What other movies are there about the background of the Nanjing Massacre? Like flowers of war.

Director: Lu Chuan

Manufacturer: China/Hongkong, China

Type: disaster/plot

1937 12 13 Japanese invaders entered Nanjing, followed by a bloody massacre of innocent people and prisoners of war for six weeks. Nanjing! Nanjing! "China officer Lu, returned female teacher Jiang, Japanese officer Kakukawa, respectively, reappeared the human misery; In the war, the souls and humanity of the three protagonists whose fates were intertwined were severely tortured and destroyed.

Director Lu Chuan said that it is the responsibility and mission of China filmmakers to rethink this period of history by means of movies. On the one hand, it tries to brush away the dust that covers history from an objective perspective and tell the truth of history in clear language; On the other hand, it is a profound reflection on the future: "War will release the dark forces within human beings, which is a problem that human beings must face. I hope there will be no more wars in the future. "

Nanjing! Nanjing! It was jointly invested and filmed by five companies, including China Film Group and Stellar Media. The film went through many hardships before it was released, and finally it came out. 5438+ 10 started in Tianjin in early October, and then went to Changchun to shoot war scenes. It is expected to be completed in Nanjing next March.

Second, john rabe.

Directed by Flory Gallenberg

Producer: China/German

Type: Biography.

Shooting time: September 2007 to March 2008.

Release date: 2008

John rabe is adapted from Rabe's Diary. It takes German businessman Rabe as the representative of Siemens in China. Rabe witnessed the Nanjing Massacre with his own eyes and protected more than 600 refugees in his garden in a special capacity. Director Flory Gallenberg stressed: "john rabe's focus is not on the catastrophe many years ago, but on shaping the shining point of human nature in the war from the perspective of human nature, based on Rabe's diary."

The Nanjing Massacre is the most important historical event recorded in Rabe's Diary, and how to express the Nanjing Massacre in the film has become one of the most headache problems for director Flory Gallenberg. Flory Gallenberg said: "On the one hand, I don't want those descriptions of the Holocaust to disgust the audience because they are too bloody and violent, but on the other hand, I want to show the situation as truly as possible. What I have to do is to strike the best balance between these two points and guide the audience into the plot while watching the movie, instead of a bunch of simple and rude bloody scenes. "

The film No.1 Shu Lang is played by Zhang Jingchu, a China actress, and the two leading actors are famous actors from Germany-Ulrici Tucker, who won the German film award for best supporting actor for The Eavesdropping Storm, and Daniel bruch, the leading actor in Goodbye Lenin.

Third, Zhang Chunru.

Director: anne pick Bill Spasic

Producer: Hong Kong/Canada

Type: Biography.

Shooting time: 2006-2007

Release date: end of 2007

Zhang Chunru truly records how Zhang Chunru, a brave young Chinese-American woman writer, used her life to dig deep into the dark human history of 1937 Nanjing Massacre, and restored it into words, which became a shocking bestseller.

The film truly shows the whole process and inner feelings of Zhang Chunru's journey to explore the darkness of history, combines a large number of precious historical materials and the dictation of survivors, and reveals the historical truth and witnesses terrible atrocities by using the staggered shooting method of time and space. These images not only show Zhang Chunru's personal story, but also show a painful history!

Zhang Chunru started shooting in Nanjing, China from June, 5438 to February, 2006, which lasted until March and April this year, and then moved to Japan, the United States and Canada. This film is scheduled to be released in China this year to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre and the publication 10 anniversary of Zhang Chunru's book Nanjing Massacre.

Fourth, "Children of Huangshi"

Product: China/German/Australian

Type: feature film

Shooting time: 2006

Release date: March 2008

The Children of Yellowstone National Park, which cost 40 million dollars, tells the story of British journalist George Hogg saving more than 60 war orphans. About a quarter of the scenes in the whole film are aimed at Nanjing, which was slaughtered and plundered by the Japanese invaders in 1937. In order to reconstruct the scene of Nanjing in the war, the crew relied on old films and thousands of historical photos collected from various places and spent 5 million dollars to rebuild a devastated Nanjing city.

Director Spottiswood said that as early as 1995, when he filmed Hiroshima, he saw some film materials taken by Japanese soldiers who participated in the Nanjing Massacre that year, and only then did he know that such a cruel tragedy had happened in the world. These things are unknown to most westerners. Since then, Roger has been looking forward to making a film with the Nanjing Massacre as the background. In 2006, this wish finally came true.

