japanese devils ( or riben guizi 日本鬼子 ) is a japanese documentary about the war crimes committed by the imperial japanese army between 1931 and 1945 .

the documentary is a series of interviews with 14 japanese veterans of the second sino-japanese war who recount rape , massacres , bio-experiments , and cannibalism .

the accuracy of these interviews is contested by japanese nationalist critics .

minoru matsui 's inspiration for the film came after one of his original interviewees died .

feeling that it was his last chance to document the stories , he began the process of creating the documentary .

initial support was minimal , with all production companies showing no interest .

the film did not gain any traction until it was entered into the berlin film festival .

the original title , riben guizi , is a chinese phrase popular in the 1930s and 1940s used to express hatred for japanese invaders .

japanese devils

the film ' s success in berlin sparked an interest from the japanese media and a tiny theater in tokyo ran the film , japanese devils , last december .
some japanese critics have hailed japanese devils as among the best films of 2001 . the documentary was also shown in canada , netherlands , the united states and hong kong .
until now , that is .
japanese devils ,
a japanese documentary by filmmaker minoru matsui , interviews 14 japanese soldiers about their crimes in china from the beginning of the invasion - - 1931 ' s manchurian incident - - to the end of the war in 1945 .
partly as a result - and also because japanese devils is about as un - commercial as a film can get - few japanese will get a chance to see this documentary , which is only scheduled for screening at one theatre in tokyo in december .
china’s war dramas about the second sino - japanese war ( 1937 - 1945 ) are much discussed online topics this month since china’s official censorship bureau spoke out against those war shows that are “overly entertaining” . “japanese devils” die a 1000 times a year .
japanese devils
opened in tokyo in december . as the film illustrates in a prologue , many japanese find the war crimes issue shameful and feel it should not be discussed . those who do bring the subject up are accused of traitorous behavior .
japanese devils features 14 ex - servicemen whose backgrounds vary from farming to medicine , whose military ranks range from privates to lieutenants , and whose atrocious deeds extend from rape and torture to bacteriological experiment and vivisection .
ar : his second movie
devils on the doorstep ,
a vivid depiction of the japanese occupation of chinese villages during world war ii , won the grand prix at cannes but was banned in china .
perhaps the most hopeful image of japanese devils is one of the ex - soldiers at a
war exhibition for peace
conducting a q & a to a crowd , many of them teenagers and women , patiently answering their questions .
i thought the story was very interesting because i didn ' t even realize that non - japanese people had served in the imperial japanese army .
5 : this term is a pejorative term used for a japanese imperial soldier .
devils on the doorstep by chris dashiell the tragedy of war is a familiar subject for art - a never - ending one , it would seem . sometimes , though , the sheer stupidity of war is a more potent topic . that ' s the approach director jiang wen has taken in devils on the doorstep , a savage satire that spares no one , least of all the audience .
they ' ve been taught somehow that only the japanese have been so consistently inhumane .
the asia society spoke with matsui minoru and one of the producers of the film , oguri ken ' ichi , before their san francisco screening . translation was conducted by linda hoaglund . for more information or to purchase the video for educational institutions , go to the japanese devils website .
this is one of many disturbing questions raised by the award - winning documentary japanese devils , which had its first showing in japan yesterday . the film is a sledgehammer that aims to smash through a surface of public and private denial about the atrocities carried out by imperial army troops .
the war crimes committed by the japanese in asia have been extremely controversial both inside and outside japan . for instance , the debate about the accuracy of japanese history textbooks has angered korea and china for years . do you hope your film can be played at japanese schools ?
the japanese version of this was to pump your stomach full of water til it burst .
japanese devils is a documentary featuring 14 veterans of the imperial army testifying to their brutal participation in japan ' s 15 - year war against china . director matsui minoru presents a powerful historical record of these soldiers ' individual crimes , helping to break japan ' s long silence about its wartime atrocities in china .
“you can play whatever you like , as long as you don’t play a japanese person . ”
last week , cdt chinese published the text of a decision by the state administration on radio , film and television about the 2000 movie , devils on the doorstep . the movie , directed by jiang wen , depicts the relationship between chinese villagers and a japanese prisoner during the japanese invasion of china during world war ii . the movie was nominated for the golden palm at the cannes film festival but was banned in china .
i was captured again by the japanese near sanhe village , and sent to work at a japanese - occupied silk factory near nowadays’ nanjing medicine factory . it was at this time that i witnessed more japanese atrocities first - hand . one time , after i finished transporting ten barrels of gasoline to the japanese military depot near the train station , japanese soldiers brought me to a basement . aside from large wooden boxes , the basement also contained a bed . the two japanese soldiers ripped off the bedsheet covers and indiscriminately opened fire upon it . on the bed lay four women , all dead .
there ' s a huge difference between ' official apologies ' made by japanese political figureheads and the way the german nation collectively acknowledges their wrongdoings in wwii . one japanese politician might make a genuine apology in attempt to reach out to those who were impacted by japanese imperial policy , then another might go on to say that all japanese wrongdoings are chinese fabrications - - none of this matters . politicians ' words don ' t represent what the average japanese feels about the topic . try talking to a german and a japanese about what went on during this time period and you ' ll notice the difference .
our japanese foreign exchange student came home in tears over the
lies
being told at school .
notorious scene from ‘anti - japanese divine drama’ ‘the wondrous knight of the war of resistance against japan’ .
ar : the last film you directed ,
devils on the doorstep ,
won the grand prix at cannes in 2000 , which is that particular event ' s second - biggest prize . what was your inspiration for telling that particular story ?
you act like the japanese didn ' t also kill and chop off the heads of many us soldiers .
japanese devils
is a literal translation of the film ' s original title
riben guizi .
riben guizi
was a phrase used by the chinese in the ' 30s and ' 40s expressing hatred of foreign oppressors . for many japanese , this phrase and the facts about japan ' s war against china are unfamiliar . japan ' s war against china is often downplayed in comparison to the historical significance of the pacific war , pearl harbor , and hiroshima .
but due to race , it ' s harder for white american teens to detached that information towards the japanese .
matsui ' s effort was praised by large festival audiences who saw for themselves the courage of the film ' s japanese veterans who gave appalling accounts of the atrocities they personally committed during the 15 years of sino - japanese war .
japanese devils may be the first time that those who committed war crimes have so freely described what they did - i don ' t recall seeing any such documentary on nazi war criminals , for example . these men are doing this because they now realize they were wrong , and they do not want anyone to forget it happened , so that hopefully it will not happen again .
what was so scary about the japanese at the time was how celebrated and spontaneous it seemed . like this story .
ar : jiang had not run this black - and - white film past the censors in china , and he was reportedly told to stay clear from the director ' s chair for the next seven years .
devils on the doorstep
is yet to be officially released .
i understand your anger towards the japanese , but your comments seem to generalize all japanese . the glorification of
war heroes
and apologizing for their war crimes is still an issue in japan . those people that are against the japanese war crimes are bashed by their own countrymen and also became victims of hate crimes . it is even shown in the documentary .
now the japanese devils , they wouldn’t let a single woman off the hook , right . after my mother gave birth , she put the bloodied paper on the floor . when they came they’d want to see it , and after they saw it , they knew she’d had a baby , they didn’t want her and they’d leave . this harassment went on everyday , there was nothing we could do . 7
the power of
japanese devils
- - a literal translation of the original title
riben guizi ,
a mandarin - language insult coined by chinese in the 1930s and ' 40s - - lies in the calm delivery of its subjects . matsui wanted to create a historical record about events that have not been elsewhere documented in the japanese language . although the men who came forward for interviews all regretted their wartime acts , matsui asked them to hold back on their emotions and relate their activities in a clear , accurate manner .
the eighth route army park performances are different from the ‘divine drama’ , say the actors . in the theme park , they imitate the reality as much as possible . the ‘japanese devils’ wear the right yellow uniforms , caps , white gloves and boots . the actors use fake blood and cap guns that create a loud sound and a puff of smoke when the trigger is pulled – everything to make the scenes look real .
as a malaysian chinese , our grandparents constantly remind us of the occupation . anti - japanese sentiment still rather high in these parts
i will never forget the violence , the atrocities and the aggression that the imperial japanese soldiers enacted during the nanjing massacre . 4
the issue first emerged from a series of wartime japanese - language newspaper articles , which celebrated the
heroic
killing of chinese by two japanese officers , who were engaged in a competition to see who could kill the most first . [ 3 ] the issue was revived in the 1970s and sparked a larger controversy over japanese war crimes in china , and in particular the nanking massacre .
interviews yang lei , a 27 - year - old actor that has been playing a japanese soldier ( “a japanese devil” ) for over four years in the eighth route army park . during the weekends or holidays , the park has hundreds of visitors who come to watch the performance . when it is very busy , yang has to ‘die’ up to four times a day . “in the past few years , i have died over a 6000 times in total , ” he says . the plays take about twenty minutes per show , and are focused on the events of 1943 , the year that the chinese eighth route army fought against japanese troops in wuxiang . one of the shows is about a small village in anning that is invaded and occupied by japanese troops . when a chinese spy steals secret information from their camp , the whole village is held for questioning . a chinese underground party member sacrifices his life to protect the spy’s identity . just when the japanese general orders to have the entire village killed , china’s eighth route army storms in and wipes out all the ‘japanese devils’ .
