A quite controversial movie Nanking!Nanking! is currently becoming a hot topic on Chinese Internet communities. Though some netizens give their applause to the movie, some disagree with the director Lu Chuan's way of shooting the Nanking Massacre.
Lu Chuan's movie presents two points different from the previous Nanking movies. He shows Chinese people resisting aggression in Nanjing and provides the issue with the perspective of a Japanese soldier.
The latter is the very point that is disputed on the Internet. "Undoubtedly every human being has a side of humanity but not in the massacre. How could that Japanese soldier, as a member of the army, be so sober while his army are fighting and killing people? I see no clues for his psychological change though there is his love affair with a Japanses prostitute and his love toward his people." Cui Weiping, a professor in Beijing Film Academy, argued on Newspaper Economic Observer.
Professor Cui's opinion is quite representative. Many people don't think Japanese soldiers still have a humane thought during the astonishing Massacre. When all the soldiers became animals, raped Chinese women and killed children and the civilians, it's not only war killing but Genocide!
While Lu Chuan's efforts in restoring the historical facts should be praised, his film still lacks power of persuasion. That's the lesson he should draw from the movie.
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