1937. Icyiciro cya mbere cyintambara yikiyapani-Igishinwa irafatwa, umujyi wa Nanjing wafashwe. Abasirikare b'Abayapani ntibazi impuhwe (urugero, gufata ku ngufu abagore bose bahurira mu nzira). Itsinda ryigisha abakobwa b'Abashinwa rishobora kwihisha mu kigo cy'abihaye Imana, rufite uburenganzira bw'iburengerazuba (ariko, abantu bose babikora). Hamwe nabakobwa bo muri monasiteri baza muri Amerika (Balekristo Bale). Nyuma gato, itsinda ryindaya ziva mugihembwe gituranye. Intego ni ugusiga Nanjing, ariko ntibigaragara byose.
Mu ntangiriro, film yitwaga "12 NanJing". Mubyukuri, ibitekerezo byose byumuyobozi muri iyi firime byibanze ku bagore. Kubwamahirwe, mubyerekeranye n'ihohoterwa. Bahindutse ubuhanga bukomeye. Muri icyo gihe, cinema ntabwo ihinduka mu buryo budashimishije. Iruhande rwanjye, umunyamakuru w'Ubushinwa yari yicaye muri salle, yagaruye ibintu byose byabaye, aseka, ararira amena amaboko.
Nshuti Umukristo, mugice cya mbere cya firime, ikinamico (mumbabarire) kugaburira neza. Nukuri Bifitanye umunezero mwinshi (ikintu nka: Gosh! Urakoze kuba utari Batman). Muri rusange, birashobora kugaragara ko umukinnyi wuyu mushinga "yaka". Ahari rero, ku nama-akanama nyuma ya firime, yari mu bihe byiza, yihanganye yitabiriye ibibazo bimwe by'abanyamakuru b'Abashinwa. Mbere yo kuva muri Bale, hashize iminota 15 yahaye autografi kandi gufotora hamwe nintwari nyinshi.
Ku bakinnyi b'Abashinwa, nta firime ya Zhang Duda yabaye iyambere muri sinema. Abakobwa bishimye bababwiye kubatera ubwoba ba mbere ("inyenyeri nini"). Kubwanjye, nongeye gusuzuma uburyo abakinnyi beza b'Abashinwa ari beza. Ntekereza ko Nini, wize Icyongereza neza kuri film, hari amahirwe yo kubona ikirenge muri Hollywood
Niba dushyira muri make, noneho kuri njye iyi filime mu birori byabaye kimwe mubyiza. Birababaje kubona atitabira amarushanwa. Ntabwo nari nzi neza ko umutware wa Visual Zhang Imou azerekana rero insanganyamatsiko idasobanutse. Ariko byaragaragaye. Cyane, beza cyane, birashimishije cyane. Ariko nzavugurura? Ntibishoboka.