Yes, a living dog was killed for this movie. Disgusting.
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a real dog was killed for this movie
gihj31 August 2021
Important aspects willfully ignored in this film.
zzmale17 March 2004
The literal translation of the title of this movie is: the Boxer King.
This movie, like most Chinese war movies, are based on the true story but there are two important aspects willfully ignored due to governmental censorship:
This first was that the Japanese had used the their dog like the German did in World War I, as couriers to speed up the delivery in harsh terrains. To counter this, the guerrilla used the dogs the same way French did to counter Germans in World War I: use female dogs to trap the male courier dog. The governmental censorship eliminated this part because it believed that it was not good for patriotic education for young kids.
The second fact this movie willfully ignores was that the guerrilla used their dogs the Europeans did in World War I and the Soviets did in World War II: as suicide bomber to destroy enemy tanks and fortifications. Such practice certainly breaks the animal cruelty law and thus was also eliminated.
The elimination of the 2nd historcial fact may not be viewed as negative as it appears because it at least showed the progress made by Chinese in treating animals without cruelty.
This movie, like most Chinese war movies, are based on the true story but there are two important aspects willfully ignored due to governmental censorship:
This first was that the Japanese had used the their dog like the German did in World War I, as couriers to speed up the delivery in harsh terrains. To counter this, the guerrilla used the dogs the same way French did to counter Germans in World War I: use female dogs to trap the male courier dog. The governmental censorship eliminated this part because it believed that it was not good for patriotic education for young kids.
The second fact this movie willfully ignores was that the guerrilla used their dogs the Europeans did in World War I and the Soviets did in World War II: as suicide bomber to destroy enemy tanks and fortifications. Such practice certainly breaks the animal cruelty law and thus was also eliminated.
The elimination of the 2nd historcial fact may not be viewed as negative as it appears because it at least showed the progress made by Chinese in treating animals without cruelty.
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