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City of Life and Death (2009)
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WARNING: A LOT OF TALK ABOUT SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND GENERAL INHUMANITY. Shit can get rough during wartime. Cruelty can rear its ugly head and we get a lot of that during our war-movie themed month we’re calling GLORY & PROPAGANDA. This week is WW2 week. The Second Sino-Japanese War probably would have happened anyway, regardless of the rest of the world’s troubles, but it was on the footsteps and an essential part of how ever-present troubles were across the globe leading up to the Second World War. It was the Fourth of July last week and China gives us a big assist with their amazing explosives that we blow up, so this month let’s talk about a Chinese movie about an infamous event that the Japanese don’t talk much about in their media. We’re talking about the Siege and Rape of Nanking as depicted in Lu Chuan’s 2009 film “CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH” also called “NANKING! NANKING!”. What is interesting about Chuan’s epic of atrocity is that he manages to depict humanity even amongst the Japanese. Sergeant Kadokawa is not enjoying the abject horror his fellow soldiers are committing on prisoners or civilians. The remaining Chinese citizens are struggling to survive what may not be survivable. This movie is pretty hard to watch but if you read a little bit on this actual history then you realize how much harder it could have gone. Then there’s a beat near the end that you can shake your sweet ass to. Here’s a link with English subs we found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx_ervF7h7w
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