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City of Life and Death
7.4 / 10• 2009• 2h 12m•R• Chinese
DramaHistoryWar
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Liu Ye
Lu Jianxiong
Lead
Gao Yuanyuan
Miss Jiang
Hideo Nakaizumi
Kadokawa
John Paisley
John Rabe
Beverly Peckous
Minnie Vautrin
Fan Wei
Mr. Tang
Qin Lan
Mrs. Tang
Ryu Kohata
Officer Osamu Ida
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Lu Chuan's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. City of Life and Death is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
