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21:34, July 31, 2007 |
The Nanjing Massacre occurred in December 1937 when Japanese troops occupied the then capital of China. An estimated 300,000 Chinese were killed, one third of the houses in the city were burned and more than 20,000 women raped.
The movie is based on "The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World World II" by the late American Chinese writer Iris Chang. The book was the first, full-length English-language narrative of the atrocity to reach a wide audience. It became a New York Times Notable Book, and was cited by Bookman Review Syndicate as one of the best books of 1997.
The final screenplay was written by British screenwriter Jeffrey Caine. Chinese director Luo Guanquan, who shot China''s first film on the Nanjing Massacre in 1987, serves as the art guide.
The U.S.-made documentary film "Nanking", about a dozen Westerners setting up a safe zone for refugees in the war-torn city, was released in Chinese cinemas this month.
Source: Xinhua
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