Set in 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army has just captured the then-capital of the Republic of China, Nanjing. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the Rape of Nanking, a period of several weeks wherein tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed. The film tells the story of several figures, both historical and fictional, including a Chinese soldier, a schoolteacher, a Japanese soldier, a foreign missionary, and John Rabe, a Nazi businessman who would ultimately save thousands of Chinese civilians.
What I really hated: Remind us of the dark history
The picture and acting was very good to capture the pain in Nanjing when Japanese conquered. It's shown in black and white which I guess the show is too sad to be in color. It's really make people hate the Japanese for what they have did, but the director seem to smoothen that by making one nice Japanese soldier commit suicide for the guilt in the end of the show. End of the show, I glad that I live in a peaceful year, 2009.