features the terrible story behind wwii
unit 731
, a japanese military base located in the puppet state of manchuria , china .
but that ' s only a warm - up . one army doctor experimented with biological weapons such as concentrated cholera , anthrax , and the plague on living chinese subjects . sometimes he performed vivisections ; another doctor claimed soldiers would shoot chinese prisoners and then force the doctors to try and save the victims as a form of training . the united states war crimes commission actually exonerated the doctors who spoke in japanese devils - in exchange for their research data .
don ' t forget the japanese secret lab where they did experiments like cutting off all your limbs and leaving your body to experiment on .
in response to the recent critique on china’s ‘anti - japanese divine drama’ , various chinese media have reported on another type of war drama : the life - like war play . in wuxiang , shanxi province , there is a theme park dedicated to the second sino - japanese war (
the actors greatly disapprove of ‘divine drama’ . instead of distorting history , they claim to provide an accurate representation of the second sino - japanese war .
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at that time , my cousin was only eighteen - years - old . he was taken away by the japanese troops and never returned . i personally watched as the japanese troops massacred many people . we had a neighbor , elderly ms . zhen , who was about eighty - years - old . she thought that because she was old , she could remain at home and be fine . in actuality , she was brutally murdered by the japanese , with her stomach slashed open . there was also a tea specialist , who couldn’t bear leaving his home . he was also murdered by the japanese . 3
that was nothing but opinion . why would the behavior of the japanese toward their neighbors make students racist against asians in general or the japanese in particular ? it ' d be as easy as saying ,
and don ' t forget about the atrocities committed by white people during this time period
.
details of japanese world war ii atrocities are known all over asia . except , that is , in the place it matters most - - japan itself .
i ' m a little confused . none of these guys were speaking chinese . that is clearly japanese . i ' m partially fluent in both mandarin and cantonese . are you saying that these guys were japanese pows from chinese prisons or chinese guys from japanese prisons ? if they were chinese , then why are they all speaking japanese ? edit : according to my father - in - law , a native of nanjing , he lost seven of his brothers and sisters ; the youngest was pistol whipped to death in her mothers arms . his brother vividly and through a great deal of obvious pain recounted to me how his father was poisoned to death in front of him as part of a
joke
by japanese soldiers . edit 2 : clearly japanese men . you are saying that because they were pow ' s that there is some claim that they have been brainwashed to falsely admit to war crimes . that seems like a bit of a stretch .
throughout its three - month run , the theater was packed every day with young japanese who knew little about what their grandparents ' generation did during the war .
because high school students . you can say this kind of stuff to those kids and some of them will come out with a tainted view on japanese people .
starving japanese soldiers stranded on the various pacific islands would resort to cannibalism and referred to pows as
white pork
and natives as
black pork
.
the average american likes jews way more than the chinese too , so that has a lot to do with the willingness to give gloss over the japanese actions .
he has played a japanese ‘devil soldier’ for years , and is still afraid to tell his grandfather , who served in the chinese army ( sina 2015 ) .
curious about china’s “anti - japanese divine drama” ? the video below is a compilation from the wondrous knight of the war of resistance against japan ( 抗日奇侠 ) .
3 : zhu chengshan , ed . , japanese invaders in nanjing massacre survivor t estimon y ( beijing : social sciences academic press , 2005 ) , 469 .
you can see how the japanese seem to be fine with having issei sagawa not in prison or a mental hospital . he seems small - fry by comparison . urltoken
if they seem emotionally unaffected it ' s because they ' re old japanese dudes and keeping a straight face is their culture ' s way of dealing with it .
it is something the nation - which has not had an official military since world war ii - still struggles with today , and especially today . recently , japan ' s wartime activities have stirred fresh controversy because official history books taught in schools do not mention the atrocities . also , visits by japanese prime minister junichiro koizumi to yasukuni shrine , where the memorial tablets of many japanese soldiers are mourned , went so far as to strain diplomatic relations between japan and korea , a victim of japanese aggression .
it ' s just not talked about . likely because the us made an agreement with the imperial japanese scientists ( namely shiro ishii ) for access to the research data .
there ' s still a high level of distrust among older chinese people towards the japanese . it ' s hard to understand how war can make monsters of regular men .
lam , oiwan . 2013 . “china’s anti - japanese tv war dramas knocked for vulgarity . ” global voices , april 2014 urltoken [ 15 . 4 . 15 ] .
the 14 were among that number . nowadays , they want to tell of their activities so that japanese youngsters will know the truth about what took place during the war .
japanese devils , then , is a movie the japanese people desperately need . director minoru matsui lets his video camera roll on the frank recollections of 14 men , all in their 80s , who were japanese soldiers during that time , and who committed atrocities . they detail with shocking frankness what they witnessed - and what they did . the film opens in front of the yasukuni shrine , where two sets of protesters square off : a group of mostly young people , who shout ,
stop praising our deceased soldiers as war heroes !
and an older group of veterans and other citizens who honor
those who had to die
. then , separated by a thumbnail sketch of japan ' s military excursions from 1931 - 45 , come the interviews . one by one , the 14 men , looking kindly , sitting politely as if engaged in simple conversation at a coffee shop , detail their experiences .
the contest to kill 100 people using a sword ( 百人斬り競争 hyakunin - giri kyōsō ? ) is a wartime account of a contest between two japanese army officers during the japanese invasion of china over who could first kill 100 people with a sword . the two officers were later executed on war crimes charges for their involvement . [ 1 ] since that time , the historicity of the event has been hotly contested , often by japanese nationalists or revisionist historians seeking to invalidate the historiography of the nanking massacre . [ 2 ]
the most important part of the verdict relates to the portrayal of chinese villagers and japanese soldiers against the background of the second world war , or , using the chinese term , the war to resist japan . throughout , sarft takes the film to task for incorrect depictions of the nature of the chinese people . an old grandfather should not be shown as being sympathetic to a young chinese soldier , it is deemed incorrect that the villagers care for the japanese soldier and the chinese traitor ( 汉奸 hanjian ) , or that they indicate that they haven’t really suffered under the occupation . when the japanese soldier imagines being attacked by the villagers , he imagines them as samurai . however , sarft feels that what he should feel most are “the armies resisting japan , such as the eighth route army or guerrilla forces” . imagining villagers as samurai “uglifies the chinese people” . in short , in this film , the “common chinese people” do not show sufficient hatred towards the japanese , do not sufficiently differentiate between foe and friend , and display ignorance and apathy . at the same time , according to sarft , the film does not correctly display the cruelty of the japanese army but , amongst others , shows a japanese soldier giving sweets to children . also , “japanese army songs are played often , putting a spin on the japanese imperialists flaunting their strength , which may gravely hurt the feelings of the chinese people . ”
i studied infectious diseases and it shocks me that events like nanking massacre and unit 731 happened . yet there are those in the japanese government who will not acknowledge these events , claim they never happened , and that they are the victims because those are mere fabrications of chinese propaganda . a japanese - born reporter for the the bbc even wrote an article on what japanese education leaves out . so new generations think that chinese people don ' t like japan for no reason at all . this vicious cycle needs to be broken by education .
japanese troops round up chinese and russian prisoners of war and take them to a place called squadron 731 , where they are grotesquely tortured and experimented on to test new biological weapons .
a documentary recording the testimony of fourteen former japanese soldiers as they recount atrocities and war crimes committed during the second world war , including the infamous unit 731 . . . see more »
in the war ' s closing days , when a conscience - driven japanese soldier fails to get his countrymen to surrender to overwhelming force , he adopts the lifestyle of a buddhist monk .
others say peer pressure was a factor . the war veterans , who would often beat and humiliate new japanese army recruits , called them cowardly if they did not participate in the crimes .
there ' s a lot of history and a lot of shitty things - this thread is about the japanese . i really do not understand what your point is - it seems to be
ok the japanese were cruel and so were others in wars
- and my thought is
yeah , so
? it ' s not a revelation nor does it add anything .
a documentary recording the testimony of fourteen former japanese soldiers as they recount atrocities and war crimes committed during the second world war , including the infamous unit 731 . . . see full summary »
the japanese have a shame culture where it ' s more important to keep up a public appearance of having apologised than the deeper intention or meaning behind it . this is known as tatemae and honne . they want to fool the world with their public facade ( tatemae ) but they are hoping that their true intentions ( honne ) doesn ' t get found out or that we ' accept ' their facade out of politeness ( this ' polite accepting ' is a common feature of japanese society ) . of course we aren ' t as oblivious to this as the japanese think we are .
