self-introduction & question

[Wei Ting Jen]

Hi Silke,

May be a bit hard for you to get hold of, but you should definitely
consider cinematic representations of Nanjing during the war itself.
In particular "Nanking" (Toei, 1938), a Japanese documentary that shot
the ruins and devastation in the city after Matsui's troops overran
it. There are also several newsreels produced by Asahi and Yomiuri
News that featured the capture of Nanking, all of which were screened
back home. Public perception/reaction will be a hard nut to crack but
I would recommend close-reading of film magazines, journals,
newspapers during that time.

There's also a short film shot by two missionaries during the massacre
itself and smuggled out of China, I forget the title but I'm sure
other people on the list would know. Would be interesting to explore
how that film affected public opinion in the West at that time of the
Nanking Massacre and the Sino-Japanese war.

Wei Ting



On 12/8/06, Silke Harbodt <s.harbodt at gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> my name is Silke Harbodt,
> I'm a student at University Leipzig
> in Leipzig, Germany.
> I'm working on a thesis about the cinematic representation of the Nanking massacre in Japan right now.
>
> I know there've been three movies produced and shown in China: Massacre in Nanjing (Luo Guanqun, 1987), Black Sun: The Nanjing Massacre (T.F. Mou, 1995) and Don't cry, Nanking (Wu Ziniu, 1995). What I'm interested in now is, if these films have been shown in Japan as well, and if so, how the reactions of the public, government etc. looked like and how the films were reviewed.
>
> I'm glad about any kind of information.
>
> Thanks a lot,
> Silke
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