Jonas, who starred in Mission Impossible 3, revealed that shooting these scenes brought him endless pain. "I feel breathless when I sleep at night." Chow Yun Fat and Yang Ziqiong also played important roles in this film.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) Nanjing

Director: Bill Gooden, Tadan Storman.

Manufacturer: USA

Type: documentary

Shooting time: 2006

Release date: July 2007

Nanjing is the first documentary to review the Nanjing Massacre from the perspective of foreigners. Since its creation, it has attracted worldwide attention and caused a sensation at this year's Sundance Film Festival in the United States. Director Dan Stallman once said: "I hope to avoid the typical documentary techniques, such as one expert telling another expert to show a lot of static photos, but hope to bring a deep shock to the audience through the emotional power conveyed in the performance and the film." There are stories of Holocaust survivors in the film, various audio-visual and written materials collected from six countries, and even a 40-minute video shot by a westerner named john mackey with a 16 mm camera and other precious materials, which greatly shocked all the audience, especially the content directly expressing Japanese atrocities in the short film was rated as "one of the most chilling clips in Nanjing".

In addition to the information display, in order to show the extremely authentic and infectious letters, diaries and other precious documents of German john rabe and American Minnie Woqin (Woqin committed suicide shortly after returning to the United States), the director also invited many Hollywood stars to play witnesses in the film and read these written records.

In July this year, "Nanjing" was released in China, which aroused strong response from Chinese people.

Six, "Nanjing catastrophe"

Director: simon west

Manufacturer: China/USA

Type: War/Plot

Shooting time: early 2008

Release time: to be determined

The film Nanjing Massacre, co-produced by Jiangsu Cultural Industry Group and Hollywood, will be officially launched early next year. The film plans to invest 50 million dollars, which is regarded as "another masterpiece of Hollywood to reflect on the atrocities of World War II after Schindler List" in the international film industry. Director simon west said: "This is an epic film made for the whole world! The western perspective of the film will not affect the authenticity of history. We made a lot of preparations, including the customs and habits of that era. I will try my best to make Nanjing Catastrophe the best film of its kind. "

In order to ensure the authenticity and objectivity of the film, the location of the Nanjing catastrophe, which covers an area of 100 mu, will be completed before the end of the year after nearly one year of intense construction. At that time, a magnificent and comprehensive picture showing the geographical location of Nanjing in the 1930s will be presented to everyone.

Seven, "May and August"

Starring: Cecilia Yip

The film May and August, which reflects the Nanjing Massacre, was written and directed by Du Guowei, a famous Hong Kong screenwriter, and the photographer was Li Pingbin, a famous photographer of In the Mood for Love. Different from previous films that showed the Nanjing Massacre, this film did not describe the bloody scene of the Massacre positively, but accused thousands of families in China from the perspective of children for the first time through the breakdown of little sister families in May and August, which was even more touching and made people burst into tears.

For the first time, the film shows the brutal rape and murder of 20,000 women in China by the Japanese invaders 65 years ago, which makes this war disaster film have unprecedented shocking power.

Many film experts say that this is the most powerful film of its kind at present. Unique vision and humanized expression make it more powerful. The superb artistic portrayal of director Du Guowei and the excellent performances of Cecilia Yip and two young actors also make this film have excellent artistic standards.

VIII. qixia temple 1937

China's first feature film "qixia temple 1937", which describes the patriotic struggle of Buddhist monks during their stay in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, premiered in Nanjing on June 3rd.

Qixia temple 1937 reproduces on the screen the historical event that during the Nanjing Massacre in 1937, qixia temple, Nanjing, led the monks in the temple and successfully rescued more than 20,000 refugees and China soldiers. The film has been listed by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television as one of the national key films to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.

At the premiere, Zhang Xinhua, a young actor who plays the silent mage, said that when reading the script, he was deeply moved by the silent mage's spirit of loving his country and teaching, bravely fighting against the Japanese army and not being afraid of personal sacrifice. This role deeply inspired him to play this role well.

There was also a special audience at the premiere, Ji Yaofa, an 89-year-old Nanjing Massacre survivor who took refuge in qixia temple. Ji Yaofa said that he was only 2 1 year old. When the Japanese army occupied Nanjing, they slaughtered the whole city. He and many refugees who had no choice but to flee to qixia temple met a kind silent mage and survived.

