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City of Life and Death

City of Life and Death

★ 7.4/10•2009•2h 12m•R•Drama•History•War

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.

Lu Chuan · Director

Lu Chuan · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime2h 12m
LanguageZH
Release DateApr 22, 2009
Budget$12,000,000
Revenue$10,652,498

Actors

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

Yisui Zhao

Yisui Zhao

Shunzi

Sam Voutas

Sam Voutas

Durdin

Aisling Dunne

Aisling Dunne

Doctor

Junichi Kajioka

Junichi Kajioka

Mr. Tomita

Asano Nagahide

Asano Nagahide

Higashiguchi

Yuko Miyamoto

Yuko Miyamoto

Yuriko

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