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This film was dangerously close to being [[Banned in China]], because it humanized the Japanese. The director received lots of [[Internet Tough Guy|online death threats]], and it would've been pulled from Chinese cinemas if not for the support of a Communist Party official, who was a huge fan. Apparently, doing a movie depicting the Japanese as 90% pure evil instead of 100% can be a very controversial thing.
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Has been compared to ''[[Schindler's List]]'', because of big similarities. Only this one is [[Up to Eleven|even more]] [[Tear Jerker|depressing]]...
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* [[Badass Pacifist]]: John Rabe. It's one thing to stand up to an armed mob of blood-crazed soldiers when you're an ass-kicker extraordinaire. It's a whole other thing when you're an old man who can't even speak their language, armed only with his iron determination. (Although it does help that he's [[Those Wacky Nazis|a Nazi]].)
* [[Break the Cutie]]: Any character with a shred of innocence. {{spoiler|Xiaojiang}} {{spoiler|Ms. Jiang}} {{spoiler|May}}, all the girls raped (not a spoiler, this is the RAPE of Nanking after all...)
* [[But Not Too Evil]]: Or rather, Not Evil Enough. As noted, the film was nearly [[Banned in China]] for being too sympathetic to the Japanese, [[Complete Monster|believe]] [[Rape, Pillage and Burn|it or]] [[Sociopathic Soldier|not]].
* [[Child Soldiers]]: The ten-year-old Xiao. Thanks to {{spoiler|Kadokawa}}, he survives and is still alive today.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Kadokawa.
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* [[It Got Worse]]
* [[Jittercam]]: Used during the chaotic [[Urban Warfare]] scenes.
* [[Karma Houdini]]: Commander Ida. The closing credits say it all: [[Based
* [[Katanas of the Rising Sun]]: The villains of this story, given the film is Chinese.
* [[Kill
** Subverted in the end and in the [[Safety Zone]]
* [[Les Collaborateurs]]: Rabe collaborates with the Japanese authorities, albeit very reluctantly. The eager-to-please Mr. Tang also does it, until the day they throw his little daughter from a window, [[For the Evulz|just for laughs]].
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* [[Only Sane Man]]: Subverted in a way. At first glance, to the viewers Kadokawa is the only sane person among the Japanese grunts. Then we have scenes of them hanging out, having a fun time, playing the piano and singing old-time love songs together...it's dissonant. Even stranger, and [[Truth in Television]], is the fact that some of these soldiers went home after this horrendous war, to become shy and polite [[Salaryman|salarymen]]...
* [[Rape As Drama]]: Happens to almost every female character.
* [[Rape, Pillage and Burn]]: Emphasis on rape. This film is not pretty.
* [[Red Shirt Reporter]]: When the Japanese forces first entered the city of Nanjing, they were accompanied by a reporter and his cameraman from the Asahi News Agency. {{spoiler|The convoy was ambushed and almost entirely wiped out. However, it was still averted since the cameraman ended up being the only survivor and even managed to escape the ambush and sound the alarm, dooming the Chinese resistance in the city.}}
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections|Screw The Rules, I'm A Nazi]]: Rabe is allowed to set up the Safety Zone for civilians because of his connections to [[Nazi Germany]].
* [[Second Sino Japanese War]]
* [[Sex Slave]]: Those who are forced to become "comfort women". Only the scene where they volunteer is heartbreaking.
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* [[War Is Hell]]
* [[Would Hurt a Child]]: Oh, yes, the Japanese would. Especially, Commander Ida.
* [[Yank the
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