when the japanese entered the city on the december of 1937 , many retreating chinese nationalist troops attempted to cross the river to escape , with some even coming to my house to board . when the sky was getting dark , my entire family took refuge at the nearby [ hutchinson international ] . 2 en route , we saw japanese warships rake down crossing chinese troops with indiscriminate machine gun fire .
the film describes how many of the japanese pows who returned to japan from china were perceived as being brainwashed by communists and were then shunned from society . did any of these 14 witnesses experience this ?
chinese video platform youku released shanghai women’s manual ( or women in shanghai ) last may , following the series beijing women manual ; both series are adapted from 2016 popular japanese drama series tokyo joshi zukan .
the satos made their decision without help . the father , who runs a snack restaurant , said he picked the name to show he wants his son , whatever he became in the future , to
stand at the top .
he also wanted his son to have a name different from other boys and was sure that
there will be only one japanese with this name ,
he told japanese reporters .
it is not easy playing a japanese devil . throughout the years as a japanese officer , yang lei has gone through four military uniforms , fifteen pairs of boots and hundred pairs of socks . some of his colleagues are afraid to talk about their job . “i don’t know how to tell my friends and family about my role as a devil , ” liu chuan says . his grandfather used to be in the chinese army , and he might not be too happy about his grandson playing a japanese soldier . the fear of telling relatives is not unreasonable , according to the article , as it has happened before that actors were removed from the theme park by their parents . “you can play whatever you like , ” said the parents of one 19 - year - old actor : “as long as you don’t play a japanese person . ”
nationalism , of course , was the greatest spur . these onetime fanatical japanese nationalists showed no qualms about murdering and raping if they thought it would further the cause of japan and increase the glory of the emperor .
from these confessions , it is clear that the violence that occurred during the war was exceptionally brutal . one soldier , for instance , recounts that a chinese woman was eaten by japanese troops . similarly , the elaborate medical experiments that were carried out really emphasized that the chinese were not perceived as humans by the imperial army . do you think there was anything distinctive about japanese military training that could allow the violence to escalate like this ?
looking forward to seeing this . i know from other interviews i ' ve seen with former japanese soldiers who were in china that these guys have basically no remorse . most of them were never even punished . sad .
headquarters encouraged the atrocities with their various campaigns . aside from strict disposal , there was the ' three alls policy ' (
kill all , burn all , loot all
) and , when the u . s . began winning the war in 1942 , the ' compulsory seizure campaign ' , in which the japanese army kidnapped chinese citizens and exported them to japan to work in forced labor factories , aiding the japanese war effort .
people are literally saying the mass rape of germans at the end of the war is morally equivalent to the invasion and massacre of chinese people by the japanese ! jesus . . . i really lost my toucan . . .
the tokyo war crimes trial ( 1946 - 48 ) condemned a select group of generals , admirals and diplomats , making many japanese believe that war criminals had been justly tried and punished . during this period , the u . s . decision to exempt the japanese emperor from culpability for these war crimes lessoned the need for serious examination of individual and national responsibility . in addition , japanese citizens became more focused on the challenges of rebuilding japan after post - war destruction . director matsui minoru states ,
what is truly repugnant and dangerous is the attitude of those who avert their eyes from the brutality that took place . therein lies the path to repeating the errors of our past .
a documentary recording the testimony of fourteen former japanese soldiers as they recount atrocities and war crimes committed during the second world war , including the infamous unit 731 medical experimentation group . having been trained by their country to be nothing but killers , the soldiers claim to have become morally numb and unable to see non - japanese as even human . perhaps feeling some remorse for what they have done , they now choose to tell their stories for the world to hear .
i think if you see it once , you would know what had happened during the sino - japanese war . then audience should decide themselves what to make of it , rather than me explaining what is there to learn .
director matsui did not want to show any apologies on film , lest this shift the tone from historical record to confessional . but the ex - soldiers do try to give some reasons , even if they do not shirk personal responsibility for their acts . the fact that japanese military training taught recruits that the chinese were worth less than animals is cited :
we japanese all thought about the chinese the same way - - as subhuman scum ,
says yoshio tsuchiya .
ar : despite this reputation , jiang refused to speak about the
devils on the doorstep
controversy , saying he wants to forget about the past and focus on his upcoming film . china ' s most sought - after director is now behind the camera again . his latest film
the sun also rises
is due to premier at the venice film festival next month . a complex plot spanning 50 years of history told through four separate stories , this adaptation of a short story is expected to be jiang ' s defining directorial comeback .
from what i recall of my stay in japan , grinning and laughter are both a way of showing embarassment , mostly for girls but you never see a japanese man grin wider than when he gets stopped by cops for a traffic violation .
the chinese translation of ‘rage comics’ is bàozǒu mànhuà ( 暴走漫画 ) , with ‘baozou’ literally meaning ‘out of control’ , and ‘manhua’ meaning ‘sketches’ , popularized through the japanese manga term . the term baozou manhua is also abbreviated as baoman ( 暴漫 ) .
my name is chen jiashou . i was born on september 16 , 1918 . when the imperial japanese army invaded nanjing in 1937 , i was living in a small nanjing district with my uncle , mother and father , my two brothers and my sister . at that time , i was only 19 years old . i was an apprentice . after the japanese invasion , i , along with several other people , collectively escaped to a refugee camp by shanghai road . at that time , since the refugee camp had run out of food , i ventured out to replenish the supply . but because of some casual remarks i made while lining up , i was taken by some nearby japanese soldiers and brought to a pond adjacent to shanghai road . having not stood there for more than two minutes , i watched as a group of armed japanese soldiers hustled several lines of about two hundred chinese troops toward the edge of the pond , surrounding them with weapons to prevent them from escaping .
a smaller issue comes at the end of the film , where a guomindang general declares that only the guomindang can legally accept the surrender of japanese troops . again , this does not fit in official ccp historiography and is therefore beyond the pale .
at the end of the war in 1945 , 570 , 000 japanese soldiers surrendered in china and were interned in siberia . after the chinese communist victory in 1950 , these 14 witnesses were among 1 , 100 war criminals who were returned to china for re - education . when they returned to japan in 1956 , they were suspected of being communists and faced years of discrimination . very few japanese veterans have been willing to take the risk of publicly admitting to their individual roles in these atrocities .
a documentary recording the testimony of fourteen former japanese soldiers as they recount atrocities and war crimes committed during the second world war , including the infamous unit 731 medical experimentation group . having been trained by their country to be nothing but killers , the soldiers claim to have become morally numb and unable to see non - japanese as even human . perhaps feeling some remorse for what they have done , they now choose to tell their stories for the world to hear . please keep the discussion civil .
a documentary recording the testimony of fourteen former japanese soldiers as they recount atrocities and war crimes committed during the second world war , including the infamous unit 731 medical experimentation group . having been trained by their country to be nothing but killers , the soldiers claim to have become morally numb and unable to see non - japanese as even human . perhaps feeling some remorse for what they have done , they now choose to tell their stories for the world to hear . written by jean - marc rocher
thus , the instant the japanese soldiers opened fire on us all , i immediately fell toward the ground , faking my death . struck by the flying bullets , my chinese comrades all piled up on my body . right up till it got dark and the japanese soldiers had all left , i lay under the dead bodies , not daring to move . only then did i climb out from under the pile of bodies . it was thus how i became a fortunate survivor of the nanjing massacre .
he ' s not justifying the hatred of an entire ethnicity , maybe his lady friends parents were subjected to these war crimes or witnessed them , if so i understand why she would have some hatred towards japanese people however misguided and unjustified it may be .
about the author : manya koetse is the editor of what’s on weibo . she’s a sinologist who splits her time between the netherlands and china . she earned her bachelor’s degrees in literary studies , japanese & china studies and completed her mphil in asian studies . contact :
these shortcomings will certainly be enough for opponents to dismiss the film as chinese propaganda ( the usual method of discrediting those who bring shame on japan ) . but even for those like me who accept that japanese troops carried out atrocities , it adds an element of doubt .
chinese tv dramas about the second sino - japanese war ( 1937 - 1945 ) are much discussed online topics this month . on april 7 , china’s official censorship bureau spoke out against war - themed tv dramas that are “overly entertaining” . when is war drama too entertaining ? in a theme park in wuxiang , war plays are performed daily . the actors insist that their “acting is serious” and the faithful and accurate reenactment of history is their main goal . in their roles as japanese soldiers , they ‘die’ more than a thousand times a year .
the problem with the japanese apologies is that it seems like every time they take one step forward to owning up to their past some right - wing asshole politician later makes some controversial speech or gaffe that takes them two steps back . it makes the whole thing seem insincere .
but in an indicator of japanese sensitivities on the issue , justice minister akira mikazuki , in a cabinet meeting friday , spoke out about devil , opposing the official intervention in the boy ' s naming via an
administrative guidance ,
a ruling made without specific legal basis .
