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Here are some films that are made to depict the story of the Nanking Genocide. 
All summaries are taken from Netflix.com and videos are taken from Youtube.com

Nanking
2007R

Average of 85,863 ratings:
3.6 stars
Co-directors Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman helm this Sundance selection chronicling the story of "the Rape of Nanking," a World War II-era tragedy in which more than 200,000 Chinese citizens were murdered and tens of thousands were raped at the hands of Japanese soldiers. Woody Harrelson, Mariel Hemingway and Stephen Dorff portray some of the Westerners who rose to the occasion with quiet acts of heroism. (Netflix)

Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre

(Hei tai yang Nan Jing da tu sha; Men Behind the Sun 4)

1995NR
The invading Japanese army's "rape of Nanking" in 1937 China gained global infamy for its horrific brutality as more than 100,000 civilians and fugitive soldiers were indiscriminately killed. This powerful docudrama conveys that ordeal via two brothers who get separated during the upheaval after witnessing their parents' execution. The film is unflinching in its shocking exposé of the occupying forces' atrocities against the vanquished Chinese. (Netflix)

The Flowers of War

(Jin Líng Shí San Chai)
2011R2hr 22m
Our best guess for Diego:
4.5 stars
Average of 55,545 ratings:
3.8 stars
In 1937, as the Japanese army brutally invades the Chinese city of Nanking, an American mortician is trapped inside a western cathedral and vows to protect a group of young schoolgirls and 13 courtesans who are seeking refuge from the soldiers.(Netflix)

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