Nanking Massacre movie has strong opening in China

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Terrikus at 03:36 PM JST - 28th April

if an objective filmmaker would make a movie about it i would not mind.

What do you consider objective? Non-Chinese only?
KingRat at 06:31 PM JST - 28th April

LOL state approved political movies from China? Intersting for Chinese not so interesting for rest of the world. I bet Smith would like this though.
manaboom at 08:59 PM JST - 28th April

too bad the movie was not made by joint chinese-japanese filmmakers so it would be more accurate. chinese interests will undoubtedly overexaggerate their victimhood and increase anti-japanese bias.

this could have been a joint chinese-japanese effort, but now it becomes a propaganda movie with one-sided pro-china bias.

a missed opportunity.
Pukey2 at 09:42 PM JST - 28th April

Forget this movie, Germany has produced 'John Rabe' which has won a film prize. UNFORTUNATELY, THE MOVIE HAS BEEN BANNED IN JAPAN. And I thought China was the major Communist country in East Asia. My, my, my. It seems China isn't the only one who wants to hide things from its people. Fancy that, a western country portraying Japan in a bad light!
Pukey2 at 09:44 PM JST - 28th April

UNFORTUNATELY, THE MOVIE HAS BEEN BANNED IN JAPAN. Above was quoted from wikipedia (via a Chinese news site). But who knows?

this could have been a joint chinese-japanese effort

You've got to be kidding, right? I'd welcome it, but I won't hold my breath.
CZAR202030 at 11:34 PM JST - 28th April

The brutal scene inside the movie will impressing young Chinese people and of course that does matter and that will shaping how they see the world and japan! It was a complete ignorant to see the impact of future world! This kind of movie cannot be Chinese-japanese cooperation because that will white washing the accuracy of japanese brutality! By the way not just Japan has to be blame, the US and UK which has done nothing to help Nanking should also be blamed and seeded in young generation peoples mind!
CZAR202030 at 11:38 PM JST - 28th April

The movie is a message to younger generations that we have a long march ahead when dealing with outside world, a struggle that was necessary to become a new superpower and Chinese should never compromise anymore like those generation in early twentieth century and pickup the arms to fight! This movie will be a milestone of Chinese ideologies! Yes dont let the wounds healed,only the frustrations will made China driving faster and stronger from the darkest chapter of modern Chinese history!
CZAR202030 at 11:39 PM JST - 28th April

I think the western world better ignore the consequences of 'Nanking'! When they are concerning China, much things has to be learn!
JoeBigs at 01:05 AM JST - 29th April

Terrikus at 10:07 AM JST - 28th April Say Hello to JoeBigs, the one-trick Pony.

Actually I am more of a two or three trick pony..No no make that a poodle....oh wait Chinese like to eat dog, reverse that last one I am a pony...

Terrikus at 10:07 AM JST - 28th April Come on over to Tianjin, Joe.

Thank you but until the present brutal regime is removed I shall not visit.

Terrikus at 10:07 AM JST - 28th April It's real nice here. I'll even buy you a nice big bottle of baijiu. It's ok...China doesn't bite.

I would agree with you, China and the Chinese people are very nice. But the present regime is....dare I say....not that nice...

I heard of baijiu, it is a bit strong for my taste, but thank you anyways.

Terrikus at 10:07 AM JST - 28th April News Flash-Atrocties in WWII Happened...some were even committed by Japanese. Defending them is pathetic.

I agree with you, all countries commit atrocities in war, they happen. It is the way of war.....History is sometimes changed by those that win. Things are removed and things are added...

In the case of Nanking (or Nanjing if you like), that is a story filled with truths, half-truths, propaganda, lies and mistakes by all parties involved.

For China and it's propaganda machine to come out with this latest propaganda movie is just that, propaganda.

China has been changing itself and remaking it's history for the last 40 years. China has slowly become nationalistic and I believe that one day war will break out. China will try and do what it has never done, and it will fail.

Movies like this fill the minds of the young and uneducated with feelings of revenge. But this usually happens when a nation comes out of a cocoon. The sad thing is China will lose this war and go back into it's self imposed cocoon.

If you do not think I am correct look at some of the posts made by some here.

CZAR202030 at 11:39 PM JST - 28th April I think the western world better ignore the consequences of 'Nanking'! When they are concerning China, much things has to be learn!

Look at his remarks, he is filled with hate.

CZAR202030 at 11:34 PM JST - 28th April The brutal scene inside the movie will impressing young Chinese people and of course that does matter and that will shaping how they see the world and japan!

Reason is lost, only hate is in those lungs.

CZAR202030 at 02:50 PM JST - 28th April Nationalisms was the deriving force of China in the past 20 years thats why china shall never doomed like the soviet union's fate! China now managed to have a strong leadership and stable was thanks to nationalism.

State promoted nationalism......Reminds me of the Nazis just before they moved against Czechoslovakia. I suspect that China will make it's move and nationalism will be the motivator. I just wonder what nation they will attack.......

**That is why I say Japan needs to take all their business and move it to Vietnam. **
Shaolin7 at 06:30 AM JST - 29th April

Acknowledgement and reconciliation need to take place, but at some point, you have to move on. I get the impression that some of the most vocal and vitriolic protesters are so far removed from this incident, historically and even through blood (none of their relatives were killed in Nanking) that the protestations seem pretty hollow.

How long can you wallow in history? Why not work towards reshaping a better future and improving relations? Unbelievably, alot of this seems as much about "saving face" as it is about the needless loss of life -- a despicable concept in and of itself, aspects of which I can't stand, but that's for another discussion.
Den Den at 11:37 AM JST - 29th April

Everyone should watch it and make up their own mind.
Terrikus at 12:46 PM JST - 29th April

If you do not think I am correct look at some of the posts made by some here.

Well, see, I live in China, and truth be told, while his type exists, I often don't run into it. Remember those 'riots' against the west in China during the torch rely for the Olympics? Believe it or not, they were relatively small, and people still poured into the foreign supermarkets and stores on a daily basis. Chinese love their country, but not so many are so vocal or take such confrontational stances in their words such as the poster noted.

Actually the truth is, many Chinese are all words, but when it comes down to act, they usually don't. So you might have some Chinese poster heralding the doom of the west if they don't 'beware the Dragon', and the same said poster is likely quite the timid person in actuality. Behold the power of Internet Anonymity.

But lets really be honest with ourselves here. Ever read the comments of posters at say foxnews.com or any other 'patriotic' American website. You'd be surprised how similar these kinds of comments are. The difference is, the U.S. is the one invading countries at the moment, China isn't.
dennis0bauer at 03:15 PM JST - 29th April

Terrikus at 03:36 PM JST - 28th April

if an objective filmmaker would make a movie about it i would not mind.

What do you consider objective? Non-Chinese only?

Nope, made by a chinese without state supervision would be OK then only his personal convictions would be imprinted on the film.
stipend at 07:10 AM JST - 30th April

"Demonising your enemy is insulting yourself," Lu says.

I look forward to seeing this movie, hopefully in Japan.

http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?id=5401&sec=10
studebaker at 06:54 PM JST - 1st May

Coming from China, land without copyright laws, it is a wonder that it isn't on the torrent seeders yet???