Rape of Nanking

Went with one of my friend to watch the show "Nanking" at Cinema Europa recently.

Its more of a documentary more than a movie. It tells us about the sino-china war in China during the late 1970s through the eyes of a few foreigners.

The documentary is produced in a 1st person encounter though some of them are jus reanacting the stories written down on the diary.

For those tat really went thru the "hell" period, I could really feel for them. Thru their sorrowful eyes, you could see the fear and anger and pain that they felt when they saw their loved ones being killed and raped right in front of their eyes.

I still remember one story went like that. The Jap soldiers march into the village and went shooting like mad. One of the man's mother gt caught in the fire zone and was bleeding profusely. However, the mother refused to free her hold on her baby son (the man's younger bro). When the jap saw this, they stab his mother further with their bayonet. The mother lost her grip and dropeed the baby. The baby fell to the ground and screaned. When the jap soldiers saw this, they pierced their bayonet into the baby butt, and flung him away. The man went over to his mum when the soldiers left. His mum's mouth was moving but no words came out. However, the man understood his mum's thoughts. He went to search for his baby bro. He could still recall that the ground was sticky and red as pple's blood flow like a stream down the slope. He finally found his baby bro and hence, carrried him back to his mum. His mum, in order to pacify his bro, pushed her breasts twds the baby for him to suck on. Tearsa jus tickled from her eyes. By and by, the windows of her soul began to draw its curtains and with a nod, his mum was gone just like tat.

The documentary aso shows some clips taken at that time. It was secretly brought out of Nanking and twds the European countries. One clip showed a burnt head. Story was tat the jap poured petrol on the china men and set fire. This man was lucky nt be burnt totally but upon the severe burns on his head, he died shortly after he was sent to the hospital.

Girls as young as 10yrs old was also being raped by the sinful animals. Some of the gals, onced raped, had their abdomens pierced and twisted with a simple bayonet the jap and attached on their rifle. Wat wrong has the innocent girls done to recieve such wrongful treatment?

This documentary really sets me thinking. Like the Sadam Hussein case, like simple office politics... Mishaps happens when pple don see eye to eye or when mens' selfishness arise. The people that really gt injured are often those common pple who have no idea wat's gg on or those who doesnt wan to get involved.

There's a shrine biult right in the heart of Tokoyo to commemorate those who were convicted of crime when the UN steps in. Some Nationalists believe tat the Jap soldiers did no wrong. They were jus fighting for the honour of their Greater Empire. Haha.. How true is tat? Come to think of it, isnt this sentence familiar? Like someone close to you says that he did this things (wrong) becos of other "right" reasons?

Fort hose who have yet to view this docu, I strongly reommmend u to catch hold of this movie. It will not bore u to death, even if u r those who are super dis-interested in history. It sets u awake and pondering........