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.
Title | City of Life and Death |
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Year | 2009 |
Genre | Drama, History, War |
Country | China, Hong Kong |
Studio | China Film Group Corporation, Media Asia, Stellar Megamedia, Jiangsu Broadcasting, Chuan Production Film Studio |
Cast | Ye Liu, Gao Yuanyuan, Hideo Nakaizumi, John Paisley, Beverly Peckous, Fan Wei |
Crew | Qizhen Lai (Sound), Wang Rong (Costume Supervisor), Steffen Wild (Consulting Producer), Isabelle Glachant (Associate Producer), Lu Chuan (Director), Tong Liu (Original Music Composer) |
Keyword | 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 |
Release | Apr 22, 2009 |
Runtime | 132 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.40 / 10 by 215 users |