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.
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City of Life and Death
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Movie · Drama · History · R
2009 · 2h 12m · ★ 88% (20K)
Director: Lu Chuan
Starring: Liu Ye, Gao Yuanyuan, Hideo Nakaizumi
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.
Director
Lu Chuan
Production
Media Asia Films, Stellar Megamedia, Jiangsu Broadcasting, Chuan Production Film Studio, China Film Group Corporation
Cast
Liu Ye, Gao Yuanyuan, Hideo Nakaizumi, John Paisley, Beverly Peckous, Fan Wei, Qin Lan, Ryu Kohata, Jiang Yiyan, Yao Di, Yisui Zhao, Sam Voutas, Aisling Dunne, Junichi Kajioka, Asano Nagahide, Yuko Miyamoto, Kai Wang, Liu Bin, Wang Jiahui, Asano Nagahide