A set of photos from the upcoming war tragedy film, "The
Children of Huangshi", was released to commemorate the 70th
anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre on December 13, the website
Sina.com reported on Tuesday.
A photo released on
Tuesday, December 11, 2007 shows Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Myers
playing the British journalist in the film, "The Children of
Huangshi".
The epic film recalls the true story of a young British
journalist who saved a group of orphaned children with the help of
an Australian nurse during the Japanese invasion of China in 1937.
Over a six-week-long bloody period, the Japanese aggressors
slaughtered over 300,000 Chinese civilians.
In order to re-create the reality of the Nanjing Massacre, the
film spent five million dollars on rebuilding scenes of Nanjing
from 1937 according to thousands of photos and films from the time
period.
Roger Spottiswoode, the director of the film, hopes "The
Children of Huangshi" can remind people, particularly Japanese, to
remember history and build good neighborly ties with other
nations.
The film's stellar cast includes Irish actor Jonathan Rhys
Myers, Veteran Hong Kong actor Chow Yun-Fat and Malaysian-Chinese
star Michelle Yeoh.
Irish actor Jonathan Rhys
Myers (right) in a photo from the film, "The Children of Huangshi",
released on Tuesday, December 11, 2007.
Director Roger Spottiswoode
(right) describes the story to Chow Yun-Fat (central) in this photo
from "The Children of Huangshi", released on Tuesday, December 11,
2007.
This photo shows war scenes
of World War II from the film "The Children of Huangshi", released
on Tuesday, December 11, 2007.
(CRI December 12, 2007)
