4 real historical locations · China
Lu Chuan's stark black-and-white film depicting the Nanjing Massacre of 1937-38, when Japanese forces killed hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians and prisoners of war. Shot with documentary realism, it remains one of cinema's most powerful accounts of WWII's greatest atrocities.
CinemaMapped has mapped 4 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning China.
The 2009 Chinese black-and-white film depicts the Nanjing Massacre from multiple perspectives — Chinese soldiers, civilian refugees, a Japanese soldier and a...
The Nanjing Massacre (December 1937 – January 1938) followed the Japanese capture of China's capital. Estimates of the death toll range from 40,000 to 300,000. Mass executions, rape and looting were carried out by Imp...
View location →The two-square-mile neutral zone established by foreigners to shelter Chinese civilians from the Japanese army — sheltering 200,000 people at its peak.
The International Safety Zone was established by a committee of Western and German businessmen and diplomats including John Rabe. They negotiated with Japanese commanders to spare the zone. John Rabe's residence shelt...
View location →The riverbank where Japanese troops massacred tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians — their bodies dumped into the Yangtze.
The Nanjing Massacre of December 1937 - January 1938 killed between 40,000 and 300,000 people. Entire communities were taken to the riverbank and machine-gunned. Japanese soldiers used bayonet practice, beheading cont...
View location →The hills east of Nanjing where Chinese forces made their final stand before the Japanese army entered the defenseless city.
The Chinese garrison of Nanjing held the Purple Mountain defensive lines for four days before the city fell on December 13, 1937. The commanding general Tang Shengzhi abandoned his troops and fled by boat across the Y...
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