Don't Cry, Nanking

1995 · 120 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 280 VOTES · DIR. Wu Ziniu

Don't Cry, Nanking poster

Overview

In December 1937, during the Second Japanese-Sino War, a Chinese doctor, his Japanese pregnant wife, their teenage daughter and their young son travel from Shanghai to Nanjing seeking shelter in the Capital during the Japanese invasion. The family faces the Rape of Nanking by the Imperial Japanese Army, with rapes, mass murder of prisoners of war and civilians including women, children and elders, and disrespect of international conventions.

Dialogue Timeline — 720 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:03:19 Cheng-xian, you really think Nanking's safe?
00:06:34 They've gone to the countryside.
00:09:45 Get out!
00:11:43 Fine. Bring your son to see me.
00:14:20 You understand.
00:18:25 The Fascists are killing innocent people
00:22:14 My wife?
00:24:08 l will.
00:26:40 lt was where Emperor Hongwu founded the Ming Dynasty.
00:29:46 But you said Nanking was safe.
00:32:34 Over the next 200 years.
00:34:54 You will be sent to either the Ginling Women's College. Ginling Seminary.
00:39:05 Don't hurry!
00:43:11 Hurry
00:47:44 l will, thanks.
00:51:54 Who's fetching the chopsticks and bowls? Why hasn't he returned?
00:54:07 Adopting harsh measures there
01:03:50 Yes.
01:06:46 Miss Craft!
01:09:59 We'll be back.
01:17:49 Step back!
01:21:22 you can leave!
01:24:32 You should look for yourself.
01:32:26 Let loose of my mother! You let my mother go!

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed720
Dialogue density6.0 lines / min
First line00:03:19
Final line01:32:26

Production Record

DirectorWu Ziniu
LanguageChinese
IMDb votes280