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Is the film a fictionalised story based on historical facts? I am interested to know whether some of the characters were composites of real people or just "everyman" types created to produce an overall picture? The plot acknowledges real Westerners such as John Rabe, but what about the other Chinese and Japanese characters?
Did any Japanese soldiers really commit suicide out of the shame of what happened at Nanking or is that, again, a cinematic version of events? Films like this, which try and show *real* history need to have more than just narrative about plot and reception. Who cares whether people liked it or not? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.151.218.41 ( talk) 08:26, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
So you're saying that because the Chinese Film Bureau delayed the film's release, that means it's a propaganda film? Extraordinarily shaky argument. I've never seen it, but the sources seem to show that the film was noted for angering ("What has ignited so much fury among nationalistic Chinese is the fact that one of the film’s protagonists, a Japanese soldier witnessing the atrocities committed by his countrymen during the occupation of Nanjing, is shown in a sympathetic light") Chinese viewers. If you want we can elicit some opinions from the Film Wikiproject. Jonathanfu ( talk) 21:16, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
1. Media Asia Entertainment Group
2. China Film Group
3. Stellar Megamedia Group
4. Jiangsu Broadcasting System
5. Chuan Production Film Studio
All state agencies, China is a police state, ergo IT IS PROPAGANDA! Financed by a police state.
China cracks down on over-the-top anti-Japan dramas
China periodically tries reining in its state-operated television channels, still seen as an important propaganda tool, <==================== same as their movies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.44.95.249 ( talk) 06:36, 17 May 2013 (UTC)