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Don't Cry, Nanking
In December 1937, during the Second Japanese-Sino War, a Chinese doctor, his Japanese pregnant wife, their teenage daughter and their young son travel from Shanghai to Nanjing seeking shelter in the Capital during the Japanese invasion. The family faces the Rape of Nanking by the Imperial Japanese Army, with rapes, mass murder of prisoners of war and civilians including women, children and elders, and disrespect of international conventions.
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Don't Cry, Nanking was released September 14, 1995. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
In December 1937, during the Second Japanese-Sino War, a Chinese doctor, his Japanese pregnant wife, their teenage daughter and their young son travel from Shanghai to Nanjing seeking shelter in the Capital during the Japanese invasion. The family faces the Rape of Nanking by the Imperial Japanese Army, with rapes, mass murder of prisoners of war and civilians including women, children and elders, and disrespect of international conventions.
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Cast
Ronald Chin HanCheng Xian
René LiuShuqin
Ai SaotomeRieko
Franco Chiang
Cong Zhijun
Ding Haifeng
Kao Chen-PengCredits
- Directed by
- Wu Ziniu
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Chinese
- Original title
- 南京1937
Production
- Long Shong PicturesTaiwan