Set in late December 1937, the story focuses on a family, a Chinese doctor, his pregnant Japanese wife and their two children, who escaped the Battle of Shanghai hoping to seek refuge in the capital where the doctor was born.
Being Japanese, the wife must hide her origins to the Chinese citizens, but soon upon their arrival, the city is invaded by the Imperial Japanese Army and this time, it is the father who tries to hide his identity as the family tries to reach the safety zone established by the International Committee for Nanking Safety Zone.
Among historical characters such as John Rabe and Minnie Vautrin, the film also features an out-of-context excerpt of the infamous hundred man killing contest between Toshiaki Mukai and Tsuyochi Noda.
There are some painful and brutal scenes such as the execution, by machine gun, of thousands of Chinese prisoners of war.
Upon its release in 1995, the movie grossed HK$2,102,915 in Hong Kong.[1] The film was not released in Japan until December 1997, nearly two years after its completion.[2]
nanking, also, known, nanjing, 1937, chinese, 南京１９３７, pinyin, nánjīng, jiǔ, sān, 1995, chinese, film, about, 1937, nanjing, massacre, committed, imperial, japanese, army, former, capital, city, nanjing, china, traditional, chinese南京１９３７simplified, chinese南京１９３. Don t Cry Nanking also known as Nanjing 1937 Chinese 南京１９３７ pinyin Nanjing yi jiǔ san qi is a 1995 Chinese film about the 1937 Nanjing Massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the former capital city Nanjing China Don t Cry NankingTraditional Chinese南京１９３７Simplified Chinese南京１９３７Hanyu PinyinNanjing yi jiǔ san qiDirected byWu ZiniuProduced byWang Ying HsiangStarringChin HanRene LiuCho YuetEdited byLS GroupMusic byTan DunRelease dateSeptember 14 1995 1995 09 14 Running time110 minutesLanguagesMandarinJapanese Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Reception 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksPlot editSet in late December 1937 the story focuses on a family a Chinese doctor his pregnant Japanese wife and their two children who escaped the Battle of Shanghai hoping to seek refuge in the capital where the doctor was born Being Japanese the wife must hide her origins to the Chinese citizens but soon upon their arrival the city is invaded by the Imperial Japanese Army and this time it is the father who tries to hide his identity as the family tries to reach the safety zone established by the International Committee for Nanking Safety Zone Among historical characters such as John Rabe and Minnie Vautrin the film also features an out of context excerpt of the infamous hundred man killing contest between Toshiaki Mukai and Tsuyochi Noda There are some painful and brutal scenes such as the execution by machine gun of thousands of Chinese prisoners of war Being produced before the publishing of such books like Iris Chang s The Rape of Nanking and Herbert Bix s Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan the movie shows General Iwane Matsui giving the order to kill all the captives and omits any reference to Prince Asaka Cast editChin Han Shing Yin Rene Liu Shu Qin Cho Yuet Lui Oi Ulrich Ottenburger John Rabe Michael Zannett John Magee Rebecca Peyrelon missionary Miss HuaReception editUpon its release in 1995 the movie grossed HK 2 102 915 in Hong Kong 1 The film was not released in Japan until December 1997 nearly two years after its completion 2 See also editNanking film Black Sun The Nanking Massacre Japanese war crimes The Tokyo Trial film References edit Don t Cry Nanking Le Box office Nanjing Massacre film released BBC News 1997 12 15 Retrieved 2008 06 16 External links editDon t Cry Nanking at IMDb nbsp Don t Cry Nanjing from the Chinese Movie Database Article on director Wu Ziniu nbsp This article related to a Chinese film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a war drama film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Don 27t Cry Nanking amp oldid 1188191225, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
