Hugo Armstrong,
Rosalind Chao,
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Filmmaker Bill Guttentag takes a closer look at the atrocities committed by the Japanese after Nanking fell to the Imperial Japanese Army in 1937 with this documentary that was inspired by Iris Chang'... read more
DVD Release Date: April 29, 2008
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January 17, 2011fb1619601747Straightforward and to the point, this documentary on the seldom heard Nanking atrocities is as intelligent as it is well made.
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December 25, 2007[font=Century Gothic]"Nanking" is a devastating documentary about the 1937 occupation and rape of Nanking(it is estimated there were 20,000 rapes in the first month) by the Japanese army.(I had heard this event mentioned on occasion but never seen it documented with this level of... read more
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December 31, 2007Talking-head format robs actions both harrowing and heroic of their full impact.
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September 8, 2010Damn, I watch a lot of really depressing documentaries. However, this is a very interesting production and, of course, one of the worst overall atrocities committed on people in history. The fact that it is still denied by so many people is akin to holocaust denial. Maybe because... read more
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December 7, 2008I really liked this doc. I wasn't sure if I would enjoy watching actors read journals from Nanking, but it being interspersed with interview footage of the Chinese survivors and the war footage, really moving. Loved it.
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July 14, 2008Different than what I expected. The story told was very compelling albeit very gruesome and disturbing at the same time. The essence you walk away with, as intended I think, is that war between nations is awful and should be avoided
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February 29, 2008One of the best Docs - of 2007
Chilling.. more reason not to ever buy a Ford..
or reconsider our love for Japans history
Critic Reviews
April 13, 2008
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
February 1, 2008
Sid Smith, Chicago Tribune
Sheds light on particular wartime atrocities largely neglected in the collective memory. Full Review
January 31, 2008
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Nanking is grim but ultimately uplifting, a reminder that even in dangerous times, brave individuals can hold the line against barbarism. Full Review
January 17, 2008
Bruce Newman, San Jose Mercury News
Anyone who sees Nanking should know going in what a brutal story it is, but no one should miss it because of a restrictive rating. Full Review
January 11, 2008
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Nanking does justice to this tragedy even though it makes the mistake of mixing the testimony of actual participants with staged readings from actors subbing for real people. Full Review
January 11, 2008
Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle
The filmmakers employ a powerful technique of interspersing newsreel footage with wrenching on-camera interviews of survivors and sequences of actors reciting from the letters and memoirs of the Weste... Full Review
January 10, 2008
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
I have rarely, if ever, seen a documentary reconstruction of a historical event that is so rich in firsthand (and well-preserved) photographic material. Full Review
December 14, 2007
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
A somberly effective look at one of the most shameful events in human history. Full Review
December 13, 2007
Gene Seymour, Newsday
Nanking submits yet another reminder, if any more were needed, of how wickedness in the 20th century achieved dimensions previously considered unimaginable -- or unbearable. Full Review
December 13, 2007
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
Nanking both calls attention to a horrifying set of war crimes that remains little known in the West and crafts an impossible-but-true hymn to the power of the individual conscience. Full Review
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