since then , japan ' s powerful patriotic right wing has ensured that details of the atrocities have been omitted from the country ' s history books . consequently , two generations of japanese have grown up ignorant of their countrymen ' s perverse behavior in china and other asian countries .
one day after work , i walked to the entrance of changshan park . a man surnamed tse heard the sound of a japanese truck , so stuck his head out to take a look . coincidentally , he caught the eyes of the japanese troops , who immediately disembarked and tied old tse up , forcing him to kneel on the ground . one of them took out a bayonet , and violently hacked at old tse’s head . unfortunately , though the back of old tse’s neck was sliced through , his head hung on by the remaining front part of his neck—he was still breathing and alive , collapsed on the floor . seeing this , the japanese soldiers then raised their leather boots , mercilessly kicking him around the changshan park’s grounds . it was only then , with his head severed and his body trashed , that old tse passed away .
in a village in japanese - occupied northern china in 1944 , a peasant named ma dasan ( played with nervous intensity by the director himself ) is interrupted in his late night love - making by a knock on the door . a gunman only identifying himself as
me
deposits two sacks in ma dasan ' s hut and tells him that he must take care of the contents until the gunman ' s return three days later , on pain of death . in the sacks , bound and gagged , are a japanese prisoner of war and his chinese translator .
did you not watch this video ? as is mentioned many times , japanese soldiers were routinely beaten and treated brutally by their own superior officers . their training was such that they quickly became dehumanized and ambivalent to the suffering of people whom they had been taught to believe were inhuman criminals .
i am working on a feature film looking at the effect of media on the legal system . the producer just finished directing a documentary called
able ,
looking at two japanese teenagers with severe disabilities who went to live with a host family in arizona to train for the special olympics .
if you ' re in a thread about japanese cruelty during wwii , there is going to be a lot more discussion about that than the chinese long march . if you really want a lot of bloodshed and hideous cruelty in china you could look at the boxer revolution - that was mental .
my husband knows that i was raped by a japanese soldier , but empathizes with me . he passed away a couple of years ago . in my home , i can’t bear to tell my sons and daughters , and i’m worried that other people will find out and look down upon me .
while the japanese prisoner screams insults at his captors , and the translator changes them into compliments , the villagers try to figure out what to do . the three days pass , then three weeks , then three months , but the mysterious person or persons who deposited the prisoners in the village do not return . should they take them to the japanese authorities ? kill them ? or keep waiting for the gunmen to return ? tensions rise between the personalities in the village , with ma dasan at the center of controversy , as the prisoners become more intractable , their presence more difficult to conceal .
this is disturbing in a way that may be familiar to anyone who has watched a documentary on the holocaust . the big difference - perhaps because no one is chasing individual japanese for war crimes - is that holocaust films are usually about victims , whereas this film focuses on confessions of the perpetrators .
i have never pretended to be american . i am chinese and hate japan , just like every other chinese person in the world . you japanese are the ones engaging in subterfuge , hiding the fact that you refuse to acknowledge that the nanjing massacre and other atrocities ever happened , and visiting the yasukuni shrine regularly to honor class a war criminals . given the chance you ' d probably join in the contest to behead 100 chinese people with a sword as fast as possible , which i should mention was heartily reported on by the japanese media and ended up being called a draw with a score of 106 - 105 .
lastly , there are a few issues of obscenity and language . a sex scene between ma dasan and his lover yu’er is deemed to “bring about strong , harmful sensual stimulation to people . ” a scene in which the villagers’ pack donkey gets aroused by a japanese army donkey is described as vulgar and boring .
the historical epic follows the stories of people from several generations living on the ‘white deer plain , ’ or north china plain in shanxi province , during the first half of the 20th century . this tumultuous period sees the republican period , the japanese invasion , and the early days of the people’s republic of china .
maybe nobody watched this far , but the most incredible thing that i find about all of this is that the chinese did not execute a single japanese war criminal pow . i think that is an incredible act of humanity and rationality , given the terrible acts which these men committed , which would give every excuse for a return of brutality . and yet at the same time , to live with their crimes is probably a greater punishment for the ( hopefully ) majority who have consciences : to imagine their children in the shoes of their victims , knowing that the japanese defeat disproved the superiority ideology that had previously absolved them of their guilt .
the refugees at the [ hutchinson international ] were many . one day , six or seven japanese troops arrived , all of them armed with guns , knives hanging by their waists . they took six or seven maidens from the crowd of refugees . i was among those taken . there was also a maiden i recognized , her name was little qiaozi . one japanese soldier forced me into an empty room . i can remember him being chubby , with a beard . once we were both in the room , he used a knife to force me to take off my pants—i would be killed if i didn’t . i was thus raped in this manner .
recently , china’s state administration of press , publication , radio , film and television ( sapprft ) announced a limit on tv dramas that sensationalise the history of war . the critique is particularly directed at popular war dramas that are mockingly called ‘divine anti - japanese drama’ ( 抗日神剧 ) by chinese netizens . these tv dramas generally depict the japanese army as extremely weak and the chinese protagonists as exceptionally strong . in these series , the chinese hero can cut a japanese soldier in half by just using one hand . the fighting scenes are exaggerated ; there is blood splattering everywhere while body parts are flying around . these series are unacceptable , according to the sapprft , because their mere goal is to entertain viewers . in doing so , they misrepresent history and disrespect the chinese soldiers who fought to defend the nation . examples of these tv series are the wondrous knight of the war of resistance against japan ( 抗日奇侠 ) or the arrow in the bow ( 剪在弦上 ) ( baidu 2015 ) .
shot in black - and - white , which lends the film a stark quality , devils on the doorstep keeps upping the narrative ante until it goes over the top in violent , horrifying fashion . jiang doesn ' t soften his depiction of the chaotic , hysterical wartime mentality , when anything can happen , and the worst thing probably will . his narrative method - staccato editing rhythm , the camera constantly moving - is designed to set you on edge . the hatred of those who are different from us is one of the film ' s targets , but rather than show this willingness to hate as merely ridiculous , jiang makes a connection with the underlying fear that is an inevitable product of war and occupation , and perpetuates itself in endless cycles and reversals .
as the only series in this list , it is set at the time of the second sino - japanese war ( 1937 - 1945 ) , and tells the story of underground communist party member song xiaqiao on a secret mission , who has to deal with spies and traitors . his love interest is played by the beautiful tong liya .
it may be pointless to try to establish which world war two axis aggressor , germany or japan , was the more brutal to the peoples it victimised . the germans killed six million jews and 20 million russians [ i . e . soviet citizens ] ; the japanese slaughtered as many as 30 million filipinos , malays , vietnamese , cambodians , indonesians and burmese , at least 23 million of them ethnic chinese . both nations looted the countries they conquered on a monumental scale , though japan plundered more , over a longer period , than the nazis . both conquerors enslaved millions and exploited them as forced labourers—and , in the case of the japanese , as [ forced ] prostitutes for front - line troops . if you were a nazi prisoner of war from britain , america , australia , new zealand or canada ( but not russia ) you faced a 4 % chance of not surviving the war ; [ by comparison ] the death rate for allied pows held by the japanese was nearly 30 % . [ 40 ]
i wanted to record the true nature of war and how it transformed ordinary men into weak , abnormal , and cruel characters . i wanted to record the history from the views of aggressors . we ( japanese ) were perpetrators in the war , and i wanted to pass the message to people , especially to the younger generation .
interesting . for a real eye opener regarding acts committed by the japanese against the chinese the rape of nan king is an excellent read . it ' s something that is never talked about here in the us , we didn ' t learn about these things in school . i only learned about it due to my interest in military history .
after the rape , the japanese soldier turned to me and said “opened path , opened path” and i was released . in order to avoid the japanese soldiers coming again to hurt us , that night , the manager of the [ hutchinson international ] ferried us—about eighteen maidens—to the cellar of the egg beating room . those among us also included several maidens who had escaped from the suzhou prefecture of jiangsu . i hid in that cellar for several months , with the owners secretly sending me food . only after the situation was deemed “peaceful” did i return to live with my mother and father . i had lived in the [ hutchinson international ] for more than a year before i had returned home .
it ' s a cultural difference . apologies in japan are percieved to be more sincere than they are in other countries . from the japanese perspective apologizing once , let alone several dozen times , takes a lot of humility . japan ' s war apologies are sincere apologies , they have just been overshadowed by high ranking politicians that have made revisionist remarks .
in the days and months leading up to the occupation of nanjing , foreign nationals living in the capital city played a key role in resisting the japanese assault . those who chose to remain served both as witnesses to history and as emblems of courage . minnie vautrin , one of only two foreign women who remained in nanjing , was one such individual .
from my perspective it is interesting purely as a student of history . my grandfather fought the japanese in malay , india and burma . i am a regular travaler to japan . trying to re imagine the first and second hand stories ( like this documentary ) and marry that with my present day knowledge of the country and it ' s people is very difficult .


