In The Name of the Emperor (1998)

A matter-of-fact documentary of the massacre of over 300,000 Chinese civilians by the Japanese in the so-called 'Rape of Nanjing' in 1937. In the name of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, the desperate soldiers, enraged by intense Chinese resistance, stormed the then capitol of China and over a six week period systematically raped, tortured, and killed many of the inhabitants of that city. This is a matter-of-fact although polemical documentary, with many of the horrifyingly intense images taken from home movies made by an American missionary who was there.

Released Oct. 2, 1998 50 min None+

Genres: Documentary, War

Keywords: tmdb.woman-director, imdb.f-rated, imdb.nanjing-china, imdb.title-in-title, imdb.japanese-soldier, imdb.propaganda-film, imdb.atrocity + 8 more, imdb.world-war-two, imdb.japanese, imdb.chinese, imdb.china, imdb.nanking-massacre-china-1937, imdb.propaganda, imdb.sino-japanese-war, imdb.independent-film