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Nationalist soldier finds the Japanese soldier, he shoots him, wounding Niu'er and killing both of them. He buried both of them in a grave. Upon returning to the village, he was thrown on a well, and forcing the cow to mate a Chinese cow. He later exits the well, prepared to die in a
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soldiers attack the village, killing the holdouts, except one and some
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members that holds out the village before retreating. When the village is bombed by the
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has been described as both "hyper-realistic and surreal" and "magical-realist" by critics, particularly in its use of a non-linear narrative structure. The film also uses personal point of view, like making the character hold a small hidden camera while taking in some scenes.
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make their way across the landscape, although they return to the village, just holding on, avoiding
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troops leaving the area. The commander refuses to take the cow. The commander took his fingerprint on the document. He also made words "in memory of Niu'er" in a paper.
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