Finisher 丨Li Kunpeng (Member of history study club)
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Slaughter City Blood Certificate (1987)
Douban score: 6.8
Director: Luo Guanqun
Starring: Zhai Naishe / Chen Daoming / Lei Kesheng
In 1937, Japan brazenly launched a war of aggression against China, and the land of China was suddenly filled with wolf smoke and mourning. On December 13, the Japanese army invaded the city of Nanjing, and immediately launched a brutal massacre.
In an injured hospital, Chinese doctor Zhan Tao (Zhai Naishe) fights to rescue the wounded despite death threats. Soon, the Japanese army flagrantly trampled on international conventions, invaded the safe zone where the International Red Cross was located, and massacred the wounded and soldiers who were unable to resist. Zhan Tao personally witnessed the occurrence of one tragic scene after another, and he was full of sorrow and indignation.
Japanese soldier Sasaki took a group of photos of the evil deeds of prominent "battle achievements", which were handed over to Zhantao by the people in the photo studio. Zhan Tao risked his life to protect the negatives, and was bound to expose the crimes of the Japanese army to the world...
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Nanjing 1937 (1995)
Douban score: 7.1
Director: Wu Ziniu
Starring: Qin Han / Early Otome / Rene Liu / Ulrich Ottenburger / Rebecca Peyrelon / Michael Zannett / Kubo Saburo / Gao Zhenpeng
In the late autumn of 1937, in order to escape the chaos of war, the Chinese doctor Cheng Xian (Qin Han) fled from Shanghai to his hometown in Nanjing with his pregnant Japanese wife Li Huizi (Ai Zhao) and her child, and he did not expect that Nanjing would soon be destroyed by the Japanese army invading China. When told that he could take refuge in a safe zone protected by European and American powers, Cheng Xian ignored his belief that he was different from refugee status and turned to his old friend to continue practicing medicine. He is shocked and angry by the tragedy of his compatriots, represented by primary school teacher Liu Tianqin (Rene Liu), but he believes that his first task is not to resist the violent enemy but to do his duty as a doctor.
On December 13 of the same winter, Nanjing fell in full swing, the Japanese army began to burn and plunder in Nanjing, Cheng Xian finally realized the cruelty and numbness of the Japanese army, let his wife go to the safe zone to hide one step ahead, and he stayed behind to continue to save lives and injuries, what he did not know was that the safe zone had long existed in name only, and when he wanted to resist, he found that it was impossible.
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Black Sun Nanjing Massacre (1995)
Douban score: 6.9
Director: Mou Dunfu
Starring: Zhang Liang / Pan Yong / Xiong Xiaotian / Zhang Xihe / Jiang Wenting / Han Zhenhua
On December 11, 1937, the city of Nanjing was besieged, and a bloody battle between China and Japan began. The Japanese army frantically slaughtered the unarmed Chinese people, Zhongshan Gate, and the Japanese army brutally slaughtered the prisoners. Gu Shoufu, commander of the Sixth Division of the Japanese Army, said at zhonghua gate that we were the first unit to capture Nanjing, which must go down in history, ordered the dissolution of military discipline for three days, and said that all Chinese women were comfort women. The commander of the Japanese Sixteenth Division, Nakajima Imago, led his troops into the Nationalist government, and he set up his own headquarters in the office of Commissar Chiang Kai-shek, and Nanjing officially fell.
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May-August (2002)
Douban score: 7.8
Director: Du Guowei
Starring: Ye Tong / Xu Xinchen / Lin Quan
May (Xu Xinchen) and August (Qiu Lier) are a pair of sisters with very good feelings, living in a warm family from an early age, living happily ever after. The arrival of the war shattered the family of the two sisters in an instant, the father died, and the whole family was supported by the strong mother (Ye Tong).
In August, she fell ill with a high fever, and her mother risked going to the streets blocked by the Japanese army to find medicine, and then unfortunately died, and May, who luckily escaped, took her sister to the refugee camp built by the church. Life in the camps was hard and dangerous, and finally, in May and August, we were looking forward to seeing our loved ones. Following their uncle, the two sisters come to Zhenjiang and meet Fang Yi (Xue Bin), a boy who has a similar experience with them. Soon, Zhenjiang also fell, and may and August, which were desperate again and again, be able to escape from the danger this time?
The film has received many awards internationally.
