City of Life and Death
220 reviews
Drama/History
2h 12m
2009
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...
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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.
- DirectorLu Chuan
- Release22 April 2009
- Genre
- Duration2h 12m
- Budget$12,000,000
- Revenue$10,652,498
- Rate220 reviews
- Productions
China Film Group Corporation, Media Asia Films, Stellar Megamedia, Jiangsu Broadcasting, Chuan Production Film Studio
Cast

Liu Ye
Lu Jianxiong

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

Jiang Yiyan
Jiang Xiang Jun / Xiao Jiang

Yao Di
Zhou Xiaomei / May

Yisui Zhao
Shunzi

Sam Voutas
Durdin

Aisling Dunne
Doctor

Junichi Kajioka
Mr. Tomita

Asano Nagahide
Higashiguchi

Yuko Miyamoto
Yuriko

Kai Wang
Tang Family Nanny

Liu Bin
Xiao Dou
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