‘Nanking’ infuriates–in a good way
This well-meaning, somewhat clunky documentary recounts the six horrendous weeks in December 1936 when the Imperial Japanese Army invaded the city of Nanking, then China’s capital. The sheer numbers in play are staggering: an estimated 200,000 civilians killed, 20,000 raped during the occupation. “The Rape of Nanking” is how it’s often [...]