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Qixia Temple 1937 (2004)
Douban score 7.7
Director: Zheng Fangnan
Writers: Fax Master / Zheng Fangnan
Starring: Zhang Xinhua / Song Jun / Ding Mengyu
The story of this film is based on real events. On December 13, 1937, the Japanese invading China captured the city of Nanjing and carried out a brutal massacre. In order to protect the lives of refugees and Chinese soldiers, the monks of Qixia Temple, led by Master Shanran, spontaneously organized themselves and established a Buddhist refugee shelter, which has assisted and resettled more than 24,000 refugees. In the struggle against the Japanese army, many monks died tragically at the gunpoint of the Japanese army. Undaunted by sacrifice, Master Silent Ran and others helped the wounded and sick refugees while trying to protect the anti-Japanese soldiers and cover their safe crossing of the river, and risked their lives to send the film recording the evidence of the Nanjing Massacre of the Japanese army out of Nanjing. In the process of fighting against the Japanese army, the unarmed Chinese monks faced death, fearlessly, and with the Buddhist teachings of Pudu sentient beings and compassion as their weapons, they launched a face-to-face struggle, wrote open letters, exposed the atrocities of the Japanese army, and engaged in a contest of humanity and animalism with the murderous Japanese army. In the end, justice triumphed over evil, preserved the thousand-year-old temple, protected the safety of more than 24,000 refugees, carried forward the great humanitarian and patriotic spirit throughout the film, carried forward the noble patriotism of Buddhist monks, and showed a little-known story.
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Children of Yellowstone (2008)
Douban score: 6.7
Director: Roger Spotis wood
Writers: Jane Hawksley / James MacManus
Starring: Jonathan Les Meyers / Rada Mitchell / Chow Yun Fat / Yang Ziqiong
British journalist George Hocker (Jonathan Les Meyers) infiltrated Nanjing, intending to expose the atrocities committed by the Japanese army in the area. However, he is discovered by the Japanese army, and when he is about to be beheaded, a Chinese guerrilla, Chen Hansheng (Zhou Runfa), rescues him.
Hok also meets the war doctor Lilly (Rada Mitchell). He Ke moved to Huangshi and lived with more than 60 orphans. The children are tormented by war, and they are resistant to foreigners, even disrespectful. However, with the passage of time, Heke's enthusiasm and kindness still touched the children, and their lives and surrounding environment have improved greatly in just a few months. It is also fortunate to have the help of the kind-hearted Mrs. Wang (Played by Yang Ziqiong).
Life is getting more and more stable, and the pace of war is gradually approaching. He Ke, Han Sheng and Li decided to take the children to Shandan, a place that was inaccessible. The hardships of the road and the death of their companions cannot stop their steps. But an illness still hit the lives of Hank, Leigh and the children...
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The Diary of Rabe John Rabe (2009)
Douban score: 7.2
Director: Flory Gallenberg
Writers: Flory Gallenberg
Starring: Ulrich Tukkur / Daniel Brewer / Steve Bussimi / Zhang Jingchu / Teruyuki Kagawa / Anne Conskini / Dagma Manzel / Mathias Herrmann / Tetsuta Sugimoto / Akira Sugimoto / Shin Iura / Shaun Lawton / Christian Rodska / Gauffred John
In 1937, Rabe (Ulrich Tukur), a German businessman who had lived in Nanjing, China for many years, and his wife, Dora, prepared to return home. He gave his position in the China branch of Siemens to the heir, but at the farewell ball that day, the Japanese army began to bomb the city of Nanjing, burned and robbed everywhere, causing a riot in Nanjing.
Panicking residents fled, and Rabe resolutely opened the company's doors to take in Chinese employees and other refugees. Foreign missionaries, doctors, and businessmen in the city of Nanjing discussed the establishment of a "Nanjing International Safety Zone" in Nanjing to ensure the safety of innocent people, and Rabe was elected chairman. Rabe, who had decided to return to China the next day, decided to stay and save the innocent people. When he witnessed the inhumane atrocities inflicted on the people of Nanking by the Japanese imperialist armies, Rabe became more active in wrestling with his companions and the Japanese army in an attempt to save more lives.
The increasing influx of refugees into the safety zone is completely beyond their imagination. At the same time, the atrocities of the Japanese army became more frantic, Raabe's humanitarian assistance caused their dissatisfaction, the safety zone was repeatedly attacked by the Japanese army, and the supply became more and more difficult. Hundreds of thousands of innocent people are waiting for Rabe to save, how can Rabe complete this human mission under great pressure?
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nanking! nanking! (2009)
Douban score: 7.4
Director: Lu Chuan
Writers: Lu Chuan Starring: Liu Ye / Gao Yuanyuan / Hero Nakazumi / Fan Wei / Pei Zhongzhong / Jiang Yiyan / Kiwata Dragon / Qin Lan / Yao Di / Beverly Peckous / Liu Bin / Hiroko Miyamoto / Hiroshi Otsuka
On December 13, 1937, the city of Nanjing, which was then the capital of the Nationalist government, fell, and some officials abandoned the city and fled, but many officers and soldiers remained behind, vowing to defend the city where the building was about to fall.
