CinemaOSMovie · 2009 · 2h 12m · R

City of Life and Death

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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.

Directed byLu Chuan

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 12m
Language
ZH
Released
April 22, 2009
Budget
$12,000,000
Revenue
$10,652,498
Studios
Media Asia FilmsChina Film Group CorporationStellar Megamedia

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Trailers & teasers

1 video
City of Life and Death - Official Trailer [HD]

City of Life and Death - Official Trailer [HD]

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Liu Ye

Liu Ye

Lu Jianxiong

Gao Yuanyuan

Gao Yuanyuan

Miss Jiang

Hideo Nakaizumi

Hideo Nakaizumi

Kadokawa

John Paisley

John Paisley

John Rabe

Beverly Peckous

Beverly Peckous

Minnie Vautrin

Fan Wei

Fan Wei

Mr. Tang

Qin Lan

Qin Lan

Mrs. Tang

Ryu Kohata

Ryu Kohata

Officer Osamu Ida

Jiang Yiyan

Jiang Yiyan

'Xiao Jiang' Jiang Xiangjun

Yao Di

Yao Di

'May' Zhou Xiaomei

Creative team
Directed by
Lu Chuan
Lu Chuan
Written by
Lu Chuan
Lu Chuan
Produced by
John Chong
John Chong
Qin Hong
Qin Hong

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