Marking the 80th anniversary of the brutal massacre in Nanjing by Japanese invaders during WWⅡ, Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation and A + E Networks in the US have co-produced a one-hour docu-drama The Scars of Nanking: the brave who stayed behind.
Poster of The Scars of Nanking: the brave who stayed behind
This documentary that was co-produced by China and the US didn’t apply the traditional mode of the massacre genre. It simply tells the stories witnessed by dozens of foreigners who stayed in Nanjing during the brutal massacre and protected local citizens in any possible ways.
It is the first time that the Massacre has been shot in westerners’ perspectives. And it is also the first time that Nanking Massacre has been presented on the screen of western mainstream media. More audiences in the world will know what happened 80 years ago in Nanjing through this documentary.
The one-hour docu-drama will premier December 13th, 2017 on History in the U.S., History Asia and simultaneously Jiangsu Satellite TV in China.
Today, we introduce you another excerpt of the Asian version of The Scars of Nanking.
In 1937, The Japanese War of aggression against China broke out. On their way to Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of China back then, the invaders have upgraded their violence and done appalling atrocities.
The youngsters paid a visit to the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders. In there, they learned that the brutal massacre was caused by multiple reasons, including the militarism’s influence to the society, Japan’s absolute obedience to the Mikado, their sense of national superiority, and the military officers’ indulgence to the soldiers and so on.
The visit became an important part for the students to deeply understand the Nanking Massacre. One of them said: “Many international friends helped us in this brutal massacre. We know that many survivors are still alive and they are still working on making the truth of the history be heard.”