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, and their weak and tenacious resistance was finally suppressed, and tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians became prisoners and blood stained the Yangtze River in the sound of gunfire; in the safety area of Jinling Women's College, female teacher Jiang Shuyun (Gao Yuanyuan) rushed back and forth, trying her best to help and save all the compatriots who came to take refuge here, but the beastly Japanese army had already stared at the women hiding here; Mr. Tang (Fan Wei), Rabe's secretary, was careful to deal with it and ask for perfection. He also pays the price for making the wrong choice to protect his family; the dancer Xiao Jiang (Jiang Yiyan) is not willing to abandon the femininity even if she flees for refuge, and her choice at a critical moment injects a strong force under her female shell; the Japanese Kadokawa (Nakazumi Hideo) enters this torn and dilapidated city with his troops, and in this purgatory on earth, his soul feels an unprecedented impact.
Wolves are billowing smoke, blood is flowing, and in the context of the big times, people must not only bear the ruthless giving of the times, but also make painful choices that are crucial to fate...
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Jinling Thirteen (2011)
Douban score: 8
Director: Zhang Yimou
Writers: Liu Heng / Yan Geling
Starring: Christian Bell / Ni Ni / Zhang Xinyi / Huang Tianyuan / Han Xiting / more...
In 1937, the Japanese army invaded Nanjing, and in the war, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties was reduced to ruins, and many Chinese soldiers and civilians were trapped in the city. Under the command of the commander Li Dawei (Tong Dawei), the remnants of a dozen members of the Nationalist Army's German Ordnance Teaching Team rescued a group of female students from the Church School from the Japanese army, and Instructor Li and others lost the opportunity to go out of the city. Shu Juan (Zhang Xinyi), who survived, and the other students returned to The Church of Wenchester, along with John Miller (Christian Bale), an American who had been hired to collect the priest's body. At this time in the city of Nanjing, the fleeing people flocked to the safe area and the church to seek shelter, and fourteen dusty women forcibly entered the church for refuge, among which Yumo (Ni Ni), who is proficient in English, hoped to use John's identity to provide more protection for the group. The walls of the church cannot stop the iron hooves of the Japanese army, and the people in the church will face the choice of life and death...
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Nanjing Nanking (2007)
Douban score: 8.3
Directed By: Bill Goodentaiger / Dan Stuman
Writers: Bill Goodentaiger / Dan Stuman / Elizabeth Bentley
Starring: Hugo Armstrong / Zhao Jialing / Stephen Dolf / John Gates / Marell Hemingway / more...
In December 1937, the Japanese army invaded Nanjing, wantonly slaughtered unarmed Chinese civilians, 200,000 people became the ghosts of the cold-blooded Japanese army, and tens of thousands of women were raped and humiliated. The film interviews foreign missionaries, doctors, journalists, surviving Chinese in Nanjing, and Japanese soldiers who participated in the massacre during the Nanjing Massacre, collects precious letters, diaries, photos, and video materials, truly reproduces the various atrocities committed during the Japanese army's occupation of Nanjing in 1937, and objectively tells the world: History cannot be concealed and changed, and the Nanjing Massacre really exists.
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Nanjing Massacre
Douban score: 8.7
Author: Zhang Chunru
Directed by: Anne Pick/Bill Spahic
Starring: Zheng Qihui
Genre: Documentary
Chinese-American writer Iris Chang (March 28, 1968 – November 9, 2004), after completing his first work, Silk, began to set his sights on the horrific massacre that took place in the late 1930s. In 1937, the Japanese war of aggression against China broke out, and in just a few months, the land of China was covered with smoke and lives were destroyed. The Japanese army marched straight in, captured Nanjing, which was then the capital of the Nationalist government, and carried out inhuman looting and killing of the city and the soldiers and civilians in the city. The massacre, which killed more than 300,000 people, was little known after the war for various reasons, and even the Japanese side repeatedly denied the existence of the massacre.
In order to restore history, but also victims and justice, Zhang Chunru collected a large number of third-party information on the one hand, while going to Nanjing, Shanghai and other places to conduct face-to-face forensic conversations with massacre survivors, after three years, finally launched the book "Nanjing Atrocities" on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre in 1997, making the history of this "forgotten massacre" known to the world.
In 2004, Zhang Chunru committed suicide by drinking a bullet while preparing for his fourth work.
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Nanjing: Memories of the Broken (2009)
Director: Takeda Ryuwa
Official website: http://nanking-hikisakaretakioku.com/
Country/Region of Production: Japan
The documentary is a documentary consisting of the testimonies of 7 victims of the Nanjing Massacre and 6 Japanese soldiers carried out by the Japanese army in 1937. Interviews were conducted with more than 250 former Japanese soldiers and more than 300 Chinese victims, linking living testimonies and gazing at the truth of the Nanjing Massacre. The director is documentary writer Takeda Ryuwa.