The Rape of Nanking (Disc 1 Side A). Unit 731, Sex Slaves & Comfort Women, Japanese War Time Atrocities, Hiroshima, and more (Disc 1, Side B).
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Actor: HirohitoDirector: Rhawn Joseph
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); Chinese (Unknown)
Format: NTSC
Running Time: 77 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-12-03
Studio: BrainMind.com, UniversityPress.info
DVD Reviews of The Rape of Nanking (Disc 1 Side A). Unit 731, Sex Slaves & Comfort Women, Japanese War Time Atrocities, Hiroshima, and more (Disc 1, Side B).
DVD Review: Rape of Nanking DVD
Summary: 2 Stars
Shoddy filming with a touch of WWII propaganda. Film is gory but probably accurate. DVD substantiated by other sources.DVD Review: everyone should watch this excellent film
Summary: 5 Stars
When most American think about WWII, they all know how Jewish was tortured and killed by German, very few American know Chinese and other Asian were more brutally murdered by Japanese. "Rape of Nanking" is a documentary film demonstrated atrocity committed against the Chinese by the Japanese people during WWII. When Japanese army invaded China in 1937, Naking was the capital. In Japanese lust for power and domination, the Japanese army brutally tortured and killed 300,000 Chinese citizens in just one city. The Japanese soldiers killed every Chinese person that they came upon. The Yangtze River ran red for days with the blood of thousands of corpses. The reason the atrocity called "Rape of Nanking" was because the Japanese soldiers raped every female that they could get their hands on.
My grandfather was one of the 30 million Chinese people were killed by Japanese. He tried to defend his homeland from invaders, but left behind a young wife with two children and was pregnant with their third child. As was a tradition at the time, her feet were bound. This made her feet extremely small and in constant pain. She had to tend the farm, raise the animals, and grow vegetables in addition to her womanly duties of cooking, cleaning, sewing and raising all her three children. My grandma was also born at a time when a widow was not supposed to remarry. If she were to remarry, she would be reviled and spat upon. She did not want to bring shame and disgrace to her family and her three children, so she never remarried.
The massacre and rape of Nanking is only one small part of what the Chinese people experienced by the Japanese invasion. It is estimated 30 million Chinese lost their lives at the hands of the Japanese during the occupations of China. China was not the only country invaded by the Japanese. Most of the Asian hemisphere experienced the same atrocities at the hands of Japanese soldiers. Countless millions of innocent lives were lost at the hands of the Japanese in their bloodthirsty quest for world dominance.
For various complicated history and political reasons, how Japanese brutally killed so many innocent lives are not well known by the rest of the world. "Rape of Nanking" reminds the world what happened in 1937, we should never forget and try to prevent happen again. I think everyone should watch the "Rape of Nanking" film in memory of all the innocent lives lost.
DVD Review: Disappointing, amateurish, redundant, abysmal
Summary: 1 Stars
I purchased this DVD to show excerpts during a graduate lecture on World War Two in the Pacific. The horror of war is seldom touched upon in military history classes and I wanted my students, most of whom are active duty naval officers, to see the graphic reality of what happened in the Pacific.
This DVD was a disappointment from the start. First, the first set to arrive was defective and had no audio on disc 2. The seller quickly responded to my complaint and sent me a new one but not in time for the lecture. Instead, I accessed the DVD via the BrainMind site on the internet and was able to show it that way. Unfortunately, the video is so amateurishly done and so redundant in video and audio it looses most of its impact. The screamed voice-over is unworthy of a B horror flick, the narrator is unimpressive, unemotional, and repeats himself constantly. There are claims made that I have been unable to verify and the absence of documentation makes it easy for naysayers to discredit the events. I am not doubting all this happened. I know it did and that is why I want my students exposed to it. The problem is that the film is so poorly done that it discredits and defames the memory of the victims and will lead some to question that some of this happened.
I have elected instead to secure a copy of Japanese War Crimes produced by A & E for classroom use. I recommend viewing this dvd only as a curiosity unworthy of serious consideration.
DVD Review: "The Best, Most Influential Film Ever Made on This Tragedy" (CCTV)
Summary: 5 Stars
The most talked about, most viewed, and "the best most influential film ever made on this tragedy" (China Central TV). The Rape of Nanking has been viewed over 16 million times world wide, there are over 30,000 comments posted, it was ranked in the "Top 10 Most Discussed Films of All Time" for much of 2007, and even people working for a competing film maker have declared, this film, The Rape of Nanking" is the best film ever made on this tragedy.