lana turner ( / ˈlɑːnə ˈtɜːrnər / ; born julia jean turner ; february 8 , 1921 – june 29 , 1995 ) was an american actress .

over the course of her nearly fifty-year career , turner would achieve notoriety as both a pin-up model and a serious dramatic actress , as well as for her highly publicized personal life .

in 1951 , she was named the most " glamorous woman in the history of international art " .

turner was discovered in 1936 at the top hat malt shop in hollywood , california .

at the age of 16 , she was signed to a personal contract by warner bros. director mervyn leroy , who took her with him when he moved to metro-goldwyn-mayer in 1938 .

turner attracted attention in her first film , leroy 's they wo n't forget ( 1937 ) , and she later starred in featured roles , often as an ingenue .

her auburn hair was bleached blonde for a 1939 film at mgm , and she remained blonde for the rest of her life , except for a few film roles .

during the early 1940s , turner established herself as a leading actress in such films as johnny eager ( 1941 ) , honky tonk ( 1941 ) , ziegfeld girl ( 1941 ) , and somewhere i 'll find you ( 1942 ) .

she appeared in the 1941 horror film dr. jekyll and mr. hyde , and her reputation as a glamorous femme fatale was enhanced by her performance in the film noir the postman always rings twice ( 1946 ) .

her popularity continued through the 1950s in such films as the bad and the beautiful ( 1952 ) and peyton place ( 1957 ) , for which she was nominated for an academy award for best actress .

media controversy surrounded turner in 1958 when her daughter , cheryl crane , stabbed turner 's lover johnny stompanato to death in their beverly hills home during a domestic struggle .

turner 's next film , imitation of life ( 1959 ) , proved to be one of the greatest financial successes of her career , but onward from the early 1960s , her roles were fewer .

turner spent most of the 1970s and early 1980s in semiretirement , only working occasionally .

in 1982 , she accepted a much publicized and lucrative recurring guest role in the television series falcon crest , affording the series the highest rating it ever achieved .

turner made her final film appearance in 1985 , and died from esophageal cancer in 1995 , aged 74 .

