In the Name of the Emperor (1998)

Directors:

Christine Choy
Nancy Tong

Writers:

Nanette Burstein (writer)
Nancy Tong (writer)

Genre:

Documentary | War

Plot:

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...

Plot Keywords:

Chinese | Japanese | China | Japanese Soldier | Propaganda Film

Cast

Robin Brentano	...	Narrator
Ted Hannon	...	Narrator
Matthew Myers	...	Narrator
Lamar Sanders	...	Narrator
Sam Schacht	...	Narrator
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shiro Azuma	...	Himself (Imperial Army, Nanking, 1937)
Richard Chu	...	Himself (Rochester Institute of Technology) (as Professor Richard Chu)
Tillman Durdin	...	Himself (US reporter, New York Times)
Akira Fujiwara	...	Himself (Kagawa Nutrition College) (as Professor Fujiwara Akira)
Katsuichi Honda	...	Himself (Japanese journalist)
Saburo Ienaga	...	Himself (professor emeritus, Tokyo University)
Toshio Morimatsu	...	Himself (director, Veterans Library)
Shigeto Nagano	...	Himself (Minister of Justice, apologizes for denying Nanking Massacre)
Hakudo Nagatomi	...	Himself (intelligence agent, Nanking, 1937)
Rumiko Nishino	...	Herself (author)
Yasuaki Onuma	...	Himself (Tokyo University) (as Professor Onuma Yasuaki)
Shindo Song	...	Herself (comfort woman, 1937)
Fuichiro Ueha	...	Himself (Imperial Army, Nanking, 1937)
Shoichi Watanabe	...	Himself (Sofia University) (as Professor Watanabe Shoichi)
Ying Wong	...	Herself (resident, Nanking, 1937)
Yutaka Yoshida	...	Himself (Hitotsubashi University) (as Professor Yoshida Yutaka)
Yoshiaki Yoshimi	...	Himself (Chuo University) (as Professor Yoshimi Yoshiaki)

Runtime:

50 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English | Japanese | Mandarin | Italian

Color:

Black and White | Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Film News Now Foundation

Another masterpiece about the Rape of Nanjing

This film is a documentary version of the Rape of Nanjing. Other films about the Rape of Nanjing included Nanjing, 1937, which although is a war drama, all of its accounts are based on the true story, and one really could not deviate too much from documentary anyway. It is highly recommended to read the book titled the Rape of Nanjing written by Iris Chang for more detailed historical account.