*****
Summary of Film:
Employing archival material, the Rape of Nanking begins with a historical overview of ancient China and Nanking, including rare film-footage of Nanking and its citizens before the attack. The Rape of Nanking next explains the mind-set of Japan, Bushido (the Way of the Warrior), and the belief in an Emperor-god who was destined to rule the world. This documentary proceeds to the attack on Shanghai, followed by the raping, plundering, and murders committed on the road to Nanking. Also explored, how intrigues and betrayals within China's Nationalist government contributed to the massacre. There follows the massacre with lengthy sequences devoted to the raping, torture, beheadings, bayonnetting, burning, and killing of nearly 280,000 Chinese men, women, children, and babies. This is not for the faint hearted. Also covered are events within the safety zone featuring photos and quotes of John Rabe and other committee members. Statements of rape victims, witnesses to the tragedy, and the recollections of Japanese soldiers and journalists who participated or witnessed these crimes are presented onscreen in association with pictures of these crimes. The Rape of Nanking explains how Japan's military used Nanking for killing practice, and how these same horrific crimes were committed throughout China and Asia. The film concludes with an overview of Unit 731 and American interests in covering up these crimes.
The Rape of Nanking is by far the most popular, most talked about, and most recommended film ever made on this tragedy, with an estimated viewership of over 16 million, over 30,000 comments posted online in America, ranked in the Top 10 Most Discussed Films of All Time (2007), and praised by China Central TV, the People's Daily, World Journal, Beijing Youth Daily, Global Times, China Youth Daily, Xinhau (China News Agency), and numerous other media outlets in China. "The whole world should see this movie" (Sing Tao).
DVD Review: DON'T BOTHER
Summary: 1 Stars
Please don't bother with this movie!!! If you want to learn anything with a non-biased view point go read Iris Chang's "Rape of Nanking" Most of the Quotes that are used are from that book.
This movie paints a picture of the Japanese even now as brainless barbarians, making it seems as if Japan as a whole is not sorry for what happened in Nanking.
Don't buy this movie, and if you must see it, it can be streamed for free online.
Description of The Rape of Nanking (Disc 1 Side A). Unit 731, Sex Slaves & Comfort Women, Japanese War Time Atrocities, Hiroshima, and more (Disc 1, Side B).
The best... most influential movie ever made on this tragedy--China Central TV. Top 10 Most Discussed Films of All Time, 2007. The whole world should see this movie--Sina.com. Thoughtful.... Profound.... Shocking... ----People's Daily --Beijing Youth Daily --China Youth Daily. Viewed by 16 million people world wide. Over 30,000 Individual comments have been posted online about this film in the US alone. The new edition contains 2 (two-sided) DVDs, featuring the best film ever made on this tragedy; The Rape of Nanking, and 6 featurettes: Unit 731, Sex Slaves & Comfort Women, Hiroshima (and more). This film, The Rape of Nanking begins with a historical overview of ancient China and the sun-cult of Shinto, Bushido, and Japanese Emporer Hirohito's dream to rule the world. There follows the Japanese invasion of Shanghai, the Rape of Nanking, inside the Safety Zone (featuring the observations of John Rabe and others) and finally, the rape of Manilla, Unit 731 and the Baatan Death March. Japanese soldiers tear out the eyes of children, gang-rape women then set them on fire, bury people alive or use them for bayonet practice...beheading women, children, old men....and torturing people for fun...and then laughing hysterically as victims, who have been set on fire, run screaming through the night... We had fun killing Chinese. We caught some innocent Chinese and either buried them alive, or pushed them into a fire, or beat them to death with clubs. When they were half dead we pushed them into ditches and burned them, torturing them to death. Everyone gets his entertainment this way. Its like killing dogs and cats. --Asahi Shimbun, Japanese soldier, describing Japanese atrocities during the Rape of Nanking. We took turns raping them. We always stabbed and killed them. When we were raping her, we looked at her as a woman. But when we killed her, we just thought of her as something like a pig. --Azuma Shiro, Japanese soldier. This film received rave reviews in all the Chinese press, and filled theaters in Nanking, Wuhan, and elsewhere. And not just the Chinese press, but even people working for our competitors agree, The Rape of Nanking is the best documentary ever made on this tragedy. In fact, our competitors decided to make their film, only after watching ours and learning of its great success. Viewers should be warned, The Rape of Nanking contains footage which will shock and horrify. However, some of the material on Disc 2, is so frightening and horrifying some viewers can't sleep at night. Unit 731, for example, details Japanese medical experiments performed on live prisoners. Hiroshima shows, in horrifying details, the punishment received by the Japanese people for the crimes committed by their leaders. The choice is clear: This film, The Rape of Nanking, is the best, most discussed, and most influential movie ever made on this tragedy.Genres DVDs
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