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2007 marked the 70th anniversary of the “sack of Nanking,” the worst atrocity committed by the Japanese on the eve of World War II. In 1937, Japan invaded China as part of a colonial war of aggression. Arriving in Nanking, the Japanese army broke all resistance with a systematic massacre that lasted days. Since then, the “rape of Nanking” has gone unpunished and was buried by reconstruction and post-war conflicts. This allowed part of Japan’s political establishment to deny it ever happened, while Chinese authorities began to exploit it to political ends. But the people never forget. Thanks to the accounts of survivors, to archives and historians, this film reconstitutes the facts. It also analyzes the mechanisms of the attempted revision of history that followed. The tragedy of Nanking is an example of those abscesses of history that, because they are never seriously treated, some day or other awaken the pain and resentment of those who endured it.

France - 2006 - 52 mn - DV Cam - Colour

Director Michaël Prazan Writer Michaël Prazan Editing Christian Girier

Production Les Poissons Volants, 17, rue Visconti, 75006 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 4770 4474 Fax : +33 (0)1 4770 4494 E-mail : production@poissonsvolants.com Co-Production Rosem Film with the  participation of France 5, Planète

Sales Les Poissons Volants, 17, rue Visconti, 75006 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 4770 4474 Fax : +33 (0)1 4770 4494 E-mail : production@poissonsvolants.com