The Rape of Nanking (2007)

6.4/10 103 min Documentary

Overview

About a young Chinese-American author's journey into the darkest reaches of humanity as she researched and wrote her best selling book "The Rape of Nanking". Iris Chang's harrowing experience and dogged determination uncovers in graphic detail the forgotten holocaust of World War II when almost 300,000 Chinese women, children and soldiers were in a matter of weeks systematically raped, tortured and murdered by the invading Japanese forces.

Cast

Olivia Cheng

Iris Chang

Jillian Rees-Brown

Minnie Vautrin

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