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wayne , jane ellen , lana : the life and loves of lana turner , new york , 1995 .
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turner , lana . lana : the lady , the legend , the truth . new york , dutton , 1982 .
lana turner on the witness stand during the coroner’s inquest . the media dubbed her testimony as “lana’s greatest performance . ”
john garfield and lana turner in the postman always rings twice ( 1946 ) .
mickey rooney and lana turner dated from july , 1940 to april , 1941 .
greg bautzer and lana turner dated from july , 1937 to september , 1939 .
virgil turner was the father of one of the most celebrated sex symbols during the 1940s and 1950s , lana turner . turner was a gambler and bootlegger .
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lana turner’s gangster boyfriend pulled a gun on sean connery . it didn’t end well .
spencer tracy is rumored to have hooked up with lana turner on 4th feb 1941 .
chris peterson and lana turner dated from 21st february , 1941 to october , 1944 .
lana turner and john garfield in
the postman always rings twice .
( mgm )
with the headline : lana turner to appear on cbs ' s ' falcon crest ' .
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king : this is always debated movie stars . how good an actress was lana turner ?
lana turner by paul hesse , as appeared on the cover of photoplay in october 1946 .
wright , jacqueline , the life and loves of lana turner , new york , 1960 .
valentino , lou , the films of lana turner , secaucus , new jersey , 1976 .
her father john turner deserted lana and her mother in san francisco after lana inadvertently tipped off police that he was manufacturing bootleg liquor in the basement .
kirk douglas and lana turner in
the bad and the beautiful .
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lana turner and fernando lamas star in this sumptuous oscar - nominated musical . . . more info
connect any celebrity with lana turner to see how closely they are linked . . . romantically !
sean connery , lana turner and the murder of johnny stompanato | birth . movies . death .
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with the headline : lana turner is dead at 75 ; ' sweater girl ' and sultry star .
johnny stompanato and lana turner were in a relationship for 4 months before johnny stompanato died aged 32 .
but this new biography exposes lana turner as not only a killer but also a deeply troubled star .
turner , lana ( 1982 ) lana : the lady , the legend , the truth . dutton , new york . isbn 0 - 671 - 46986 - x
turhan was madly in love with lana . he was truly heart broken when lana ended the relationship . [ more ]
a classic example of how lana turner ' s life is equated with her screen image :
look , let ' s not get mixed up about the real lana turner . the real lana turner is lana turner . she was always a movie star and loved it . her personal life and her movie star life are one .
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lana turner ' s gangster boyfriend pulled a gun on sean connery . it didn ' t end well .
morella , joe , lana : the public and private lives of miss turner , new york , 1971 .
kirk douglas and lana turner in the bad and the beautiful ( 1952 ) , directed by vincente minnelli .
with the headline : lana turner is sued ; $ 750 , 000 damage asked in killing of stompanato .
lana turner battled alcohol for 10 years and finally won her fight with the help of herbal and holistic medicine .
lana turner is swept off her feet to a latin beat in this frothy musical comedy . . . more info
in this domestic romp , dean martin and lana turner team up as a married couple . . . more info
dyer , richard ,
four films of lana turner ,
in movie ( london ) , winter 1977–78 .
raborn , g . ,
lana turner ,
in films in review ( new york ) , october 1972 .
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international dictionary of films and filmmakers . . retrieved july 09 , 2018 from urltoken urltoken
which is your favorite lana romance or lana husband ? i think mine might be fred may and tyrone power . let us know !
the documentary is
lana turner : a daughter ' s memoir ,
its world tv premier on turner classic movies october 1 , and then turner classic movies will showcase lana turner in 32 films , star - of - the - month festival in october . cheryl crane and robert osborne will co - host the presentation of those films .
lana turner with red buttons at the 1958 oscar ceremony . hours later , turner will be beaten and threatened by stompanato for not taking him with her to the ceremony .
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but lana turner’s acting roles , which included a murderous adulteress , may not have been so far from her real life .
' our dancing daughters ' will star lana turner
, schenectady gazette , march 28 , 1940 , p . 10
basinger , jeanine ( 1976 ) lana turner , a pyramid illustrated history of the movies . pyramid books , new york .
lana turner feels comfortable in an atmosphere that is open and experimental , and she has little taste for convention and tradition .
to support them . after turner was discovered , her mother became the overseer of turner ' s career .
a longtime assistant to the late screen goddess lana turner charges that the lawyers who handled turner ' s $ 1 . 7 - million estate failed to carry out her last wishes .
lana turner ' s discovery at a hollywood drug store is a show - business legend . as a sixteen - year - old student at hollywood high school , turner skipped… | pinteres…
my father ' s hunch was confirmed by the rest of hollywood . judy turner , renamed lana , was a born star .
vincente minnelli ( right ) with lana turner ( left ) during the filming of the bad and the beautiful ( 1952 ) .
lana turner is a member of the following lists : actresses from san francisco , actresses from los angeles and actresses from idaho .
within two weeks of starting his affair with lana turner , sinatra was so enamoured that he asked his wife for a divorce .
lana turner returned to her beverly hills home to find her lover asleep in bed with her 13 - year - old daughter .
turner’s lawyer warned that lana faced prison but cheryl could get off with a short detention if she confessed , the book claims .
lana has an instinctive understanding of other people and is very sympathetic toward them . relationships are very important to lana turner , and she is likely to feel a strong inner bond with many of her friends .
( 1946 ) ) . unfortunately , her private life sometimes overshadowed her professional accomplishments . lana turner was born julia jean . . .
lana turner was born julia jean mildred francis turner on february 8 , 1921 in wallace , idaho , and was the only daughter of john virgil turner , a miner from alabama and mildred frances cowan , a sixteen - year - old native of arkansas .
hollywood ( ap ) - lana turner will appear in a guest role on cbs - tv ' s ' ' falcon crest . ' '
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young lana turner — before she learned that blondes have more fun . still , this brunette might have had a few laughs as well .
reminder : on october 1st , on turner classic movies , you will see
lana turner : a daughter ' s memoirs ,
its world tv premier , and then throughout the month , 32 turner films co - hosted by our guest and robert osborne .
the myth that lana was discovered at schwab ' s was augmented by hollywood columnist sidney skolsky . as lana writes , skolsky was having lunch at the counter when
a busty blond came up and asked which stool was lana turner ' s . skolsky simply picked one and pointed it out .
cheryl crane is the daughter of hollywood legend lana turner . in 1958 when she was just 14 years old she committed murder , stabbing turner ' s boyfriend after hearing him threaten to kill her mother .
a daughter of turner and his wife is julia jean turner , 8 , residing with mrs . virginia britt at stockton .
lana turner , actress : i ' m a very lucky girl . six fur coats , seven diamond bracelets , an apartment on park avenue .
turner , lana . lana , the lady , the legend , the truth , new york , eltee productions , 1982 ; many erroneously record her birth name as julia jean mildred frances but in her book
lana
, turner comments on how her age seemed to get recorded incorrectly :
. . . there it is on my birth certificate julia jean turner , born in wallace , idaho , february 8 , 1921
.
king : queen of mgm . all of her pictures did business . lana turner ' s name was on the marquee , bam , they came .
imagine this , lads ; lana turner asks that you concentrate on her acting
by virginia macpherson , toledo blade , october 15 , 1946 .
lana turner slated to co - star with lew ayres by louella o . parsons , schenectady gazette , march 7 , 1940 , p . 10
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there is no better embodiment of california’s dizzying , orphic appeal than lana del rey .
lana : the lady , the legend , the truth , new york , 1982 .
in a matter of minutes , he’d obtained lana’s phone number through a mutual friend .
the scandal that almost ruined lana ` s career . johnny was abusive to lana and late one night her daughter cheryl killed him . the thing went to trial and it was a mess . both lana and cheryl were aquitted in the name of self - defense . most people believe that it was lana who did the killing and let cheryl
lana has an unusual sense of humor and enjoys acting a little bit crazy or outlandish sometimes . turner craves excitement and emotional freedom and she likes to break the rules and take risks . anything new or untried appeals to turner and she has little patience for restrictive customs . lana turner is attracted to unusual , creative , or offbeat people and nontraditional lifestyles and relationships .
…you ( 1942 ) , with gable and lana turner well matched . turner was less well served by the script of slightly dangerous ( 1943 ) , about a woman who poses as a long - lost heiress . …
the lana turner trust , cruz ' s court papers say , was drained by taxes and expenses - - including excessive lawyers ' and accountants ' fees .
myth no . 3 : lana turner has eyebrows . wrong . they haven’t grown back since they were shaved in 1938 for the adventures of marco polo .
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king : we ' ll be back with more of the incredible saga of cheryl crane , the daughter of lana turner . don ' t go away .
lana turner says she is now the home - girl type
by bob thomas , argus - press , december 7 , 1949 , p . 13
hollywood screen icon lana turner may have murdered her abusive lover and let her daughter take the blame for the stabbing , a shocking new book has claimed .
lana turner gave her v * rginity to greg bautzer at the age of sixteen . their relationship lasted for two years , until lana ended their union to be with artie shaw . lana also broke up with greg bautzer because she found out from joan crawford that she had been having an affair with greg . joan ' s affair
greg bautzer : bautzer was lana turner’s first love . she was 17 and he was an attorney and ladies’ man . bautzer proposed to lana , but he was also dating joan crawford at the time . crawford confronted lana saying she and bautzer were getting married and that lana should get lost . however , bautzer didn’t marry either woman . lana stayed friends with bautzer on a professional basis but never was romantically involved with him again . she later said , “i learned how to be hurt from greg . ”
an obituary on july 1 about lana turner referred incorrectly to her first role , in the 1937 film
they won ' t forget .
the role was not large , but ms . turner did speak a few lines .
king : cheryl crane , the daughter of lana turner . thanks very much for joining us . i ' m larry king from los angeles . good night .
lana turner to play lead in ' green dolphin street '
by dorothy manners , st . petersburg times , august 3 , 1946 , p . 13
unidentified female : lana ' s dramatic testimony at coroner ' s inquest cleared them both .
updike , john ,
legendary lana ,
in new yorker , 12 february 1996 .
robert stack : robert stack and lana dated on and off during the 1930s and 1940s , mostly in between lana’s more serious relationships . stack fought in the navy during world war ii and while on leave , visited lana on the set of “ keep your powder dry . ”
aboard the m / v love boat at sea — after a brief but eventful courtship involving misunderstandings and a teenage singing group , lana turner is marrying stewart granger .
( from left to right ) karin dicker , juanita moore , terry burnham , and lana turner in imitation of life ( 1959 ) , directed by douglas sirk .
law , john william . movie star and the mobster : lana turner , johnny stompanato and homicide in the pink bedroom . aplomb publishing , 2016 , kindle file .
. the turner - gable films ' successes were only heightened by gossip - column rumors about a relationship between the two . turner even had a
howard hughes : howard hughes dated lana turner briefly , and crane believes he would have had a better chance with her if he had dressed neater . lana’s mother got to know him as he would wait for lana to get ready and mother would him hughes’s pants that were always too long . he helped lana out after their relationship ended once . in 1949 , she suffered a miscarriage and wanted her mother with her . lana’s mother called hughes and he chartered a flight for her and even rode along to make sure she got there okay .
fifty years ago , hollywood was rocked by a scandal involving love goddess lana turner . while scandal was nothing new in hollywood , this was something the town had never seen before . lana ' s lover johnny stompanato had been stabbed by her daughter cheryl crane .
we should own stock in schwab ' s ,
lana told me jokingly in 1974 .
cheryl isn ' t the juvenile delinquent ,
it said .
lana is .
mr porter said : ‘lana seduced more hollywood legends than any movie star who ever lived . ’
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cheryl crane , lana turner ' s daughter : well we were lucky enough to have turner classic movies interested in doing the documentary . i wanted to do it . i wanted to show the world what a fun lady she was . you know ?
