Based on a large amount of detailed and thorough historical research, with excellent production methods, the film reproduces the dead city of Nanjing in the bleak and cold winter 70 years ago, with a heavier texture than ordinary epic blockbusters. It takes the resistance will of Chinese civilians and the spiritual struggle of an ordinary Japanese soldier as the main line, presenting a Nanjing that is completely different from previous historical narratives. It’s even a Nanjing with the spark of hope. Because in this city, this place of life and death, even in the face of desperate situations, even in the face of the ruthlessness of the war machine...