City of Life and Death (2009)

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.

Key facts

Released:
2009-04-22
Runtime:
132 min
Genres:
Drama, History, War
Director:
Lu Chuan
Top cast:
Liu Ye, Gao Yuanyuan, Hideo Nakaizumi, John Paisley, Beverly Peckous, Fan Wei
Original language:
ZH
TMDB rating:
7.4/10 from 237 votes
Bynge Score:
7.2/10

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