City of Life and Death (2009)

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City of Life and Death on IMDb 7.7/10 9,146 votes

Released:
2009-04-22

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

Runtime:
2h 12min

Genre:
Drama, History, War

  • Cast:
  • Liu Ye
    as
    Lu Jianxiong
  • Gao Yuanyuan
    as
    Miss Jiang
  • Hideo Nakaizumi
    as
    Kadokawa
  • John Paisley
    as
    John Rabe
  • Beverly Peckous
    as
    Minnie Vautrin