Hong Kong Synopsis
黑太陽：南京大屠殺
Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre depicts the brutal events behind the Nanking Massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese army against the Chinese people during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 1994–1996 Hong Kong Window
Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre holds position #38 of 59 Hong Kong films in the 1994–1996 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1990s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Hong Kong, 215 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre premiered alongside 14 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 14 other Hong Kong films in 1995.
The 421st Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Audience Engagement
19 audience reviews — more than 40% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 43th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- execution · 3
- nanking massacre china 1937 · 3
- bayonet · 2
- massacre · 13
- war crimes · 10
- second sino-japanese war (1937-45) · 7
- genocide · 7
- rape · 64
- gore · 51
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #437 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (48th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Hong Kong War productions specifically: #9 of 13 (top 69%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Production Companies | T.F. Film Company |
| Runtime | 1h 31m |
| Release Date | July 7, 1995 |
| IMDb | tt0113281 |