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    Thursday, Apr 23, 2009 12:08AM / Video

    My goodness, I just came back from watching maybe the saddest movie I've ever seen.  Nanjing!  Nanjing!  For some reason, they call it The City of Life and Death now in English when last year I had learned it as its original (Chinese) name  It's the story of Japan's atrocious acts of terror against the Chinese way back when.  Talk about a sore subject point.  They did an amazing job in telling the story - maybe a little too good.  It's important to deal with this subject matter and quite frankly, I'm surprised there haven't been more films about it.  I've often thought of the repercussions of this event and how it's affected my parents generation's feelings about Japan and also how today, myself, my friends, and anyone of Japanese or Chinese descent generations removed from this history interact with one another.  I wonder  -- what if our ancestors could see us now?  Would they believe it?  I mean, what happened generations ago cannot necessarily be something we live and breathe by today, but I've heard the off-handed remarks while growing up that "the Japanese did this to us" or that "I will not buy a Toyota" and I wonder how long this could/will carry on.  The Japanese government still denies any atrocities they did back then, which is stunning.  The Chinese people won't let it go.  I think this film will reopen some wounds but it'll be interesting if it serves as a tool to perhaps heal some as well.  Is this something we can simply say "bury the hatchet!" or "let by-gones be bygones" to?  Methinks not, but what else can be done?

    And on that note....greetings!!



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