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Theatrical Release Date:

12/12/2007

DVD Release Date:

04/29/2008

Run Time:

90min.

Starring:

Hugo Armstrong , Rosalind Chao , Stephen Dorff , John Getz , Mariel Hemingway

Director(s):

Dan Sturman , Bill Guttentag

Distributor(s):

ThinkFilm

MPAA Rating:

R for disturbing images and descriptions of wartime atrocities, including rape.

Genre(s):

Documentary

Plot: Filmmaker Bill Guttentag takes a closer look at the atrocities committed by the Japanese after Nanking fell to the Imperial Japanese Army in 1937 with this documentary that was inspired by Iris Chang's novel The Rape of Nanking. Read More

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