Nanking

Based On the book by Iris Chang

Nanking (Chinese: 南京) is a 2007 documentary film about the Nanjing Massacre, committed in 1937 by the Japanese army in the former capital city Nanjing, China. It was inspired by Iris Chang's book The Rape of Nanking (1997), which discussed the persecution and murder of the Chinese by the Imperial Japanese Army in the then-capital of Nanjing at the outset of the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–45). 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 city's civilians from Japanese forces.

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Release date:

2007

Director:

Bill Guttentag

Cast:

Rosalind Chao, Stephen Dorff, John Getz, Woody Harrelson, Mariel Hemingway

Genre:

Documentary

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

2007 in adaptations