Nanking (2007 film)

Nanking Chinese is a 2007 film about the 1937 Nanking Massacre committed by the Japanese army in the former capital city Nanjing, China. It was inspired by Iris Changs The Rape of Nanking, which discussed the persecution and murder of the Chinese by the Imperial Japanese Army in the thencapital of Nanjing during the Second SinoJapanese War. 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 citys 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 Nankings women.

In the winter of 1937, the Japanese army occupied Nanking and killed over 300,000 and raped tens of thousands of Chinese people, one of human historys 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 Jrgen Prochnow, a German businessman, Robert O. Wilson Woody Harrelson, the only surgeon remaining to care for legions of victims, and Minnie Vautrin Mariel Hemingway, an educator who passionately defends the lives and honor of Nankings women during the war time. ........

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