City of Life and Death (Blu-ray Disc)
Within the scope of Asian history,few events carry the ugly and sickening connotations of the Rape of Nanking. Japanese forces invaded that Chinese city on December ,and in the six weeks to follow,soldiers raped thousands of women and annihilated hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians. Director Lu Chuan directs this black-and-white docudrama account of that horrifying six-week period,with the benefit of an ensemble cast that includes Hideo Nakaizumi as a conscience-stricken Japanese soldier,