UBale noNi Ni. Kwimbali emnyama yobundlongondlongo bomntu, isahluko esinye esikhohlakeleyo, esingenabuntu esihlala silahlekile kwiincwadi zezifundo kwizifundo zongquzulwano lwePacific kwiMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi kukuDlwengulwa kweNanking. Ngaphandle kwamaxwebhu athile, esi siganeko sothusayo asikhange sifundwe ngabenzi befilimu, ukanti sixhaphake ngexabiso lembali kunye nezinto zomdlalo weqonga. Buza imbali enkulu malunga nento eyenziwe ngamaJapan kubantu abathanda inkululeko ukutshintsha umhlaba kwaye konke abakwaziyo yiPearl Harbour, iBataan kunye noMatshi wokuFa. Ngoku umlawuli omkhulu waseTshayina uZhang Yimou wenze umzamo okhaliphileyo nemfesane wokukhanyisela abangazi. Iintyatyambo zeMfazwe yeyona bhanyabhanya yakhe intle ukusukela Phakamisa iLantern ebomvu. Kuyaphazamiseka ngokweemvakalelo.
Ngobusika bowe-1937, emva kokuba iJapan yoyisile yaza yatshabalalisa iShanghai, inkohlakalo yomlawuli uHirohito nokunxanelwa igunya ngokungenalusini kwatshintshela eNanking, ikomkhulu laseTshayina. Abantu abangaphezu kwama-200,000 babulawa, kubandakanya nomkhosi waseTshayina, kwaye bambalwa kuphela abantu abaqhelekileyo abalwayo ukuze basinde. Ubukroti kunye nobugorha babo buye baba yinto eyaziwayo e-China. Eli libali eliyinyani lendoda yaseMelika egama linguJohn Miller, edlalwe ngobuciko nguChristian Bale, owathi ngokungummangaliso wenza umlilo, udaka kunye neebhombu ukufikelela kwicawa yamaKatolika ukulungiselela umbingeleli ongumKatolika ukuba abengcwabe. Xa efika ecaweni, inkwenkwana encinci yesibingelelo yiyo kuphela eseleyo yokubonelela ngendawo yokuhlala kwabo bangenamakhaya. Emva kokuba ephose isikhephe sokugqibela ngaphandle kwezibuko laseJapan, uJohn uzimele ecaweni ngokwakhe, esabelana ngendawo namantombazana ali-13 abothusayo kunye neqela lamahenyukazi alahliweyo aphuma kwiJade Paradise, ihenyukazi elidumileyo kwisithili esikhanyayo. . Njengokuba umphunga womgubo kunye nesiqholo unyuka ngapha nangapha kwemiqadi, abafazi abapeyintiweyo kunye neentombi ezinyulu ezingenatyala bonke babuyela kuye njengohlobo lomsindisi ngokwesivumelwano. Kude ekubeni yingcwele, ulisela, umntu othanda ukuzonwabisa kunye noxhamla imfazwe. Kodwa uguquke ngendlela engaqondakaliyo ngenxa yeli xhala laba bafazi nabantwana ukuze afumane isazela awayecinga ukuba sasingcwatywa kudala- ngakumbi indoda entle yenkundla egama lingu Yu Mo, ethi, Ukuba uyasinceda, ndiza kukubulela ngeendlela ongasoze cinga. Sonke siya kwenjenjalo. Sisibongozo, esenziwe kwindoda enesithukuthezi engakhange ihlale nomfazi iminyaka. Ikwangumceli mngeni. Iikhathalogu zemuvi zigcina iziganeko, ezinkulu nezincinci, kubomi baba bantu bangafaniyo — nganye nganye iyintyatyambo ekhula ekukhanyeni ngobumdaka kunye nobumdaka bemfazwe — ezibophelela kunye nokuhloniphana ukoyisa ucalucalulo, ukuphepha ukufa kunye nexabiso ubomi njengesipho esingaqhelekanga, esingafanele sithathwe lula.
