ArticleCity of Life and Death (Nanjing!Nanjing!)
Date: April 25-May 31, 2009
Venue: Kodak Cinema World, Shanghai Stellar Cinema City, Shanghai Film Art Center, Elegant Cathay Theater...
Starring: Hideo Nakaizumi, Liu Ye, Gao Yuanyuan and Fan Wei
The documentary-style film takes a look through the eyes of a horrified young Japanese soldier from a church school. The characters include a Chinese schoolteacher, a Chinese soldier, a Chinese interpreter and John Rabe, among others. But at the heart of the movie is an ordinary Japanese soldier Kadokawa and his confusion, fear, depression, horror and regret about the slaughter. He questions the meaning of life.