As a person who has spent a great amount of time researching this period in China's history, I would suggest this film over Iris Chang's The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
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The Painted Veil
� This isn't historical, but it is a pretty great glimpse of what life in rural China would have looked like around 1900. The movie is about a doctor who accepts a position in the countryside treating an epidemic. The scenery is amazing, and the story is definitely memorable. Edward Norton and Naomi Watts both give good performances. Well worth a watch.
I must admit that I'm a bit partial to this movie because it was filmed just a few miles fromYizhou, where I lived for a year.
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