City of Life and Death
2009•R•2h 12m•7.4•Released
DramaHistoryWar
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
Writer
Lu Chuan
Budget
$12M
Revenue
$11M
Languages
German, Mandarin, Japanese
Studio
Media Asia Films
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
'Xiao Jiang' Jiang Xiangjun
Yao Di
'May' Zhou Xiaomei
Yisui Zhao
Shunzi
Sam Voutas
Durdin
Aisling Dunne
Doctor
Junichi Kajioka
Mr. Tomita
Asano Nagahide
Higashiguchi
Production
Company
Media Asia Films
Company
Stellar Megamedia
Company
Jiangsu Broadcasting
Company
Chuan Production Film Studio
Company
China Film Group Corporation
Producer
Han Sanping
Producer
Qin Hong
Producer
Andy Zhang
Producer
John Chong
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