"Think of more than 60 years ago, we were chased by Japanese devils, and thought that we were taken in by qixia temple to avoid disaster. We want to thank Master Lonely and qixia temple. Without their help, we couldn't have a happy life today. Thank you for putting this history on the screen and letting more people know about this history. " Ji Yaofa said.

IX. Nanjing 1937

Producer: John Woo

Director: Wu Ziniu

Starring: Rene Liu in Qin and Han Dynasties

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Plot: 1937 Late autumn, on the desolate railway in Nanjing, Cheng Xian returned to his hometown in Nanjing with his pregnant wife Reiko Kobayakawa (Japanese). In the tumultuous war, Cheng Xian's hometown Nanjing was in ruins. He was told that he could go to a safe area protected by foreigners, but Cheng Xian refused to go because he thought he was not a refugee. He found the roots of his childhood friends who worked in Xiaguan Power Plant. Although Genfa didn't like the Japanese daughter-in-law he brought back, he accepted them. 19371February 10, the Japanese army began to besiege Nanjing, and in the same year 10/3 was breached. Crazy Japanese soldiers searched, burned and raped. Li Hui took the children to safety. When the refugees learned that Li Hui was Japanese, they took all their dissatisfaction with the Japanese out on her. When she came to safety as a saint, Li Hui's hanging heart was relieved. They don't know that another disaster has quietly arrived. ...

X "Slaughter Blood Syndrome"

Screenwriter: Xie Guangning

Director: Guanqun Luo

The main actors: Zhai Naishe, Chen, Wu, Liu Jiang.

1937 12 13. The Japanese invaders occupied Nanjing and began a bloody massacre of my innocent compatriots for six weeks ... Zhan Tao is a student of Mills, a professor at Jinling University, and Mills' daughter Katie loves Zhan Tao deeply. When the Japanese invaded, she advised Zhan Tao to go to America with foreign ships. However, when the country was in crisis, Zhan Tao decided to stay and use his medical skills to treat the injured soldiers and civilians.

Move the refugees from Zhantao wounded hospital to the international safe zone, and persuade battalion commander Lu and his party to throw their guns into the pond in accordance with international regulations. Unexpectedly, the Japanese army ignored international laws and regulations and broke into the international security zone to slaughter unarmed soldiers and civilians. Nurse Bai Yan fell into the clutches. Zhan Tao tried to save Bai Yan, but was held hostage by the Japanese army and forced to witness the brutality of the Japanese rape of Bai Yan. After Bai Yan's tragic death, Zhan Tao abandoned his fantasy and joined the anti-Japanese struggle.

When the Japanese army massacred our people collectively, Fan Changle, the surviving photo studio owner, fled to Professor Mills' house and cried about his tragic experience. In order to expose the heinous crimes committed by the Japanese army, Fan Changle and Zhan Tao rushed back to the photo studio overnight to look for photos of the killings that were forced to be developed for the Japanese army. At the same time, in order to cover up the truth, Japanese special envoy Hashimoto also sent people to Fan's house to search. Fan Changle risked his life to take out the photos, and died to cover Zhan Tao's taking them away.

Zhan Tao was hunted down by the Japanese army in the teahouse, but unfortunately he was shot. The singer used his life to cover his escape. Zhan Tao sneaked into a mansion and met Liu Jingjing, a fugitive from Northeast China who was under house arrest. She was the lover of Japanese Captain Yuan when he was studying in Northeast China. By chance, she recognized Allahara in animal skin. When she was about to escape, she met Zhan Tao, who was in danger. She successfully transferred Zhan Tao. Hashimoto was furious and ordered the wilderness to kill her himself.

Zhan Tao finally met Katie in the church, but the pursuers were approaching and could not get away. Zhan Tao gave Katie the evidence of the Japanese army and sneaked into the bell tower himself. Hashimoto ordered the soldiers to burn down the bell tower. In the fire, Zhan Tao rang the giant bell. Katie's merchant ship set sail in the bell that shook the sky. Katie couldn't help but open the bag of blood evidence-photos, so that people will always remember the crime of the Japanese army killing 300,000 China soldiers and civilians in Nanking.

1987 won the excellent film award of the Ministry of Radio and Television; 199 1 Tokyo World Peace Film Festival feature film award.