A hidden masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (20 September 2019)

A film that takes your breath away. A film that you keep thinking about long after it's finished.
It's on a subject matter that I had no knowledge of; I had no idea what the Japanese army did back in WW2 with such travesties as the 'Rape of Nanjing'. This film opened my eyes to such horror and some scenes are truly hard to watch; you almost can't believe this actually happened (the main majority, not this exact storyline.)
The acting is wonderful; Christian Bale is great as ever and NiNi is utterly charming, with such grace. The plot is ingenious and hardhitting; some slower moments, but as I say there are some truly awful scenes which hit you right in the gut.
This is a film that needs to be watched, that needs to be understood. It's a hidden masterpiece that not many have heard of, but they really need to.