This very well made and clearly told movie has a big budget feel and is very illuminating and strange as only a true story can be with a Nazi being the good guy. The hero is a contradiction in terms - a loyal Nazi party member who saved many Chinese 200,000 during the Nanjing Massacre in 1937. Another Schindler but less well known. The story is very well written with a German director. Easier to appreciate for an international audience than some of the Chinese made productions on the subject. Some atrocities are depicted and it is graphic but not excessively. The language is a mixture of English, and with subtitles in English for the dialog that is in German and Chinese and Japanese.
The acting is very good - the title character is convincing because he isn't some major movie star that you would think of as just acting. Supporting cast are top notch including Steve Buscemi portrays an American doctor working in a hospital and Daniel Bruhl plays a German who helps organize the Safe Zone.
Very telling is the portrayal of the leader of the Japanese forces who was a member of the Japanese Royal family and who escaped punishment after the War. This movie is better than Flowers of War with Christian Bale. It has a broader scope and more realistic portrayal of events.
A must watch.
The acting is very good - the title character is convincing because he isn't some major movie star that you would think of as just acting. Supporting cast are top notch including Steve Buscemi portrays an American doctor working in a hospital and Daniel Bruhl plays a German who helps organize the Safe Zone.
Very telling is the portrayal of the leader of the Japanese forces who was a member of the Japanese Royal family and who escaped punishment after the War. This movie is better than Flowers of War with Christian Bale. It has a broader scope and more realistic portrayal of events.
A must watch.