Dead to Rights, a film set during the Nanjing Massacre, opened in domestic theaters on Friday.

Marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45), the film revisits one of the most barbaric episodes of World War II through the perspective of a group of unsung heroes.

The Nanjing Massacre occurred when Japanese troops captured Nanjing on Dec 13, 1937. Over the course of six weeks, they slaughtered around 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers.

Set against the Nanjing Massacre, the film follows a group of civilians sheltering in a photo studio.

Forced to develop a Japanese military photographer's film to survive, they accidentally uncover photographic proof of the atrocities. Initially focused on mere survival, they ultimately risk everything to preserve the evidence and expose the war crimes.

The movie is directed by Shen Ao and features a stellar cast, including actors Liu Haoran and Wang Chuanjun, as well as actress Gao Ye.

During the film's Beijing premiere on Thursday, director Shen said he has a special bond with reels of film as a graduate of the Beijing Film Academy, and shared that one of his most memorable assignments was to tell a story using only four developed photos.

Shen also revealed that the new movie is adapted from the same real-life story that inspired the 1987 film Massacre in Nanjing, which is about a Chinese doctor who risks his life to expose photos documenting Japanese troops slaughtering Chinese civilians to the international community.

https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202507/2...07b5d9207a.html

Economy bad, time to drum up nationalistic spirit

Wumao need to stir up racism disguised as nationalism to defeat grandmaster Japan.

evil

When are they going to make a movie of Zhang Xianzong's Sichuan massacre that wiped off 90% of the people there?

FREE FREE PALESTINE!

CCP same mindset with terrorist , always good at promoting hates .

angmoh also talking about it

No John Rabe? The Good Nazi??

we need another Pearl Harbour movie! lol

what about the square

holocaust asian version

cinematography wise looks good mang..

Is that why Hollywood been making all those great American hero movies?

When will they make a movie about Mao's cultural revolution massacre which resulted in 2 million deaths?

Karma for them for being so cruel, killing and raping so many innocent people during the WW2, now their future generation women all become fapping materials to the world.

Why not start from the beginning, Qin Shi Huang? He also bought great misery and death but nowadays, most people think he also did a lot of good.

Americans are special. They really believe that their country is the best and they are the best people. Yes, they are that stupid, just look at who they elected as their president.

Japan ppl are evil

Lmao just one movie about a taboo event perpetrated by their favourite country and all the weaboos come up what-aboutism. Remember Japan says there is no such event happened and the weebs rather be in denial. Meanwhile so many movies about Holocaust and no one protested that.

This post has been edited by ZeaXG: Jul 31 2025, 03:29 PM