City of Life and Death (2009)

  • R
  • 10/01/2009 (US)
  • Drama, History, War
  • 2h 12m

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.

Lu Chuan

Writer, Director

Cast

Ye Liu's headshot

Ye Liu

Lu Jianxiong
Gao Yuanyuan's headshot

Gao Yuanyuan

Miss Jiang
Hideo Nakaizumi's headshot

Hideo Nakaizumi

Kadokawa
John Paisley's headshot

John Paisley

John Rabe
Beverly Peckous's headshot

Beverly Peckous

Minnie Vautrin
Fan Wei's headshot

Fan Wei

Mr. Tang
Qin Lan's headshot

Qin Lan

Mrs. Tang
Ryu Kohata's headshot

Ryu Kohata

Officer Osamu Ida

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