"Nanjing! Nanjing! "Xiao Jiang: I sell my body, but I don't sell my country

Stan 2022-04-22 07:01:59

The one who cried the most was when Xiao Jiang raised his hand and said "I'm going".
I have heard a lot of stories about prostitutes in that era. They are living in the contempt of living in what the old ladies think are low. Many men, while staring at their red lips can't stop, call them "bitch". It is such a woman. When China was ravaged by the Japanese devils, when some men in China were greedy for their lives and betrayed their country for glory, many of them were extremely strong. Stick to the chastity of the motherland, in their own way.
When the movie appeared that the devil asked to hand over 100 women, I could guess that Xiao Jiang would stand up. When she really raised her hand and stood up, she was still cold, with curly hair, red lips, red nail polish, and the dress that I would go back to doing after the war "to eat by myself", but it was completely different. significance. The sacrifices of her and the other girls who came forward can pay for the survival of the children this winter.
She just lay there, her eyes were very clean and complicated, poking everyone's spine, her eyes did not reveal resentment, but contempt. The red-rope bells on her ankles were as delicate as hers. Even if she is dead, the body is delicate.
Xiaojiang is just a microcosm. There were many patriotic stories about prostitutes in that era, and most of them were heroic. The director chose a less talkative Xiao Jiang to give a silent description of history. After the fall of Nanjing, the people at the bottom, those who were usually spurned by others, and even those who were called "cheap" prostitutes, among them, there were some people who could be incomparably noble. They sell themselves, but they don't sell their country.

Those men who voluntarily raised their hands and disarmed in the face of a mere few Japanese soldiers, those men who betrayed their compatriots because of their greed for life, those men who were cowardly and fearful of death, were not as firm in their chastity as a prostitute.

Everyone in this film has his presence on camera and tells us a lot. It's not just sadness, anger, sadness to see, but rise and strength.

Thank you Lu Chuan and Chinese and Japanese actors. To deduce history, we must first recognize and interpret history.

PS: For the audience, the deepest impression is a young couple sitting next to me. When the movie was showing at the beginning, the girl was crying as the plot progressed. She was sobbing at every shocking point, and the boy beside her was holding her shoulders. When the movie ended and the cast and subtitles appeared on the screen, the girl wiped away her tears and was about to stand up, only to find her boyfriend was wiping tears and sobbing non-stop. Until the staff finally came to clear the scene, my classmates and I got up and left, only to find the boy was still sobbing.
It is said that men don't cry easily because they haven't reached the sad part. He shocked me no less than the movie.
More people will truly remember this humiliation and history.

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Extended Reading
  • Khalil 2022-04-18 09:01:20

    It was the first time I watched a movie at 1500, the first time I saw that the supply of tickets for an additional screening was still in short supply, and the first time I witnessed the students in the square sitting solemnly for more than two hours...

  • Ara 2022-04-19 09:03:19

    If Kadokawa shot the two farmers in the head at the end, this scene would be absolutely shocking. Don't expect the enemy to spare you, this is a truth that the Chinese have not learned for so many years.