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City of Life and Death

2009 • 2h12m Drama, History, War

Rating

7.4/10

Popularity

4

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.

Details

Director

Lu Chuan

Screenplay

Lu Chuan

Cast

Liu Ye

Gao Yuanyuan

Hideo Nakaizumi

Release date

4/22/2009

Status

Released

Budget

$12,000,000

Revenue

$10,652,498

Origin country

CN

HK

Vote count

227