Iintyatyambo zeMfazwe ibandakanya kakhulu kumanqanaba amaninzi. Ukungena kwimizuzu eyi-141, kufuna umonde, kodwa umvuzo uninzi. UZhang Yimou ufumana ukutyhilwa kwabantu kwiindawo ezincinci kunye nobuso obuncinci, njengoko kubonwe ngamehlo wentombazana eneminyaka eli-13 ubudala, inyanzelwe ukuba ikhule ngaphambi kwexesha ngelixa ibukele ubundlongondlongo kunye nengxabano ukusuka emngxunyeni wefestile yeglasi, nangokubona imipu yejoni laseTshayina lokugqibela eNanking, elincama ithuba lalo lokushiya isenzo sokugqibela ukuze lisindise abantu balo. Lo ngumlawuli owaziyo ukubalisa ibali ngokusuka kwiindawo ezininzi zokujonga ngokwakha ngokuthe ngcembe abalinganiswa abaninzi ngaxeshanye: usomathuba obeka ubomi bakhe emngciphekweni ukuze asindise amantombazana oonongendi ekudlwengulweni ngokunxiba ingubo yobufundisi kwaye abe ligorha ngengozi ; oonongogo ababini abadibana nesiphelo esibulalayo ezandleni zamajoni aseJapan xa bebuyela kumabhodlo e-bordello yabo ukuze bafumane ibhokisi yobucwebe efuzisela ubomi obukade bunamalungelo ngoku obutshatyalaliswe ngonaphakade; Utata oya kusebenzela intshaba ukuze akhuphe intombi yakhe eNanking, kodwa agqibe ngokungafanelekanga abhalwe nguye njengomngcatshi ongenakuxoleleka; nkqu nomphathi waseJapan olima ngeziqhushumbisi, izidumbu kunye nengqushu yokutyumza ithuba elinye lokudlala ilungu lecawa enkulu. UZhang Yimou uyazi indlela yokwakha abalinganiswa ngokuthe ngcembe, de ube uya kukwazi ukubiza umnxeba njengabahlobo kodwa ngaphandle kokuchazwa okungafunekiyo okuba luxanduva kwimfazwe. Kodwa umbindi wefilimu isengamahenyukazi ngokwawo, enza idini lokugqibela lokusindisa amantombazana ekhayeni kudlwengulo lwamaJapan, enika ubuxoki kwinto yokuba oonongogo bayabanda kwaye abanantliziyo. Emva kweminyaka emithandathu ekhayeni loonongendi xa wayesengumntwana, u-beatific Yu Mo (obizwa ngokuba ngu-Mo ngabahlobo bakhe) wadlwengulwa ngutata wakhe wesibini xa wayeneminyaka eli-13. Unemfesane ngenxa yamantombazana awayexinene ecaweni. Ngexesha awayefikelela kwiminyaka yabo, wayesele enyanzelekile ukuba athathe abathengi bakhe bokuqala. Isibheno sakhe esikhethekileyo eMelika siyaqondakala ngokupheleleyo. Unemfundo, uthetha isiNgesi esigqibeleleyo nesigama samaMandarin, kwaye ngoyena uceba icebo elinenkalipho lokusindisa iintombi kwintlekele ngokucela uncedo kwezinye ihenyukazi. Itafile yokuthunga iidrapes kwiiyunifom ukukhohlisa amajoni otshaba ngesondo, ukubopha amabele abo ukuzenza ngathi bakwishumi elivisayo, kunye nokusebenzisa izakhono zabo zobungcali ukwenza into yokugqibela ebomini ehloniphekileyo ngelixa uJohn, ezenza umbingeleli, eqhuba abantwana ngaphesheya komda basebenzisa uMthendeleko wewayini njengesinyobo-ewe, lonke ulandelelwano lwandenza ndathula ngentliziyo ebuhlungu. Umboniso bhanyabhanya ukhusela umbukeli kwimbonakalo yomfanekiso omninzi kunye nenkohlakalo kwimidla yokufumana abaphulaphuli. Kodwa umbono uyachukunyiswa ngokungathandabuzekiyo. Endaweni yexabiso lokothuka, umlawuli ujolise kwizenzo zobuqhawe, ezigqithisiweyo ngobuchule kunye nokubethwa ngokweemvakalelo.
UZhang Yimou (obizwa ngokuba nguJohnny-moo) wayeqhele ukuba ngumdwebi bhanyabhanya, ke iifilimu zakhe zihlala zinobungangamsha. Ukusuka kwizinxibo ezimibalabala zeenkundla zeculo ezazicula ingoma yesiTshayina kuthuthu lweso sixeko sonakele, yonke imifanekiso ivusa inkanuko. Umculo unomlingo kwaye mhle. Ngaphandle kokukhetha, ubutyebi bemidlalo yenkcubeko enqamlezileyo buvakala ngokwenene. Kunqabile ukuba inkwenkwezi e-bankable njengoChristian Bale asebenzisane nomlawuli welinye ilizwe kwaye avele kwifilimu yobukhulu obungaka, kodwa ebekhe wavela njengenkwenkwe yesiNgesi ebambeke kuhlaselo lwaseJapan eChina kwifilimu enkulu kaSteven Spielberg yowe-1987 Ubukhosi beLanga, uye wahlala enomdla ngeli xesha. Ngohlahlo-lwabiwo mali olungafakwanga kwifilimu yaseTshayina ye- $ 100 yezigidi, ukusebenza kwakhe ngenkuthalo kunye nesohlwayo sokudubula indawo e-China kungahlawulwanga kakuhle. Inye nje into ebubungqina bemfazwe obakhanyisa ezona ndawo zinxungupheleyo zokuphelelwa lithemba ngezenzo ezingalindelekanga zokuziphatha kakuhle kunye nobukroti, kodwa uyangena ngokubalaseleyo nayo yonke indibano enkulu. Kwindima kaJu Mo, uZhang Yimou ufumanise iGong Li entsha kumlingisi okhanyayo, oqaqambileyo uNi Ni. Kwiminyaka engama-23, usendleleni eya kwinto endiza kuqikelela ukuba iya kuba ngumsebenzi omkhulu. Iintyatyambo zeMfazwe ayifezekanga. Ifilimu inde kakhulu, inabalinganiswa abaninzi ngamanye amaxesha kunzima ukubahlukanisa. Kodwa yifilimu ekhethekileyo yedini, intlawulelo kunye nethemba kwisithunzi sonyuselo esipakisha udonga lweemvakalelo ekungekho kuphuma kulo. Andikwazi ukuyikhupha kwiingcinga zam, kwaye ndiyincoma kakhulu.
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Ekhokelwa nguZhang Yimou
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