the year is 1957 , and the place is london . co - stars lana turner and sean connery are filming another time , another place , and everything seems to be going as planned … until turner’s gangster boyfriend shows up uninvited on the set .
on the night that beverly hills police were called to the home on north bedford drive , cinema femme fatale lana turner was already on her way to becoming a hollywood legend .
lana turner was a film actress and sex symbol who was
discovered
while drinking soda at a diner counter . she made over 50 films and was married seven times .
morella , joe and epstein , edward z . ( 1971 ) lana : the public and private lives of miss turner dell publishing ; isbn 0 - 8065 - 0226 - 6
clark gable and lana turner cast as new hollywood co - starring team
by louella o . parsons , milwaukee journal sentinel , december 6 , 1940 , p . 22
king : we ' re certainly looking forward to october on turner classic movies . she ' ll host the special documentary that kicks it all off , lana turner month . all right , johnny stompanato , what happened that night ? it was good friday .
fact is definitely stranger than fiction . when lana turner and sean connery were linked in 1958 , one man wasn’t happy – her gangster boyfriend johnny stompanato . while turner was filming ‘another place , another time’ with connery , stompanato stormed onto set brandishing a gun
you can imagine what ran through my mind ,
lana told me in a 1974 interview .
she was called the sweater girl . interestingly , lana , translated into spanish means
wool .
once the announcement had been made , sinatra joined lana at a house she owned in palm springs .
lana turner experiences powerful , compelling emotional and sexual attractions , and she may feel that she has little choice or control over her desires . lana turner has an intense need for love and may be emotionally greedy or insatiable . her love relationships are passionate and often tumultuous and painful as well . jealousy , power struggles or possessiveness can become areas of conflict in her relationships . on the positive side , lana turner can be unusually creative and bring about beneficial and healing changes in the lives of others , motivated by her deeply felt love .
the very start of the film shows lana turner as a happy , bubbly , intelligent , active , witty character . she ' s articulate in the courtroom and spends . . .
lana turner , glamorous star of 50 films , dies at 75 : hollywood : ' sweater girl ' was a favorite gi pinup . tragedy and seven marriages marred her private life .
strictly g . i . ( 1943 ) this patriotic short film features a filmed broadcast of the command performance radio program , featuring such hollywood stars as betty hutton and lana turner .
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but in a new book , lana turner : hearts and diamonds take all , porter reveals some close to the star , including a detective , give a different version of events .
turner : stop scratching on that door ! you can ' t . . .
ike turner made a string of r & b hits with singer and wife tina turner . he struggled with drug addiction and died of an accidental cocaine overdose .
, chose turner ' s name for the first part of her stage name .
elizabeth turner was a powerful and cunning upper - level demon and the mother of cole turner . she was also the surrogate of her biological grandson julian turner , whom she raised as a vessel for essence of the source of all evil .
and of course , the daughter is right here with us . and then turner classic movies will showcase lana turner , 32 films and all , throughout the month of october . cheryl crane will co - hosting the presentation of those films with our friend robert osborne .
another time , another place ( 1958 ) as sara scott lana turner is a female american journalist who has an affair with bbc war correspondent , sean connery , during wwii . when connery is killed in action , turner returns to his hometown to console his wife .
lex barker ( husband # 4 ) : lex barker and lana started dating in the spring of 1952 , after lex and arlene dahl divorced . the two traveled across europe together . barker and lana married in sept . 1953 , in italy . lana wanted another child and became pregnant again but again lost the child for a third time , crane said . barker and lana traveled a good bit , which cheryl crane said she liked . barker would sexually abuse cheryl , and she finally confided in her grandmother . when lana’s mother told her what barker had been doing , lana ordered him out of her house . barker said , “whatever your daughter told you , it’s a lie , ” but lana hadn’t mentioned cheryl . their marriage ended in 1957 and he died in 1973 . at the time lana said , “it wasn’t soon enough . ”
according to a film historian , lana turner could have murdered her violent lover and let her daughter take the blame . she was well known for her tumultuous personal life , marrying eight times
the top hat ' s owner placed a metal plaque on the seat lana had occupied on the magical morning of her discovery . soon , his soda fountain was swarming with girls eager to meet the mysterious man who had discovered lana turner . my father had to stop visiting the top hat .
valentino , lon ,
for love of lana ,
in show ( hollywood ) , january 1970 .
robert taylor : lana and robert taylor starred together in “ johnny eager ” ( 1941 ) and crane said their chemistry was electric : “these two beautiful people got carried away during the filming . ” this was one of the few times lana ever got involved with a co - star , crane said . however , taylor was married to barbara stanwyck at this time so lana tried to resist , but they “fell into a heavy flirtation . ” stanwyck heard about it and headed down to the set to tell lana hands off . taylor told lana he was going to leave stanwyck for her and lana backed off completely after that , crane said .
turner , an actress bolstered by her extreme beauty , reached the height of her fame in the 1940s and 1950s . during world war ii , turner became a popular
on october 25 , 1981 , the national film society presented lana with an artistry in cinema award . in 1994 , she received donostia lifetime achievement award at the san sebastian international film festival , spain . in 1982 , turner released an autobiography entitled lana : the lady , the legend , the truth .
turner : well , i say it again now , and i do mean it .
turner characterized her boyfriend as hyper - possessive and prone to fits of violent rage .
according to her daughter , this was a nickname turner detested throughout her entire career .
“i finance the gigolo with money i get from bugsy , ” hill told turner .
recovering , turner found comfort in close friend judy garland , also a suicide survivor .
lana turner , actress : one more knock on that door , and this marriage is over . i ' ve been listening to you , candy johnson , and that ' s always a mistake .
lana turner was an american tv and film actress . this biography profiles her childhood , early life , career , major works , awards , achievements , personal life , legacy , timeline and trivia .
in ‘diane’ , a 1956 historical film about the life of diane de poitiers , a french noblewoman , she took the lead role with the film’s tagline being ‘lana turner dares the devil in diane’ .
mildred and lana were very poor , and turner was sometimes separated from her mother , living with friends or acquaintances so the family could save money . her mother worked 80 hours a week as a
lana turner , who built a successful movie career on her first screen appearance as a teen - age
sweater girl ,
died on thursday . she was 75 and lived in los angeles .
king :
lana : the lady , the legend , the truth .
did you like that book ?
( 1939 ) . as a blonde , lana would make far more of an impact than she ever imagined .
bob topping ( husband # 3 ) : bob topping quickly popped into the picture after tyrone power was out . topping was a millionaire who wooed lana with expensive gifts . the couple got married in april 1948 , and it was lana’s first big wedding and went on a five month honeymoon . lana enjoyed the lavish rich lifestyle , crane said . in 1949 , lana got pregnant but the child was stillborn . topping had faults such as drinking and gambling . he was on an allowance and lana ended up paying several of the bills and the couple would fight about money . lana’s mother told her , “you can’t afford to keep a millionaire . ” they divorced in 1952 .
mickey rooney : lana and mickey rooney met in 1938 and starred together in “ love finds andy hardy ” ( 1938 ) . like several other pretty young starlets , the andy hardy series helped launch lana’s career . in 1991 , mickey rooney published an autobiography that said he and lana had a love affair resulting in pregnancy and an abortion . crane said lana was furious and denied it . lana called her attorney and wanted to fight rooney’s statements , which crane said wasn’t like her mother at all . whenever something untrue was printed about lana she said to ignore it because fighting brought more attention to yourself . in the end , it is a story of he said , she said .
carmen cruz ' s los angeles superior court lawsuit charges that attorney vicki magassin and her firm were negligent in setting up the lana turner trust after the star ' s death from throat cancer in 1995 .
writing the end to a true - to - life cinderella story : remembrance : the facts of lana turner ' s discovery at a soda fountain have changed through the years , but the legend remains .
but in his upcoming book , lana turner : hearts and diamonds take all , mr porter reveals interviews with some of the case’s key figures , including detective fred otash , which tell a different story .
ronald dante and lana turner were married for 2 years . they dated for 1 year after getting together in 1968 and married on 9th may 1969 . 2 years later they divorced on 26th jan 1972 .
robert eaton and lana turner were married for 3 years . they dated for 1 year after getting together in 1964 and married on 22nd jun 1965 . 3 years later they divorced on 1st apr 1969 .
lex barker and lana turner were married for 3 years . they dated for 1 year after getting together in 1952 and married on 8th sep 1953 . 3 years later they divorced on 23rd jul 1957 .
“he went through the ladies like a hot knife through fudge , ” she said , adding that her best friend lana turner — who’d slept with rooney first — called him “andy hard - on . ”
born on february 8 , 1921 , in wallace , idaho , lana turner was
discovered
while drinking soda at a hollywood café . she signed with mgm and became a celebrated film actress and movie sex symbol . married seven times , turner was romantically connected to numerous actors . in 1958 , turner & apos ; s daughter stabbed gangster johnny stompanato , but it was judged justifiable homicide . turner died in century city , california , on june 29 , 1995 .
turhan bey : turhan bey and lana dated shortly after she separated from stephen crane . however , bey’s mother didn’t approve of lana so the romance ended , crane said . bey never married . crane ran into bey at a party 50 years after the romance ended and he asked about lana calling her the love of his life . he wanted to take her out to dinner , but lana was too ill to accept the invitation but was touched by his remarks .
murderer , real estate agent . cheryl crane is the daughter of hollywood legend lana turner and actor - restaurateur josef stephen crane . the couple married in 1942 before discovering that crane & apos ; s divorce from his previous wife had not yet been finalized . they wed again in 1943 , but the marriage only lasted a year . cheryl was the only child of lana turner and had a troubled upbringing surrounded by her mother & apos ; s numerous romantic liaisons , including seven husbands . lana turner & apos ; s fourth husband , actor lex barker , sexually abused cheryl , and her mother divorced him in 1957 .
hevia , e . ,
el colchon de lana ,
in nosferatu ( san sebastian ) , january 1997 .
after answering casting calls and knocking on doors , lana began getting her first small roles at the age of 17 .
lana turner and henry topping were married for 4 years . they dated for 5 months after getting together in nov 1947 and married on 26th apr 1948 . 4 years later they divorced on 12th dec 1952 .
stephen crane and lana turner were married for 1 year . they dated for 8 months after getting together in jul 1942 and married on 14th mar 1943 . 1 year later they divorced on 21st aug 1944 .
lana turner , born in idaho as julia jean mildred frances turner ( couldn ' t they make up their minds ? ) , was discovered by an industry insider while enjoying a soda at a hollywood café . she was only 16 , but still , there was something about her . no kidding .
robert eaton ( husband # 6 ) : robert eaton was part of a new set of friends that lana hung around with in the mid - 1960s . he was 10 years younger than she was , but lana and eaton married in virginia in 1965 . crane believed eaton was an opportunist using her mother , but lana didn’t want to listen . lana went abroad to shoot a film , and when she returned she found eaton with another woman . they divorced in 1969 .
after a blazing row , the ever - mercurial singer walked out on lana , saying he was finished with her . ‘oh , you’ll be back , ’ lana told him , certain that the curtain was only going down on act one .
writing the end to a true - to - life cinderella story : remembrance : the facts of lana turner ' s discovery at a soda fountain have changed through the years , but the legend remains . - latimes
` ` it was just not true about lex , ' ' the baroness says , rebutting accusations of child molestation made a decade ago by cheryl crane , daughter of film star and onetime barker spouse lana turner .
king : to our younger viewers and you ' ve had an extraordinary life . and we ' re going to go over all of it . lana turner was as big as you get in hollywood , right ?
