in June, by early December the resident population was estimated to be only 468,000 to 568,000, excluding military personnel and refugees who had fled to Nanjing from the front.
On December 1, 1937, the Japanese army issued a combat order to attack Nanjing, and the defense of Nanjing began. On December 10, 1937, the Japanese army launched a general offensive, and on December 12, Tang Shengzhi issued a breakthrough and retreat order, and the resistance of the Chinese army collapsed. On December 1, the Japanese base camp in Tokyo issued an official order to capture Nanjing.
Because the Japanese army did not have the logistical preparations to fight deeply inland, the troops immediately faced a serious problem of food shortages, and the Japanese command issued an order to "expropriate" grain on the spot, which was actually to rob the local residents.
The Japanese robbery was accompanied by the atrocity of raping women, and in order to cover up their crimes, the Japanese army not only killed the victims, but also set fire to the villages they had looted.
On the morning of December 13, 1937, the Japanese army invaded the city of Nanjing, beginning the Nanjing Massacre, which lasted for more than 40 days. The movie "Nanjing! nanking! " is the tragedy of the times that took place in this historical context.
After the fall of Nanjing, many officers and soldiers remained behind, vowing to defend the former Kuomintang capital to the death. Lu Jianxiong (Liu Ye), an officer of Song Xilian's army, together with his comrades-in-arms, engaged in a fierce street battle with the Japanese army.
Their weak and tenacious resistance was eventually overwhelmed by the madness of the Japanese army, and tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians became prisoners, and the Yangtze River was stained red by their blood in the sound of gunfire.
After the eventual failure of the resistance, hundreds of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were brutally slaughtered, and the whole city of Nanjing was reduced to a terrifying black death zone. The only thing that still has a glimmer of life is the "safe zone" located at Jinling Women's College.
A large number of refugees flocked here to seek help, and Rabe, chairman of the Nanjing Safety Zone International Committee, Jiang Shuyun (Gao Yuanyuan), a returned female teacher, and Ms. Wei Tering of Jinling Women's College, actively rescued Chinese refugees.
They used their bravery and fortitude to maneuver with the Japanese, but the beastly Japanese army had already set its sights on the Chinese women hiding here.
Dancer Xiao Jiang (Jiang Yiyan), although she is a person living at the lowest level of society, in the moment of national and national crisis, in order to save other women, she firmly stands up.
Mr. Tang (Fan Wei), a cowardly intellectual, although he was careful to deal with the violent Japanese army and betrayed his compatriots in order to protect his family, after losing his beloved daughter and sister-in-law, it was difficult to hide the interrogation of his conscience, and finally chose to leave the hope of life to others.
In this war, as an occupier, in the killing of Chinese by the Japanese army, he gradually transforms from a human soldier into a numb machine.
He lived in emptiness and sin and gradually collapsed. In the end, he committed suicide in the torment of pain to end his life.
This film reflects the unbearable history of China, and the scenes of the Massacre of the Japanese Army are often seen in other anti-Japanese films, so we are familiar with those pictures.
But we also feel very strange, a member of the murderous demon Kadokawa watched the atrocities of the Japanese army slaughtering Chinese every day, and he gradually changed from unsuitable to numb.
Since it is numb to the point of commonplace, why does it end up with a conscience? Let go Chinese he committed suicide? This one doesn't feel real. I would like to ask whether any Japanese soldiers could not bear to commit suicide during the atrocities committed by the Japanese army in the invasion of China?
If this film wants to show the story of human nature in the context of the Nanjing Massacre, this is very disappointing.
It is not that there are no human beings in the Japanese, but it is impossible for soldiers educated in Japanese militarism to have such human thoughts, because if soldiers have such human thoughts when they invade other countries and abuse the people of other countries, they will be considered shameful by their colleagues in the army and even himself.
People who are japanese cultures, on the other hand, are more likely to be human and sympathetic to the disasters of other peoples. For example, the Japanese friend of the democracy fighter Lu Xun, Uchiyama Kanzoku, is such a person.
The film wants to show the humanity of the Japanese when Japan invaded China, it is best not to find Japanese soldiers, Japanese soldiers are the most unlikely to show human nature by machines, and their various atrocities in China make Chinese never forget, do not say good things for them.
It can be seen from the above that whether it is an individual, a nation or a state, when it has control, its evil, cruelty, and freedom to do whatever it wants can be fully exerted.
For example, Hitler in history, the Germanic nation, and now the United States, the ugly side of its human nature can be fully and unscrupulously displayed.
It doesn't have to be afraid to show the results after it comes out, because it is at an advantage in all aspects, and there is almost absolute control over all aspects that no one can do with it!