City of Life and Death

City of Life and Death (2009)

18
15/04/2010 (GB)
Drama, History, War
2h 12m

Overview

In 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army has just captured Nanjing, then-capital of the Republic of China. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the Rape of Nanking, a six week period wherein tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed.

  • Lu ChuanDirector, Writer
  • Original Title

    南京!南京!

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Chinese

  • Budget

    $12,000,000

  • Revenue

    $10,652,498

Keywords

  • war crimes
  • mass murder
  • war victim
  • second sino-japanese war (1937-45)
  • massacre
  • japanese army
  • duringcreditsstinger
  • imperial japan
  • nanking massacre china 1937
  • 1930s
  • nanjing
  • japanese occupation of china

Top Billed Cast

Liu Ye

Liu Ye

Lu Jianxiong

Gao Yuanyuan

Gao Yuanyuan

Miss Jiang

Hideo Nakaizumi

Hideo Nakaizumi

Kadokawa

John Paisley

John Paisley

John Rabe

Beverly Peckous

Beverly Peckous

Minnie Vautrin

Fan Wei

Fan Wei

Mr. Tang

Qin Lan

Qin Lan

Mrs. Tang

Ryu Kohata

Ryu Kohata

Officer Osamu Ida

Jiang Yiyan

Jiang Yiyan

Jiang Xiang Jun / Xiao Jiang

Yao Di

Yao Di

Zhou Xiaomei / May

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