deputy dist . atty . william mcginley , holding the knife used to kill johnny stompanato , questions lana turner during the april 11 , 1958 , inquest into the slaying . ( ray graham / los angeles times )
ms crane has been selling some of her mother , “lanaturner”‘s personal items on e - bay , i bought several things , now i have a lana turner museum quality collection , she still had items there still .
lana turner and artie shaw were married for 6 months . they dated for 5 months after getting together on 18th aug 1939 and married on 13th feb 1940 . 6 months later they divorced on 12th sep 1940 .
great to welcome cheryl crane to larry king live , a return visit . always nice to see her . this is in conjunction with a very special month of october coming on our sister network , turner classic movies . there will be a documentary ,
lana turner , a daughter ' s memoir .
its world tv premiere will be on tcm , turner classic movies , on october 1 .
elizabeth ' s appearance and personality is partially based on regina mills from once upon a time , portrayed by lana parrilla .
lana tuner , johnny stompanato , and cheryl crane photographed together on april 1 , 1958 , three days before the murder .
fred may ( i ) and lana turner were married for 1 year . they dated for 1 year after getting together in 1959 and married on 27th nov 1960 . 1 year later they divorced on 15th oct 1962 .
sinatra would later say he’d never been with anyone quite as carnal as lana turner . she seemed uninterested in anything other than going to bed . if he tried to engage her in small talk , she was indifferent .
los angeles , april 22 ( ap ) - - a $ 750 , 000 suit was filed against lana turner and her former husband today on behalf of john stompanato ' s son . view full article in timesmachine »
the private diary of my life with lana
, a memoir , written by one of her closest friends , eric root , was published one year after her death . root , a long time friend and hairdresser of turner ' s , has a large collection of jewelry that belonged to miss turner . he still owns the beauty salon in beverly hills where turner and many other iconic stars were clients .
close friend linda darnell acted as a witness at turner ' s first wedding to stephen crane .
taylor was married to barbara stanwyck during the time of his affair with turner . [ more ]
health check ii : movie legend lana turner , 74 , is undergoing treatment for a recurrence of throat cancer . ' ' i beat it two years ago and i ' m going to beat it again , ' ' she told daily variety columnist army archerd . turner told archerd she ' s not feeling too bad .
american actress lana turner was born julia jean mildred frances turner on 8th february , 1921 in wallace , idaho , usa and passed away on 29th jun 1995 century city , california , usa aged 74 . she is most remembered for the bad and the beautiful , immitation of life , . her zodiac sign is aquarius .
lana turners daughter may proceed with an action to block a longtime employee from gaining the bulk of the actress testamentary trust , without risking a $ 50 , 000 bequest she received , this districts court of appeal ruled yesterday .
lana turner , actress : it ' s all right if you don ' t love me anymore . i know things like that can happen . you still do . don ' t say anything . just hold me close .
king : because they ' re all so young , they don ' t even know - - they think lana turner was just in black - and - white movies . ok . did she have a favorite leading man ?
lana turner exemplified hollywood stardom during the 1940s and 1950s . her improbable discovery and ongoing popularity made her a major public figure throughout her life . the notoriety of her off - screen activities did nothing to lessen her fame .
i had read awhile back that lana and ava gardner had been very , very , very , very close friends . hmmm .
fernando lamas : fernando lamas and lana made “ merry widow ” together in 1951 . it was a stormy romance , and they fought a good bit . lamas was jealous , particularly if lana danced with someone else . the fight that ended it was at a marion davies party in 1952 . lamas and lana were at a table with arlene dahl and husband lex barker , and esther williams and her husband ben gage , crane said . barker wanted to dance with lana and she said yes . lamas was fuming and an arguement that night ended their romance . ironically , lamas later married both arlene dahl and esther williams and lana married lex barker .
turner is a very sociable , congenial person and she wilts very quickly without relationships with good friends and people to share good times with . lana turner thoroughly enjoys working with others on group projects or community activities . she is quite happy when she is a part of a club , support group , or team of some sort .
miss turner always objected to the
sweater girl
moniker , though it catapulted her to stardom .
according to her autobiography turner lost her virginity to lawyer greg bautzer in march 1938 at age 17 . their relationship ended after joan crawford revealed to turner that she and bautzer had been having an affair .
turner , who had returned home , reportedly murmured ,
thank god
on learning the result .
nat turner was the leader of a violent slave rebellion in southampton county , virginia , in 1831 .
on the evening of april 4 , 1958 , after the oscar telecast which she had attended without him , turner and stompanato began arguing heatedly in turner ' s rented house at 730 north bedford drive in beverly hills . fearing that her mother ' s life was in danger , turner ' s 14 - year - old daughter , cheryl , grabbed a kitchen knife and ran to turner ' s defense .
when she fell pregnant , turner had an abortion – the first of many – without telling rooney .
though cheryl confessed to stompanato’s killing , turner told friends a very different story , the book reveals .
tyrone power . actor . in her autobiography turner claimed he was the great love of her life .
wapner attended hollywood high school with dreams of becoming an actor ― and he often recalled his unsuccessful courting of his classmate and future star , lana turner ― but his father had plans for him to follow him into the legal field .
barker was married to the oft - married and divorced turner in the 1950s . ( turner ' s first husband was new haven native and big - band era superstar and future super recluse artie shaw . )
the killing was ruled justifiable homicide , and cheryl was a ward of the state until 1961 . she ' s now a real estate agent and novelist . the scandal didn ' t hurt lana turner ' s next movie , imitation of life , which was released almost exactly a year later and was her biggest hit . it was also her last major film . mickey cohen bought a cheap coffin for the stompanatao funeral and then sold his lana turner love letters to the press .
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‘from what i gathered , lana had walked in on johnny in bed with cheryl . both of them were in a post - coital sleep . lana confessed to giesler that she’d bought the kitchen knife the day before to protect herself against johnny , who was threatening her .
cheryl crane provides a long list of men that lana had in her life in her book “ lana : the memories , the myths , the movies , ” but explains that several of them were just dates , friends and not all of them went past kisses goodnight .
don barry : barry played one of the interns in “calling doctor kildare” ( 1939 ) with lana , who plays a bad girl in the movie . he wasn’t lana’s type because he wasn’t much taller than she was , but crane said they had a good time together .
unidentified female : lana gave her daughter a lavish party at the rivera country club . cheryl was even presented with a brand new pony .
born julia jean mildred frances turner in wallace , ida . , miss turner moved to san francisco as a girl with her mother after her father , virgil , was murdered after a purported gambling deal and robbery .
l . turner : i don ' t understand why you would want to hurt your mother or me .
( begin video clip ,
dr . jekyll and mr . hyde ,
courtesy turner classic movies )
cheryl , who remained in juvenile detention during the inquest and did not testify , was made a ward of court and transferred to the custody of miss turner’s mother . pictured , the body in turner ' s bedroom
turner said she had been arguing with stompanato , who threatened to ' cripple ' her and kill cheryl .
lana turner ( born julia jean turner ; february 8 , 1921 – june 29 , 1995 ) was an american film and television actress . discovered in 1937 by a reporter as she sipped a soda in a hollywood ice cream parlor and signed to a film contract by metro - goldwyn - mayer at the age of 16 , turner first attracted attention in they won ' t forget ( 1937 ) , and later starred in featured roles , often as an ingenue .
myth no . 1 : lana turner was discovered at age 15 while having an ice - cream soda at schwab’s drugstore in hollywood . wrong . the big moment actually occurred at the top hat cafe near hollywood high , and it was a coke .
she is warm and affectionate in her relationships with others and has the ability to see the others ' point of view , which is greatly appreciated by those around her . lana turner is emotionally well balanced and also has a well developed intellectual grasp .
john hodiak : john hodiak unfortunately got mixed up in lana and crane’s divorce , crane said . lana made up a story about dating another man to get stephen crane to divorce her , and the name she blurted out was john hodiak - her “marriage was a private affair” ( 1944 ) co - star . crane said lana never spoke of hodiak except that she felt bad that she had used him to end her marriage .
hollywood private investigator and cover - up specialist fred otash was called in , claiming that he disposed of bloody bedsheets , wiped turner’s fingerprints off the murder weapon and moved the corpse on to the floor as turner wept .
( all 1937 ) were her introduction to the silver screen . after getting her toe in the water , lana earned a bit part in the
lana laughed . ‘you’re so cute to threaten me like this , ’ she told him . ‘why , you’re just adorable , aren’t you ? ’
if lana was left wounded by her dalliance with sinatra , then it was as nothing to the humiliation endured by lauren bacall a decade later .
the court files / ann w . o ' neill : lana turner ' s troubled legacy shows signs of life after death : tales of suzy bombmaker . . . a
politically incorrect
boss . . . and the judge who said too much .
larry king , host : tonight , a hollywood princess , a headline grabbing story including homicide . lana turner ' s daughter , survivor of a public trip through a person hell joins us . cheryl crane for a gripping hour next on larry king live .
…of his “victims”—an actress ( lana turner ) , a director ( barry sullivan ) , and a screenwriter ( dick powell ) —recount their relationship with shields , who has asked them to work on a project that he hopes will lead to his comeback . …
tyrone power : lana said tyrone power was the love of her life . she had been an acquaintance of his , but he was married to annabelle . in 1946 , he and annabelle separated . he invited lana over for a cocktail and kissed her goodnight , which crane said made lana weak in the knees . lana and tyrone were separated due to filming , but she flew to mexico to see him for new year’s . tyrone’s divorce was granted and lana was hoping the they could get married . she also was thrilled to find out she was pregnant but tyrone didn’t share her sentiments . tyrone went on a 12 week airplane trip he had been planning and lana threw him an extravagant party . while he was gone , she let him know that she decided to get an aboration . when he returned they did not resume their relationship . he heard she had been seen with frank sinatra and he admitted to her that he had fallen in love with actress linda christian . crane said their split always hurt lana .
garfield : yes , i was . turner : well , had you started to think about it a little ?
turner : i didn ' t ! and he didn ' t marry me because he already had a wife .
although diagnosed with throat cancer in 1992 , turner continued to smoke until almost the very end of her life .
ted turner is a television and media magnate who founded cnn , the first 24 - hour cable news network .
on april 4 , 1958 , turner ' s 14 year old daughter cheryl crane stabbed to death small - time gangster johnny stompanato , turner ' s current lover , after overhearing him make threats towards her mother . a judge eventually ruled the incident was justifiable homicide — but turner and her daughter were estranged for years as a result .
miss turner was born on feb . 8 , 1920 , in wallace , idaho , and was named julia jean mildred frances turner . her father , john , was a miner . the family soon moved to san francisco , where the turners separated and mr . turner was mugged and murdered . mildred turner became a beautician and moved to los angeles , where the young julia lived for a while in a foster home before returning to her mother .
lana turner ' s lesbian daughter , cheryl crane , has penned her second memoir about her late , great movie star mother - - lana : the memories , the myths , the movies . crane sits down with the advocate to relive that fateful night she killed her mother ' s mobster lover , share some untold stories , and give us a sneak peek at the new photographs of their life together .
lana turner was born julia jean mildred frances turner on february 8 , 1921 , in wallace , idaho . like a lot of scandalous women , lana had a troubled homelife . her father , virgil , was a gambler and bootlegger who was murdered when she was a child . her mother seemed incapable of taking care of her , lana bounced around from one miserable foster home to another until her mother moved the family to los angeles , where she found work as a hairdresser . the constant moving , and the death of her father , left a hole in lana that she spent a lifetime trying to fill . young judy as she was called attended hollywood high . she was discovered at the age of 15 sipping a soda at the top hat café by billy wilkerson of the hollywood reporter while cutting school .