The Longest Night  in Shanghai	Hooked on You	Road to Dawn	The Secret of the Magic Gourd	Warrior
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Many movies have been made available this week. The Longest Night in Shanghai, a China-Japan co-production about a romantic story of a Japanese hairstylist and a Shanghai cab driver, has been released in the mainland China. Hooked on You, about another romantic story of a young woman and a young man, who sell fish in a Hong Kong food market, are now shown in theaters of Hong Kong and the other side of China. Three other films have been released in the Chinese mainland theaters. Road to Down, tells about Dr. Sun Yet-Sen, the founding father of the Chinese Republic, exiled in Malaysia. The Secret of the Magic Gourd, the Disney co-produced kid movie, tells a little boy's adventure after becoming the master of a magic gourd. Warrior, a more old-fashion animation, is about a young Mongolian warrior, who is looking for his father's killer while falls in love with a girl.

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Nanking! Nanking!, by director Lu Chuan (Kekexili: The Mountain Patrol, The Missing Gun), will set the story during the massacre the Japanese carried out after taking Nanking (now translated as: Nanjing), the old capital city of China, in December of 1937. These posters shows two photos, taken probably by Japanese reporters after the fall of the city. The red marking reads "Not Allowed." Many photographs showing war crimes by Japanese soldiers were censored by the Japanese authority and stamped with the same marking. Shooting of this historical film will start in August. The US$10 million budget is shared by China Film Group Corp., Beijing-based Stellar MegaMedia Group, Hong Kong's Media Asia Films and Nanjing-based Jiangsu Broadcasting Group.

Another Nanking Massacre project  The Rape of Nanking, based on the same title book by late author Iris Chang, is also in pre-production. Jointly produced by Nanjing-based Jiangsu Cultural Industry Group and US studio Viridian Entertainment, with US$40 million. The script is written by William J. MacDonald (Rome the TV series) and the director is Simon West (Con Air, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, When a Stranger Calls).

In addition, Hong Kong director Stanley Tong (The Myth, Police Story 4: First Strike, Rumble i the Bronx) is planning to take on the subject with The Diary (literal) and Yim Ho (A West Lake Moment, Pavilion of Women, The King of Chess) is thinking about doing Christmas, 1937, Nanking (literal).