Through the experience of an ordinary Japanese soldier and an ordinary China soldier during the Nanjing Massacre, the film reveals the destruction of human nature by war.
In 2009, the film won the Golden Shell Award and other awards at the 57th San Sebastian International Film Festival.
1February, 937, Nanjing city was broken. Although a large number of National Revolutionary Army soldiers fled the city, at the same time, there were still a large number of soldiers who did not want to surrender and launched hopeless and tragic resistance in the streets of the city. One of them is Lu (Liu Ye), an elite member of the National Army. After the resistance finally failed and the blood of hundreds of thousands of China people finally dyed the Yangtze River red, the whole city of Nanjing was reduced to death. The only thing left alive is the "safety zone" in Jinling Women's College. Here, a large number of refugees have temporarily gained a breathing space because of Rabe's "Nazi" status. The actual persons in charge of refugee work in the safe area are Rabe's secretary Tang () and the returned female teacher Jiang (Gao Yuanyuan). However, in the eyes of the Japanese army, the so-called "safe zone" is just a "warehouse" that hoards a lot of female resources. And Rabe's German identity, in front of the powerful Japanese army, is just a fig leaf that can be torn off at any time. Women in China not only use their bodies to save men hiding in refugee camps. Kakukawa (Hideo Nakaizumi) is an ordinary soldier of the Japanese 1st16th Division. Known by teammates as "people who have read books", they are sensitive and inexperienced. And his companion captain Yita (Ryu Kohata) is already a veteran. In order to maintain the "life" of Nanjing as an occupier, I experienced various labor costs. Kakukawa finally made his choice: he sent two China survivors out of Nanking and then shot himself. [Edit this paragraph] Behind the scenes production version 1 "Nanjing! Nanjing! "The title Lu Chuan means:" Nanjing! Nanjing! " Actually, it's a military password, a bit like "tiger!" Japanese troops attacked Pearl Harbor in the Pacific War. Tiger! Tiger! ",is the Japanese invasion of China combat command issued an order to attack Nanjing! I think using it as the title can make the audience feel the strength of the film. The scene is huge and realistic. Lu Chuan revealed that in Nanjing! Nanjing! There are many big scenes of tens of thousands of people, such as defending Nanjing, for example, reflecting the massacre of 40,000 people. " I hope to make a truly decent China war disaster film. All costume props must be realistic and everything must have a source. "It is reported that the film will be filmed in Nanjing, Tianjin, Sichuan and Changchun. In order to truly reproduce the tragic scene in Nanjing in 1937, the crew will rebuild a Nanjing city in Sichuan, covering an area of 1500 mu, including the city walls, moats, presidential palace, streets and other scenic spots to be filmed in the film. Version 2 19371February 13, Japanese invaders entered Nanjing City and slaughtered innocent people and prisoners of war for six weeks. The movie Nanjing! Nanjing! China military officer Lu, returning female teacher Jiang and Japanese military officer Kakukawa respectively reappeared the tragic human disaster, showing the human's defense of life dignity and the redemption of faith. The director hopes that the film can be shown in Japan, and the actors who play Japanese roles in the film are all invited from Tokyo. During the three years of preparation before the film started shooting, the director studied a lot of information and documents about the disaster to ensure that every detail in the film had a reliable historical prototype. During the filming process, the crew has always maintained a rigorous and sophisticated style. No matter the costumes of the actors or any props on the shooting scene, they are copied in strict accordance with the original appearance of the cultural relics, and the effect is very realistic and exquisite. Director Lu Chuan said that this drama shows people born in 1970s and 1980s' understanding of war, hoping to arouse the warning of thousands of people in Qian Qian after the war, including introspection. The heroine Jiang, played by Gao Yuanyuan, is different from the pure and beautiful image in the eyes of the audience. Gao Yuanyuan is playing in Nanjing! Nanjing! "A new style that looks more mature and calm. China officer Lu You Liu Ye wrote in Nanking! Nanjing! Fan Wei plays an ordinary civilian who suffered a lot in the war. Under the tempering of cruel war, the character's character changed from cowardice to strength. This contrasting role is a severe test of the actor's ability. Playing this tragic role this time will make Fan Wei completely fade away from the comedy color in the past and bring a shocking performance to the audience. This local blockbuster with an investment of 80 million yuan was released in Beijing on April 6, 2009, premiered in Nanjing on April 9, and was released nationwide on April 22. This is the third work of Lu Chuan, a famous young director, after Looking for a Gun and Hoh Xil. Han Sanping, the chairman of China Film Group, spoke highly of this film as "different from any commercial blockbuster": "This film was produced at a good moment in the development of China film, and it is a typical China film shot by young people in China. This typical meaning will surpass all previous blockbusters. " [Edit this paragraph] The film review is divided into two sections. The main line of the first paragraph is mainly the Kuomintang officer Lu, played by Liu Ye. In the winter of 37, Nanjing was attacked by the Japanese army. A large number of soldiers like this stayed behind, launched fierce resistance in the streets and alleys, and finally died tragically. This passage truly and calmly shows the large-scale, inhuman slaughter and ravage of Japanese prisoners of war and ordinary civilians in China, such as burying them alive, burning them, flooding the river and so on. In the second paragraph, centering on the Safe Zone written by the German Mr. Rabe, it depicts the actions taken by the little people, represented by the roles played by Fan Wei and Gao Yuanyuan, to protect themselves and others when the country and individuals encounter life and death. In this part, because most of the refugees who took refuge in the "safe zone" are young women, it focuses on the brutal rape and plunder of women by the Japanese army in China, which involves the issue of comfort women.