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Don't Cry, Nanking
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Don't Cry, Nanking

1995-09-14 · 120 min · ★ 7.8

War · Drama

In December 1937, during the Second Japanese-Sino War, a Chinese doctor, his Japanese pregnant wife, their teenage daughter and their young son travel from Shanghai to Nanjing seeking shelter in the Capital during the Japanese invasion. The family faces the Rape of Nanking by the Imperial Japanese Army, with rapes, mass murder of prisoners of war and civilians including women, children and elders, and disrespect of international conventions.

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Directors
Wu Ziniu
Production companies
Long Shong Pictures
Countries
China, Hong Kong, Taiwan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Ronald Chin HanRonald Chin HanCheng Xian
René LiuRené LiuShuqin
Ai SaotomeAi SaotomeRieko
Chen Guodian
Franco ChiangFranco Chiang
Cong ZhijunCong Zhijun
Ding HaifengDing Haifeng
Kao Chen-PengKao Chen-Peng
Keizaburo Kubo
Sheng-kuo Lin
Liu WeihuaLiu Weihua
Ulrich Ottenburger
Rebecca Peyrelon
Shaoma Shi
Tao ZeruTao Zeru
Tso Shiao-HuTso Shiao-Hu

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