The Truth about Nanjing

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The Truth about Nanjing (南京の真実, Nankin no shinjitsu^?) is a forthcoming film by Japanese filmmaker Satoru Mizushima (水島総) about the 1937 Nanking Massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in Nanjing, China.

The film, backed by Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara, other nationalistic figures and public donation[1], is intended to portray the Nanking Massacre as merely political propaganda^[1]. Less than a month before the 70th Anniversary of the Nanjing massacre, the director said in an interview[2], that Japanese war criminals were martyrs akin to Jesus Christ who was nailed to the cross in order to bear the sins of the world, and the Nanjing massacre was a politically motivated lie fabricated by China. He also claimed that Iris Chang and Westerners who made witness account about the Nanjing Massacre were communist spies.

Satoru said that the project is meant to counter the film Nanking, a 2007 American documentary on the same subject. He has said that the American film is "based on fabrications and gives a false impression"^[2] and that it is a "setup by China to control intelligence". His claims and this film are highly controversial due to the fact that the massacre is widely acknowledged by many government entities, including the Japanese government, and backed by overwhelming material evidence.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Plot

The movie is planned to be three-part series.

First part "Seven condemned criminals" (The theme is Class A war criminals.)

The seven people were condemned to death in 1948 by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East and executed on 23 December 1948 at Sugamo Prison, Tokyo. This part shows their last day.