A new five-part documentary on the Japanese occupation of Nanjing has begun airing on China Central Television. It aims to portraying the full extent of the brutality of the Japanese troops when they captured the city in 1937.

Documentary series portrays brutal Japanese occupation

300 thousand Chinese people murdered. Countless women raped. A third of the city destroyed, some of the chilling details in a four-hour documentary series "1937 Memory of Nanjing."

Over a hundred Chinese and international history scholars appear in the series, alongside World War Two survivors, and survivors of the infamous massacre itself.

"The scope of the series, the sheer number of scholars is unprecedented,"China Central Television's vice president Gao Feng said. "We judge history more fairly now thanks to studies conducted in recent years. Our judgements now bear more historical significance."

The film covers virtually all of the available evidence on the Nanjing Massacre.

Included is the story of Iris Chang, who's 1997 book "The Rape Of Nanking" raised awareness of the massacre among estern audiences.

Despite the evidence, some Japanese officials and right-wing nationalists still deny that the Nanjing Massacre and other atrocities committed by Japanese troops ever took place.

The film's production teams hope the documentary can serve as a strong reminder of human brutality and struggle.

The documentary has been stripped of reconstruction techniques and special effects. Instead, it relies heavily on archive footage.

The creative team behind the project says this is the best way to present history, as truth is power.

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