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Rating: 7/10 (7 February 2012)

The only thing I have to say for those of you who like the film is that you people need to watch more movies, other than the special effects, this movie has no highlight. I believe this is Zhang Yimou's first film with mediocre success. The movie is based on a book written by an Chinese American author, which you might even catch it from the religious symbols, sentimental Japanese officer, there is a reason behind every detail.
And to answer the Bei Jing girl, yes foreigners did save some Chinese, but for more purposes than just benevolent risk taking. There are Japanese who have saved more Chinese for that matter, they offered citizenship and safety to stronger Chinese and Koreans before and during the invasion. If this movie is touchy for you, sorry you only get this much exposure to rationalized fictions, you will find many of these type of stories on American shelves.
I love how every time China makes a film or series on Imperial Japan, white people are instantly presumed as allies. The truth was, nobody was on our side, the only few people that got saved got documented and given credit to all foreigners. Lets not forget that it was the British and French that first launched war against us, and set up "temporary" colonization in China. IMO, Japan wanted a stronger Asian race, that they took that idea in the wrong way and scarred the inner struggle between all Asians for all history.