Japanese-made documentary about Nanjing Massacre to be shown in Tokyo

According to a Global Times report published on October 15, a Japanese-made documentary about the Nanjing Massacre will make its debut at a cinema in Tokyo on November 14. This will be the first film about the Nanjing Massacre to be officially released in Japan.

On October 14, a Global Times reporter interviewed the manager of UPLINK cinema in Shibuya, Tokyo who introduced the documentary to the cinema. He said that people with different attitudes towards the Nanjing Massacre will come and watch the documentary, and that they will express their opinions after seeing the film.

Titled "Nanking---a Memory Which Has Been Wiped Out", the documentary was co-produced by a Japanese film director and a retired primary school teacher from Osaka.

The documentary records 13 people who personally experienced the massacre including Chinese people and former Japanese soldiers.

According to the manager of UPLINK cinema, the film director is only 30 years old and his grandfather was a Japanese soldier who did not talk about his experience until he was on his death bed, leaving a deep impression on his grandson. This is the director’s first film to be publicly shown. During filming, they were harassed by Japanese right-wing extremists.

According to the manager of UPLINK cinema, the documentary is relatively objective and neutral because it covers the viewpoints of both the victims and victimizers. He added that although he himself has no experience of the war, he was born on August 15 - the day marking the end of the war, so he is very interested in the Nanjing Massacre and feels he has a duty to present the true facts to the public.

By People's Daily Online