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In The Name of the Emperor (1998)
Directed by Christine Choy, Nancy Tong
Documentary · 50m
A matter-of-fact documentary of the massacre of over 300,000 Chinese civilians by the Japanese in the so-called 'Rape of Nanjing' in 1937. In the name of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, the desperate soldiers, enraged by intense Chinese resistance, stormed the then capitol of China and over a six week period systematically raped, tortured, and killed many of the inhabitants of that city. This is a matter-of-fact although polemical documentary, with many of the horrifyingly intense images taken from home movies made by an American missionary who was there.
Crew
- Director
- Christine Choy, Nancy Tong
- Producer
- Christine Choy
Details
- Release date
- 1998-10-02
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Japanese, Mandarin, English
- Countries
- Canada
- Production
- Film News Now Foundation, ONF | NFB