Nanking

The Resource Nanking
Label
Nanking
Statement of responsibility
HBO Documentary Films ; Purple Mountain Productions ; produced by Ted Leonsis ; producers, Bill Guttentag, Michael Jacobs ; screenplay by Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman & Elisabeth Bentley ; story by Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman ; directed by Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • chi
  • jpn
  • eng
  • eng
  • spa
  • chi
  • jpn
  • chi
Summary
Tells the story of the Japanese invasion of Nanking, China, in the early days of World War II and focuses on the efforts of a small group of unarmed Westerners who established a Safety Zone where over 200,000 Chinese found refuge. Told through deeply moving interviews with Chinese survivors, archival footage, and chilling testimonies of Japanese soldiers, interwoven with staged readings of the Westerners' letters and diaries
Awards note
Sundance Film Festival, 2007: Documentary Editing Award ; Heartland Film Festival, Crystal Heart award: 2007.
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Buddy Squires ; director of photography, stage reading, Stephen Kazmierski ; editors, Hibah Frisina, Charlton McMillan, Michael Schweitzer ; music, Philp Marshall ; costume designer, Dayna Pink
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R
Language note
In English, Chinese, and Japanese dialogue ; with Spanish subtitles ; closed-captioned (SDH: subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing)
PerformerNote
Woody Harrelson, Mariel Hemingway, Stephen Dorff, Rosalind Chao, John Getz, Jürgen Prochnow, Michelle Krusiec, Chris Mulkey, Sonny Saito, Graham Sibley, Hugo Armstrong, Robert Wu, Mark Valley
Runtime
90
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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