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

9.0 / 10 1995 2h 0mNR Chinese
WarDrama

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Ronald Chin Han

Ronald Chin Han

Cheng Xian

Lead
René Liu

René Liu

Shuqin

Ai Saotome

Ai Saotome

Rieko

CG

Chen Guodian

Franco Chiang

Franco Chiang

Cong Zhijun

Cong Zhijun

Ding Haifeng

Ding Haifeng

Kao Chen-Peng

Kao Chen-Peng

What People Are Saying

5.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Wu Ziniu's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
5.0
Every frame feels alive. Don't Cry, Nanking is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker